Coming into the 2023 2024 school year, there were certainly a number of high school athletes, locally, that had high expectations for themselves and their teams, but I don’t know that even the most extreme optimist could have envisioned the great successes enjoyed by those wearing our school colors...

The annual Bartley Days celebration is this weekend, June 1st through 2nd. This year's theme is 'Dino Days'.

State track took several local athletes to Omaha.

Fourteen local athletes compete at 2024 CSO All-Star basketball game.

CAMBRIDGE - Fourteen local athletes were selected to compete in the annual CSO All-Star basketball game hosted in Cambridge. Ann Bose of Southern Valley, Jalen Kent of Cambridge, Bryn Lampe of Southwest, Berkley Warner of Arapahoe, and Brylyn Springer of Cambridge competed for the east girls.

Just like everyone, I have enjoyed the moisture we've been blessed with lately. I will say that, as someone who works with hogs and baseball fields about every day, I am getting tired of mud. But I will deal with it.

Safety First when Packing a Lunch May 25 was National Brown-Bag-It Day, celebrating the convenience and health benefits of lunches packed at home. Carrying lunch to work or school is a great way to use leftovers from home, helping to eliminate food waste.

Tuesday, May 21st Furnas County held their annual babysitting clinic in Arapahoe at the Ella Missing Center.

NORTH PLATTE - Southern Valley’s Kamden Bose closed out his high school golf career amongst the best in the State and all five local qualifiers for the Class D State Golf Tournament finished in the top half of the field last week.

On Wednesday, May 22nd Furnas County Extension held their first ever Clover Kid Camp! We had a successful turnout. Mornings started off with The Pledge of Allegiance & learning the 4-H Pledge, then each youth were able to take home their own old glory.