Cambridge’s Old Fashioned Saturday Night celebration takes place this Saturday, September 23. As a part of the local Main Street Revival movement, the event celebrates the town’s history and transition from Pickleville to Cambridge. The festivities will start at 5 pm with live music and shopping in Downtown Cambridge, along with Old Fashioned Photography at Cribelli’s Physical Therapy.

Lebanon, Nebraska, is celebrating its 150th Anniversary this Saturday, September 23. The anniversary celebration starts at 11 am with vendors and a farmers market in the park. Everyone is free and welcome to set up in the park. The Legion Auxiliary will also be hosting a lunch in the Legion Hall. There will also be Black Smithing and Bucket Making displays to show how people lived in the “olden day”. Cornhole, a horse shoe throw, and a basketball contest will also start at 11 am.

Bryan and Christine Herrick, recently announced as Curtis’ Citizens of the Year, were selected as the 2023 Curtis Fall Festival Grand Marshals of the grand parade on Saturday, September 16. The Herrick’s have dedicated their lives to the community of Curtis.

Draft horse show results: I apologize for any names that are misspelled or anyone I didn’t get tagged. Thank you all competitors that come and support our show.

______________________ given out for Running of the Balls and the big winners were: Chase Middleswarts and Terry Slama each won (2) Husker football tickets Terry Martin won (2) Husker volleyball tickets. Tyler Linner won $200 in Beaver Bucks Brady Linner and Joyce Smith each won a quilt made of Eager Beaver Day tshirts from past years made by Bev Jackson Huerta.

Members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Cambridge, gathered Sunday, September 17th to sort and sack up clothing, shoes, linens, bedding and more from the Tri Valley Health Service Auxiliary Thrift Store in Cambridge. The items were picked up by Orphan Grain Train, Grand Island, to be sent to help with disasters here in the United States and countries requesting aid. The Mission Service event closed with a Subway sub, chips, drink and desserts.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced Milk Loss Program (MLP) assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk (e.g., power outages, impassable roads, infrastructure losses, etc.) during calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), signup for MLP begins Sept.

Thanks to the Ten Free Trees program, an effort of the Nebraska forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Eustis Tree Board will be receiving 10 trees for the Beautify Eustis - Plant Trees project.

There’s the feel of fall in the air, as would be expected with the first day of fall due this weekend. The fall crops are drying down and harvest will soon be in full swing.

During the course of this Campaign the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office had six Deputies work a total of 100 overtime hours on top of their regularly scheduled shifts. The Sheriffs Office had a total of 74 Citations and Warnings issued.