March 2022

Annual Native American Artifact Show held Saturday

A full house at the Missouri River Basin-Lewis and Clark Center received a brief history of the five tribes of Nebraska during the center’s annual Native American Artifact Show Saturday afternoon. Independent scholar Nancy Gillis discussed the Pawnee, the Omaha, the Ponca, the Santee, and the Winnebago during her hour-long presentation, which was a condensation of a semester-long course she has taught during her 35 years in Nebraska.

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$120K Pick 5 ticket sold in Lincoln

Lincoln, NE – March 14, 2022 – One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 5 ticket for the Friday, March 11 drawing is holding a ticket worth $120,000. The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed that one ticket sold for Friday’s Nebraska Pick 5 draw matched all five winning numbers for the $120,000 jackpot.

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Learn to Hunt Program will offer wild turkey virtual panel discussion

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering a virtual program to teach the introductory skills needed to hunt, field dress and cook wild turkey. The workshop, scheduled for March 31 from 6 to 8 p.m., features experienced instructors teaching basic strategies for hunting wild turkeys such as proper equipment, where to hunt, safe shooting practices, and how to field dress, butcher and cook them, and provides an opportunity for participants to ask questions from the panel.

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Iowa biofuel is ready to meet the needs of American consumers

After weeks of dragging their feet, and under bipartisan pressure, on Tuesday the Biden administration finally took steps to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia. As Putin continues his assault on freedom and slaughters innocent men, women, and children in Ukraine, the president made the right decision to end purchasing of Russia’s bloody oil. But what took so long? It’s important to remember that in his first days in

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Spending Plans

The next phase of the 2022 legislative session began this week as the first of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget bills were released and subcommittees started taking action on the proposed spending plans. Leading the way is the Justice Systems Budget subcommittee, which has released its proposals for both the Judicial Branch and the Justice Systems budgets for next fiscal year.

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Acting with purpose

Do you ever wonder why you do what you do? Are there things you wished you could stop doing? We like our addictions and habits. We are not going to wake up one morning and automatically put our habits aside.

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