“Small town, deep roots'' is the theme for this year's 122nd annual Old Settlers Celebration. The festivities begin on Thursday, August 10th with the 1891-1969 Indianola Alumni Reunion at St.

by Shelby Rickert New administrators at Cambridge, Southwest and Medicine Valley public schools are preparing for the incoming school year with optimism for acclimating to their new roles. Cambridge has a new principal and a new superintendent.

For centuries, the Medicine Creek watershed has been a utopia for man and animal kind. Wild game roamed the region, and flora flourished throughout the valley. Prehistoric humans coveted the watershed as a land of promise and life.

Ice cream social held at Eustis Methodist Church.

One of the biggest challenges in rural Nebraska is that of simply finding a place to live. In the Spring of 2022, The FOOI Committee of Eustis Nebraska was put to task in finding solutions for this challenge.

The 2023 Frontier County Turtle Race was a huge success again this year. 36 youngsters came out to race their turtles on Friday, July 28. A huge crowd assembled to cheer on the turtles and the kids! The turtles were raced according to the grade the handlers are going into this fall.

The NCTA Heifer Link initiative was launched at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in January 2015 as an integral part of the Ownership Advantage Program. With Heifer Link’s introduction, students are given a unique chance to receive a bred heifer during their fourth semester.

Holdrege – The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Board of Directors held a special meeting to authorize the filing of a charter amendment required to merge with Dawson Public Power District at Central’s headquarters in Holdrege.

Jeretta Lynn (Cass) Tauriella was born November 1, 1948 in Norton, Kansas to Dean and Mary (Warner) Cass. Jeretta was raised in Beaver City, Nebraska where she was the second of five children.

Evelyn (Zysset) Wolf, known to some family members as Dilly, of Blacksburg, Va., died on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, after a long illness, at the age of 90. She was born on January 4, 1933, at the Frontier County Nebraska farm of Carl and Aurie (Buker) Zysset.