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Through the snow, uphill both ways

5 years ago By “with A Grain Of Salt” By Cody Gerlach

I can hear it now. My grandpa repeating the same old story about how awful winters were when he was a kid. Oh...and it better be bad, bad weather if they were going to call off school. No snow days for a couple inches. No late starts. If you were late or didn’t get there, they went on without you. Then came that famous line that every grandpa tells.

The Do-It-Yourself Disease

5 years ago By Debra Johnston, M.d.

I’ve learned a lot from my patients over the years. Sometimes, the lessons are learned as I walk beside them through struggles, both medical and non-medical. Sometimes, the lessons are explicitly stated, words of wisdom that stick with me through the years, and change the way I understand illness, or life in general.

Hughes’ Views

5 years ago By Senator Dan Hughes

We had a morning of floor debate on Tuesday this week, but we will not engage regularly in debate until Tuesday, March 2. We are doing our best to get through as many bills in committee as possible. The second week of March we will have morning floor debate followed by afternoon committee hearings and executive sessions as needed. The plan is to finish all committee hearings, other than Judiciary, by March 4th. Due to the number of bills referred to the Judiciary Committee, they will not finish up until March 12th.

Oxford Village Board discusses future of Post Office

5 years ago By News Staff

The Oxford held discussion on the future of the post office at their regular meeting on Monday, February 15, 2021. Board Chairman Clint McQuiston reported to the board he had spoken with Lucy, the building owner and Dale at the post office in Alma. He told the board what Lucy had told him. She reported that she had fixed the furnace and the floor around the furnace. The floor in the bathroom has also been fixed. She reported that this was due to a water leak she had not been told about. She says the problems have gone from the furnace, to the bathroom and now to the entire floor as the floor was found to have asbestos. Someone was found that can apply a coating to seal the floor at a cost of $8,000. But the post office does not want this done and would like the floor replaced. This will cost about $20,000. McQuiston said she is willing to do the $8,000 coating but not spend another $20,000 on top of the $10,000 she has already spent in repairs. The owner also reported that the lease is currently void as it has expired and she has not received rent for two months.

The Oxford Village Board discussed the future of the village’s Post Office, which hasn’t had an open service window for roughly 18 months.

Revitalizing Homerville Cemetery

5 years ago By News Staff

Homerville Cemetery is a small cemetery located off the main highway 283 running north and south from Elwood to Arapahoe, Nebraska. A small road sign on the east side of highway 283 marks the turn to road 735 to find the cemetery.

Twenty-one area wrestlers qualify for Class D State Tournament

5 years ago By News Staff

Twenty-one wrestlers from the five schools in the Valley Voice coverage area qualified for the Class D State Tournament in Omaha, which begins Wednesday, by medaling in the top four at Saturday's District Tournaments.

Beaver City man pleads no contest to sexual assault charge

5 years ago By News Staff

BEAVER CITY - A Beaver City man pleaded no contest and was found guilty of First Degree Sexual Assault Thursday in Furnas County District Court.

Hipolito "Polo" Padilla De Leon and his defense counsel reached a plea agreement with county prosecutors to reduce three counts of First Degree Sexual Assault of a Child, Class 1B felonies, to one count of First Degree Sexual Assault, a Class II felony. The crime occurred between some time between May of 2007 and 2009. A Class II felony carries a penalty of 1-50 years imprisonment.

Smith, Weaver take plea deals in sex trafficking case

5 years ago By News Staff

STOCKVILLE - Two Furnas County men previously arrested on charges connected to a Furnas County sex trafficking investigation reached plea deals with prosecutors and appeared before District Court Judge David Urbom at the Frontier County Courthouse in Stockville Thursday.

Terry L. Smith, 38, and Bucky J. Weaver, 41, each saw their charges reduced to a single Class II felony count of First Degree Sexual Assault.

Arapahoe School Board Meets

5 years ago By News Staff

ARAPAHOE – The Regular Arapahoe-Holbrook School Board Meeting was called to order by board president Lisa Anderson on February 8, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. and adjourned at 10:02 p.m. All board members were present. Others in attendance were Dr. George Griffin (Superintendent), Rudy Perez (Principal), who arrived upon his return from the State Bowling Tournament, Cassie Hilker (Business Manager), Alese Williams (Student Council Member), and Keith and Christina Maaske (Hunting Lawn Care).

The agenda was approved.

Warriors top Trojans

5 years ago By News Staff

CAMBRIDGE - After a sluggish start, the Arapahoe girls basketball team leaned on its defense, then made enough shots in the fourth quarter to comeback from an 8-point deficit and pick up a victory at Cambridge Tuesday night.