Above-normal rainfall and cooler temperatures this month are playing havoc with farmers trying to get into the fields to finish corn planting. According to the weekly Nebraska Weather and Crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, corn planting was rated at 55 percent complete as of May 11.

The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture three grants that will help restore and protect wetlands and habitat in south Central Nebraska's Rainwater Basin region. The first NET grant, totaling $588,000 over two years, will be matched by $800,000 in federal dollars from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Hall County may look at giving keno or occupation tax dollars to the help the Nebraska State Fair relocate to Grand Island's Fonner Park.

Above-normal rainfall and cooler temperatures this month are playing havoc on farmers trying to get into the fields to finish corn planting.

Corn planting was rated at 55 percent complete as of Sunday, according to the weekly Nebraska Weather and Crop Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.

Government subsidies promoting and protecting the nation's corn-to-ethanol industry should be phased out, according to the Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA).

A Grand Island man charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor after making threats at a local park and having the gun thrown onto an iced-over lake has been bound over to Hall County District Court.

The Nebraska Legislature's knickers are starting to bunch because Sen. Annette Dubas wants a satellite office again in Grand Island during the interim.

The people involved in a Sunday night fight on First Street were intoxicated, according to Grand Island police.

High winds left some northwestern Hall County residents without power for a couple of hours Monday afternoon.