Ag & Business

Earlier this December, the Sims family sold Keegan’s Arkade to the Reese family, and the arcade will be re-opening in January 2022 under the name LeRoy’s Arcade with Alec Reese as the new manager. LeRoy’s Arcade can be found on Facebook. For questions or planning an event in 2022, contact Adair Moffett-Reese. Above, Emme Sims passes the “torch” in the form of a Nintendo Switch controller to Alec.

UN-L crop researcher Dr. Dipak Santra is conducting a study at the Stumpf Wheat Research Center to see if winter peas can survive a Nebraska winter. The peas were planted in late September, and despite very little moisture, passed the first test by germinating and breaking through the soil. Like winter wheat, the peas require a prolonged cold period before beginning the flowering process in the spring.