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“Foolishness is born in the heart of a child [therefore] train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:15. 7. Mental health starts with learned behavior (Cultural responses). Intellectual input forms a frame of reference for some 167,000 individual daily decisions. One and one is two. Apples are not oranges. Lions roar, cats purr. Scrapes need Band-aids. ‘Spurty’ wounds need stiches. Intellect soaks up knowledge until about age 6 when atten...
In 2024, NASA will send a small surgical robot from Nebraska to the International Space Station. The tiny, two-pound robot will be able to perform surgeries on the space station that would normally require a surgeon’s expertise and much larger equipment. The surgical robot can operate more or less on its own, performing complex procedures at the flip of a switch. The device, developed by Nebraska-based Virtual Incision, is a significant step toward making it possible for surgeons to operate r...
(SIDNEY) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a New York woman after locating more than 100 pounds of suspected marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Sunol. At approximately 10:15 p.m. MT on Thursday, October 15, 2022, a trooper observed an eastbound Mazda CX9 speeding on I-80 near mile marker 70. During the traffic stop, the trooper became suspicious of criminal activity. A search of the vehicle revealed approximately 103 pounds of suspected marijuana, concealed in luggage in the rear of the vehicle. The d...
(GRAND ISLAND) — The Nebraska State Patrol has been able to positively identify the deceased woman found inside the trunk of a car involved in a pursuit Friday afternoon. The female has been identified as Michelle Roenz, 49. Roenz has been the subject of a law enforcement alert issued in Harris County, Texas on Thursday. Roenz’s body was located in the trunk of a vehicle that had fled from an attempted traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. The 17-year-old male who was apprehended has been transferred from St. Francis Hospital in Gra...
Sidney Police Department October 13 6:53 a.m., Fraud, 2400 block 11th Avenue. 8:09 a.m., Medical Call. 10:39 a.m., Follow-Up, Dorwart Cancer Center. 11:11 a.m., Animal Call, 1200 block Pine Street. 12:07 p.m., Traffic Complaint. 12:19 p.m., Follow-Up, Sidney Middle School. 12:31 p.m., Animal Call, 700 block Osage Street. 7:01 p.m., Juvenile Problems, 1800 block First Street. 7:20 p.m., Smoke/Odor Investigation, 1200 block Village Way. 9:01 p.m., Suspicious Activity, 1600 block 10th Avenue. 9:29 p.m., Harassment, 800 block Maple Street. October...
SCOTTSBLUFF - Western Nebraska Community College welcomed three new faculty members for the Fall 2022 semester. One joined WNCC's Surgical Technology program and the two others are English instructors. Alyssa Rice, who was most recently an adjunct instructor for the Surgical Technology program, accepted a full-time position in August. Before that, she worked at Regional West Medical Center's Operating Room and the Oregon Trail Eye Surgery Center. She said it's been an adjustment from the...
SIDNEY - Scrapco Inc. has partnered with Kraupie’s Real Estate & Auctioneers to offer over 950 trucks and vehicles at the Nebraska Truck Hoard Auction to be held Oct 26th-27th. Scrapco owner Robert (Rob) Van Vleet, a passionate and well-known picker in the Nebraska panhandle, is selling part of his 300-acre collection featuring rare & desirable vehicles dating back to the early 1900s and holding much historic value and nostalgic charm. Van Vleet stated, “As a picker there’s a fine line betwe...
