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🌱 How Oakland truckers helped keep wildfire-hit Nebraska ranchers’ herds fed
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In today's newsletter:
- How Oakland truckers helped keep wildfire-hit Nebraska ranchers’ herds fed
Also on today's calendar: 45th Annual Spring Conference: Neihardt the Poet and the Natural World — Neihardt Center and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Winds becoming strong; cooler, with a high of 66 and low of 30 degrees.
- Saturday: Very windy; cooler, temps: high: 56, low: 32.
- Sunday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Trucking convoys continue during wildfire emergency (landline.media) — Oakland farmers and truckers helped launch 50-plus truck convoys hauling hay and supplies to wildfire-stricken communities across the state. Their late-March trips, along with donations from South Dakota and Iowa, are keeping Nebraska ranchers’ livestock fed while nearly a million acres of land recover from devastating fires. 
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★ Featured events ★
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45th Annual Spring Conference: And Poetry Connects It — Neihardt Center
The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site, 306 Elm St, Bancroft
9:30 am
Saturday April 25
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Other local events
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45th Annual Spring Conference: Neihardt the Poet and the Natural World — Neihardt Center
The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site , 306 Elm St , Bancroft
9:30 am -
Annual Spring Conference — Neihardt Center
The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site , 306 Elm St , Bancroft
9:30 am -
LNK Vocal Jazz — Neihardt Center
The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site , 306 Elm St , Bancroft
2:00 pm -
Cattle Trails and Songs of the West
Sunshine Center , 140 W Bridge St , West Point
1:00 pm
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
Sunday May 10
Monday May 11
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🗓 Events Nearby
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GO GACC/Oak-Craig Triangular @ Beemer
Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schs Lyons, NE 68038
4:00 pm -
Baseball @ West Point
Bancroft-Rosalie jr/sr High School Bancroft, NE 68004
4:30 pm -
Baseball @ DC West
Bancroft-Rosalie jr/sr High School Bancroft, NE 68004
4:30 pm -
Baseball JV vs. Wayne
Bancroft-Rosalie Comm Schools Pender, NE 68047, USA
4:00 pm -
2026 Lyons-Decatur Alumni Banquet
Lyons Community Center , 335 N Main St , Lyons
4:30 pm -
TYLER BRADEN, LOGAN MIZE | Burt County Fair 2026
Burt County Fairground , 505 W Fulton St , Oakland
7:00 pm
Monday April 20
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Saturday May 23
Saturday July 18
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🗞 Nearby News
West Point
- Dates set for annual Tractor/Equipment Safety Training for young, beginning farmers (norfolkneradio.com)
- 'They are here': Morels popping up in Omaha area thanks to recent warm, rainy weather (wahoo-ashland-waverly.com)
- Council Bluffs church hosts '50s sock-hop to help save historic clock tower (omaha.com)
Fremont
- Garcia leads 3 FHS medalists at State SkillsUSA event (thebestmix1055.com)
- An O Street block party? How city officials are promoting business during construction project (fremonttribune.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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