Advent is the season of reflective preparation for Christ's Nativity at Christmas and Christ's expected return in the Second Coming. Sunday, December 3rd ~ Start of Advent 2023 Sunday, December 24th ~ End of Advent on Christmas Eve Some people may know that the Advent season focuses on expectation and think it serves as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the season leading up to Christmas.

Good Luck Southern Valley Athletes!

Good Luck Southwest Athletes!

Good Luck Maywood/Hayes Center.

Good Luck Medicine Valley Athletes!

Good Luck Cambridge Athletes!

Good Luck Hi-Line Bulls Athletes!

Nebraska’s nine-day firearm deer hunting season ended on Sunday, November 19. According to Game and Parks Commission public information officer Julie Geiser of North Platte, the numbers are down throughout southwest Nebraska but how much will not be determined until all the Telecheck online and inperson check-in numbers are combined and tabulated after Thanksgiving.

HOLDREGE - For the first time, the Republican Plains Activities Conference hosted its entire One Act Play Production competition on one stage at one site last Wednesday in Holdrege. The event saw Maxwell claim the title in the East Division while Southern Valley (pictured above) finished runner-up in the East.

The Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present Returning to the Farm, a workshop series for families who are in the transition process of bringing members back to the farm or ranch. It will begin with a two-day workshop in Grand Island for multi-generational families on Dec. 8 and 9 in Grand Island at the Bosselman Convention Center located at Fonner Park, 700 E. Stolley Park Road.