Russell L. Wolf of Eustis passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney at the age of 88. Russell was born December 27, 1934 near Eustis, Nebraska to Gottlieb and Viola (Hueftle) Wolf. He graduated from Eustis High School and worked as a painter in the Eustis area.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, December 11, 2023. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Board member, Nic Niemeier, was absent from the meeting.

A Joyful Christmas celebration took place in Edison on Saturday, December 9th at the Edison Community Building. There was a free will donation soup supper put on by the Edison Volunteer Fire Department, with Edison Village in charge of Hayrack rides and caroling, hot cocoa and a visit from Santa.

We would like to thank all of the special people in Mom’s life that offered their prayers, kind words, hugs, memorials, food, and time during her illness. Blessings to each and everyone.

Thank you First Central Bank for the money jar I won during the Christmas drawing. Marty Mitchell.

Santa Claus made a visit to the Oxford Public Library on Sunday, December 10. The Fire Department gave Santa a ride to the Library at 2 pm on Sunday. They hosted a packed house during the event. A table with coloring activities was set up.

The Arapahoe K-6 Christmas Concert was held Thursday, December 7th under the direction of Band instructor Mrs. Allison Sharp and Vocal instructor, Valerie Leising.

It is so important to expose our children to different places, things, and opportunities.

Five contestants of Waypoint Bank’s 4th annual Baby Crawling contest on December 5th were Top Photo: (left to right) Kolt “The Bolt” Huxoll Ivy “McQueen” Pearson Jovie “The Jet” Witte “Mad Dash” Maddyn Carpenter “Blazin” Byron Calvert (Left) Winner – Jovie “The Jet” Witte (Looks like she had a goal...

The Arapahoe City Council was updated on the progress of the downtown revitalization project and approved a payment in the amount of $243,000 for the project. Jess Herlbert of Olsson Associates told the board they had a walk through.