Ag & Business
Phillips County students sweep Virtual E-Fair
On Thursday, July 21, three Phillips County students competed in Ogallala Commons’ 2022 Summer Virtual E-Fair.
Jimmie Bailey III, Melissa Memorial Hospital chief operating officer, center, offers a toast to the board of directors and leadership to celebrate all the good work happening at MMH. Others are pictured clockwise from Bailey, Julie Wiebke, Karen Hooker, Stella Worley, Krista Doble, Steve Young, Sheila Gift and Gary Rahe. — Darci Rodriguez | The Holyoke Enterprise
‘We’re doing good work here’
“I’m a believer that we should celebrate when good things are happening,” said Karen Hooker, Melissa Memorial Hospital director of quality, at the July 26 meeting of the East Phillips County Hospit
Cases of anthrax confirmed in Sedgwick County cattle
The Colorado state veterinarian’s office has confirmed a case of anthrax in a beef cattle herd in Sedgwick County.
Members of the Dundy County, Nebraska, Zoning and Planning Board, at table from left, Tim Yrkoski, Ted Harford, Spencer Parker, Administrator Pam Reichert, Monte Nordhausen and Kelly Reichert, discuss additional conditions to the Blackshirt Feeders new conditional use permit for recommendation to the Dundy County commissioners. — Diane Stamm | High Plains News
Blackshirt Feeders new conditional use permit moves ahead for 150,000-head feedlot
The first public hearing for the new Blackshirt Feeders conditional use permit was held by the Dundy County, Nebraska, Planning and Zoning Board on Monday afternoon, Aug. 1.