Alvo, Nebraska

The next Waverly mayor will be Mike Werner. According to unofficial results from Tuesday's General Election, Werner received 829 votes, while John Hestermann received 466 votes.

If projections hold true, this year's general election should draw quite a crowd.

Auctioneer Gene Sisco of Syracuse asks for bids for Ashland Grain and Feed as owner Gordon Ganz looks on.

Some in the grain business were flat-out opposed to the idea of a new insurance fund.

The financial collapse of a grain elevator that left farmers with millions of dollars in losses isn't prompting an outcry for a new type of insurance fund in Nebraska.

It's been a tough year for area farmers. Hail damaged young corn and soybean plants.

Claims and payments in the closure of Alvo Grain and Feed have been approved by the Ne-braska Public Service Com-mission. Successful claims on the grain warehouse side of the operation will be paid in full from ...

About $900,000 will be paid to farmers who had grain stored at the Alvo or Ashland elevators.

A 110-foot grain elevator containing some 40,000 bushels of soybeans has collapsed without warning in Alvo, hitting another silo.