Last week, I brought my colleague Senator John Boozman, the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, to Nebraska for a series of visits with family farmers and ranchers. The topic of our visits was the Farm Bill, a package of agriculture legislation advanced through the Agriculture Committee and passed by Congress every five years.

The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954. The donor was the identical twin of the recipient.

The national debt is a major problem with consequences for every taxpayer. According to one estimate, our debt per U.S.

The Arapahoe City Council voted to move forward with the Downtown Revitalization Final Plan during their regular meeting on the evening of Tuesday, May 9. Jess with Olsson’s was in attendance and stated they had their workshop last month to tweak the final plan and there were not a lot of changes. There was some moving of planter boxes, which are marked out. They also met with DOT and went over items of concern. One was the pumphouse – the state does not want anything of substantial height that would block sight ways. Another was the crosswalks. The state wanted it known that there could be a bump with the asphalt going over concrete and that DOT will not fix it if that happens. Council felt that a bump would not be a problem. A third item was the state sign cluster near Faw’s. They would still need to have signs up there or near that spot.

BEAVER CITY - An Oxford man who has been accused by authorities of attempted murder saw his case bound over to Furnas County District Court last week. After last Monday’s preliminary hearing for Tory J.

The Cambridge City Council met on Monday, May 15, 2023, at 6:30 pm. All council members were present. Guests included Leroy Hayes and Jim McGowen. The meeting opened by approving the consent agenda items as submitted. The Planning Commission Report was discussed. The Planning Commission report was approved as submitted.

Betty Meyerle passed away on May 6 th in Monument, Colorado. Betty was born February 17, 1929, southeast of Cambridge. She attended school in Furnace County, graduating at Cambridge 1946. She taught school in Red Willow County, three years, near Cambridge. Later she worked for the Department of Interior At McCook Nebr.

A funeral service for Teresa “Tess” Feldman will be held on Friday, May 12, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. at the Oxford Evangelical Free Church in Oxford, Nebraska with Pastor Wes Holen officiating. Interment will follow at the Woodruff Cemetery, Woodruff, Kansas.

Thomas Frank Ott, age 71, of McCook, NE passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at Community Hospital in McCook. Tom was born July 13, 1951 in Holdrege, NE to parents Elmer Loyed and Dorothy Marie (Bierbower) Ott.

ALMA - Area track teams wrapped up the regular season at Alma Thursday, competing at the Dale Harsin Invite. Local athletes won 17 of the meets 34 events and the Cambridge girls captured the team title while the Hi-Line boys did the same.