Learn about dangers of social media Coady Pruett, an attorney with KSB School Law will be presenting about social media at the Southern Valley High School Auditorium on Wednesday, September 8 from 5 – 6 pm.

The weekly weather report is courtesy of National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observer Troy Fletcher. Readings are taken at 7:00 a.m..

Roayne Alyce Hagan, 77, of Flower Mound, Texas passed away surrounded by loved ones on August 3, 2021 after battling several health issues. Roayne was born on August 7, 1943 to Shorty and Jean Sunquist in Holdrege, NE.

Norma Jean Wymore age 87 of Cambridge, NE passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital of Kearney, NE on August 26, 2021. She was born in Atwood, KS, to John and Vera (Rummel) Dirks. Norma attended and graduated from Atwood High School in 1951.

A Funeral Service for John M Hemelstrand will be held on Friday, September 3, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Dave Thorell officiating. Interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery at Bertrand, Nebraska.

Cynthia Georgette Peklo, 67, of Omaha, NE, formerly of Gothenburg passed away on August 26, 2021 at CHI Health Lakeside Hospital in Omaha, NE. She was born June 10, 1954 in McCook, NE, to George and Alice (Vogt) Hays.

“JD” Jerry D Pfeiffer, age 76, of Beaver City, passed away on August 29, 2021 at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City, Nebraska. He was born August 5, 1945 in Oxford, Nebraska to Elmer and Marie (Dunkhas) Pfeiffer.

Joy A. Feeken, age 93 of Cambridge, passed away at the Beaver City Manor on Sunday, August 29, 2021. She was born to Theodore “Ted” and Eunice (Moore) Ohlson in Red Willow County near Bartley on the family homestead on January 15, 1928.

This summer I attended the celebration of life service for Dr. Rick Holm, the original Prairie Doc who founded this newspaper column, a radio show and a television show now entering its twentieth season.

Over the past year, Nebraska’s economy has been booming, creating more and more great opportunities here in the Good Life. We currently have the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 2.3%. That equals our state’s lowest rate ever and is less than half of the national unemployment rate of 5.4%.