The Arapahoe City Council met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 pm. A public hearing for the one and six year plan was opened before moving into the council meeting. The plan must be submitted every year in order to fund the projects on the plan. None of the plans are set in stone, but the plan must still be submitted. Last year’s projects that were worked on were the main street and Landmark project. The six year plan has a lot of focus on the west side of the highway, milling and resurfacing.

“I’ve got this cough that just won’t go away,” my patient says, and I know this story all too well. Chronic cough, a cough that lasts more than two months, is a common ailment which in most cases is benign. But for the patient it is both bothersome and worrisome.

Keira Wasenius of Oxford, NE(68967) was named on the Chadron State College Dean’s List for Fall 2023 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average, be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework, be seeking their first bachelor’s degree, and have no incomplete grades during the semester.

MAYWOOD - Any suspense in the District D2-2 Final quickly dissipated Saturday as Maywood-Hayes Center held visiting Potter-Dix scoreless over the first 12 minutes of the game, built a 27-0 lead and rolled to a 60-21 victory, clinching a berth at the State Tournament.

Beware of False Spring! Warmer weather and longer days are starting to show up, giving so many of us hope and excitement for the new growing season. Beware of “False Spring,” where the warm days can be followed by cold snaps and potential spring blizzards that will visit the region at some point in March and April.

In 2024, broadband infrastructure is just as central to life as traditional physical infrastructure. The days are far behind us when internet access was a luxury — now it’s vital for daily life.

Peggy Joyce Mak, age 87, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on October 9th, 1936, in Gosper County, Nebraska to Charles & Eunice (Fong) McGraw.

Chadron State College’s Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) students attended the Nebraska State Bar Association Leadership Academy (NSBA) in Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 1-2. The sessions were planned to help the RLOP students understand more about legislation, and the Nebraska legislative process and counsel, according to Kate Pope RLOP Project Coordinator.

LITCHFIELD - After a 5432 setback in Thursday’s Subdistrict final at Dundy County-Stratton, the Cambridge boys basketball team earned itself a trip to a district final Saturday via wild card. But against another of the top teams in Class D1, the Trojans’ offense was suffocated by an active zone defense as Ansley-Litchfield rolled away to a 46-23 win to clinch a State Tournament berth.

The family of Naomi Leising would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the friends and family who were there for us at her passing. Most of all, we want to thank those who called, traveled, provided various acts of kindness, sent cards, lifted us up in prayer, and gave flowers and memorials. Love is a memory never forgotten.