Like clockwork each spring, sandhill cranes arrive in Nebraska in one of the world's great migration spectacles.

A hit on the Nebraska State Patrol's License Plate Reader leads to the recovery of a mini-van stolen from Salem, Oregon and the arrest of a man driving the vehicle.

Cold weather has taken its toll on Nebraskans. It may take a toll on central Nebraska's famed crane population, too.

Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary offers tours to sandhill crane-viewing blinds each March and April at sunrise and sunset, $25 . The Nebraska Nature and Visitor Center also provides tours.

You're not likely to spot migrating cranes in central Nebraska just yet, but the area's crane centers are about as busy as they've been since last April.

Armour-Eckrich? Closed, along with 370 jobs. Premium Protein? Furloughed, then closed for good, also laying off hundreds.

Livestock producers and ranchers attending Husker Harvest Days will have an opportunity to visit with company representatives that display livestock handling equipment, waterers, fencing and haying equipment, and animal health products.