BEAVER CITY
25 Years Ago April 24, 1997 Many Beaver City residents were awakened at 11:53 p.m. Monday night when the fire siren went off four times.
Teams enjoy a great day at the Jim Mather Invite
Individual results were as follows: Boys 100-meter dash - 1. Ryker Evans, Hi-Line, 11.36; 4.
Cambridge finishes runner-up at Southwest Invite
CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge and Southwest golf teams each had a medalist and the Trojans finished runner-up as a team at the Southwest Invite Thursday at Cross Creek Golf Links in Cambridge. The Trojans’ Brodie Mitchell led all local individuals with a runner-up finish and a round of 94.
Billy Frey Deserves an Apology
Last week, while writing a story about the Furnas Council 2 District Commissioner race between incumbent Dennis R. Tegtman and William R. (Billy) Frey, this writer transposed the last two letters of Mr. Frey’s name.
Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by Wildfire Encouraged to Contact local USDA FSA
ARAPAHOE - Over 100 people attended a disaster assistance workshop on April 19, 2022 at the Ella Missing Community Center in Arapahoe.
Not something that happens every day
Just this past week, Burnell Shifflet was in the field just east of Cambridge on the north side of the highway when the oddest thing happened. A young man, small in stature and dressed in what appeared to be a flight suit and helmet, came running through the field toward him.
739 Fire
A special insert was prepared for this week’s paper that documents the extreme struggle and daunting aftermath of the 739 Fire that began on April 7 and still smolders over parts of 35,000 burned acres in Gosper and Furnas counties today.
Murman’s Legislative Update
Unsung Heroes -- Over 40,000 acres. At this writing, that is the amount of pasture and cropland that has burned in Gosper and Furnas counties, as well as just south of the border in northern Kansas. At least eight families have lost their homes. Dozens of other structures were also destroyed.
Nebraska’s Great Outdoors
As the weather warms up this spring and summer, thousands of Nebraskans are planning to visit our state’s many national treasures and other historic sites. From Homestead National Historic Park in Beatrice to Scotts Bluff National Monument in the Panhandle, Nebraska has so much to offer.
