BEAVER CITY

Body 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.

Billy Frey Deserves an Apology

Body 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.

Not something that happens every day

Body 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.
Not something that happens every day

739 Fire

Body 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.
739 Fire

Murman’s Legislative Update

Body 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.
Murman’s Legislative Update