A look back at the year through headlines

January

Nebraska public schools showed improvement and growth under a new accountability system. This caused a sharp improvement in the amount of students graduating. This year 180 of 249 Nebraska public school districts graduated 90 percent of their high school seniors. State wide 88 percent of seniors graduated, a two percent increase from last year.

Rail Spur project gets new life after being in the works for eight or ten years. The rail spur would allow Kimball to be a part of trans-loading. This would mean product would have a place to move from rail to truck or truck to rail. The r...