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Body The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees approved contracting with 5 Rule Rural Planning during their meeting on Monday, October 9. The $28,000 contract was approved by the board upon approval of the village attorney and sign off of board chairman Mike Minarik.

Body ELWOOD - Speed kills, especially when it’s running down hill. The Hi-Line football team has made big plays a specialty all season, beating teams around the edge a variety of ways.

Body CURTIS - The Medicine Valley volleyball team had one of its best nights of the season Thursday, sweeping past both Arapahoe and Paxton in a home triangular. Arapahoe dropped a pair of hard-foght matches to complete an 0-2 night.

Body CAMBRIDGE - In a challenging triangular that featured three teams coming in with winning records, host Cambridge took down both Hoxie (25-3) and Maywood-Hayes Center (12-9) in straight sets, improving to 16-3 on the season.

Body People often think they need to lose weight. The hard part, of course, is following through on that desire in a sustained and successful manner.

Body It’s that time of year in the 4-H world when the dust has settled after grueling, hot weeks at county fair and state fair. From an outsider it begs the question, “why do you do it?

Body This weekend, Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown. After a turbulent week, the House of Representatives passed a shortterm bipartisan spending bill.

Body By Andela Taylor, NCTA News Aspiring agricultural and animal health students with dreams of pursuing higher education have reason to celebrate as the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) strives to remove financial barriers.

Body Memorial Services for Phyllis L. (Broeker) Thulin will be held at a later date.