A belated Happy 70th birthday to Brent Schluntz on January 24... With love from your family.

Southwest earned a conference championship at the RPAC tournament on Friday, Jan. 22.

10 years ago Members of the Gosper County Extension Board for 2011 are: Hannah Wendell, Jamie North, Dale Burkhalter, Dennis Hinson, and not pictured Carol Gruber and Nick Niemeier. The Larry Brell family of rural Smithfield was awarded Tri-Basin Natural Resources Districts of Conservation Award for 2011 at the biennial banquet in Holdrege on January 13.

The Medicine Valley boys basketball team picked up a comfortable victory over HiLine Thursday, thanks to a big first half offensively. The Raiders jumped ahead 21-7 after a quarter and held a 40-13 lead at the break before the Bulls held their own in the second half in a 66-38 Raiders win.

Those who pass the Ag Valley Grain Handling facility in Bartley are seeing the old wooden elevator come down. McCook Police who had been looking for the girl since she was reported missing discovered the body of 14-year old Kailee Nichole Clapp of McCook northwest of Bartley late Friday evening.

Arapahoe girls fall to Med Valley, knock off Bertrand The seventh-seeded Arapahoe girls nearly pulled off the upset of the tournament Saturday when they held a double-digit lead on second-seeded Medicine Valley before falling 57-51 in overtime. The Warriors bounced back Tuesday with a dominant 52-34 consolation win over Bertrand.

CAMBRIDGE - With a snow storm impeding progress of the week-long RPAC Basketball Tournament, the quarterfinal rounds were each pushed back a day to Tuesday and Wednesday. The Cambridge girls punched their ticket through to the semifinals Tuesday night with a 41-24 upset over second-seeded Medicine Valley.

Hi-Line finished in 13th of 19 teams at the South Loup Invite. Plainview won the invite with 184 points. Mullen, 111, and Ansley-Litchfield, 105, followed in second and third, respectively. Other team in the respective finishes were Sutherland, 99; Twin Loup, 87; Palmer, 83; Axtell, 58; Sandhills-Thedford, 53; South Loup, 51; Brady, 46; Elm Creek and North Platte St. Patrick’s, 45 each; HiLine, 44; Sumner-EddyvilleMiller, 42; Hershey, 38; Sandhills Valley, 26; Overton, 35; Broken Bow JV, 21; and Wilcox-Hildreth, o.

10 years ago At the Cambridge City Council meeting they approved reappointing Roy Patterson to the Museum Board. The Cambridge Community Investment Group, LLC in conjunction with the Cambridge Variety Store, LLC announced today plans to proceed with the project.

The Medicine Valley girls basketball team played from in front and, while it had a hard time shaking loose from the Bulls, earned a victory over Hi-Line Thursday. The Raiders controlled the first and third quarters and broke even in the second to build a 39-3o lead through three quarters, then held on for a 51-44 victory, their eighth of the season.