Kimball County, NE

The Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia, is a pest of wheat worldwide; however, the last time that Nebraska saw a serious outbreak of this pest was probably in the late 1980s following its introduction into the U.S. in 1986. However, last June there were some producers in Kimball County that had reported heavy infestations of Russian wheat aphid in their fields and some required treatment.

A 36-year-old Gering man was killed early Friday when his pickup truck went off the road north of Kimball and rolled, the Nebraska State Patrol said. Anthony Coffey was killed at about 12:25 a.m. when he was thrown from the 1994 Toyota pickup he was driving, according to the patrol and the Kimball County Sheriff's Office.