JUNE 21, 2024-Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has been notified of high levels of E. Coli at Medicine Creek State Recreation Area, also known as Harry Strunk Lake, located in Frontier County. This means the water has a higher than usual number of bacteria, and residents should take extra care to not swallow any lake water.

As husband and wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients. In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine. There are several causes and many treatment options exist depending on the type.

CAMBRIDGE - Since 1968 the United Methodist Church (UMC) has had conflicting viewpoints on how the Bible should be interpreted. In 2023, the Cambridge United Methodist Church was left with few options, which included remaining with the UMC conference, joining the new Global Methodist Conference, or becoming independent. Those churches that wanted to disaffiliate from the UMC had the option to buy back their property which was, “held in trust” by the UMC.

HOLBROOK - Something is afoot in Holbrook this weekend! The 2024 annual Holbrook Days celebration begins this Thursday, June 27 with bingo at 2 PM and a Sasquatch Hunt at 8 PM. Friday at 5 PM is the free will pulled pork feed and Tropic Like It's Hot snowcones downtown.

Ken and Sylvia Harsch awoke to quite a surprise last Tuesday, June 18 when they discovered their barn burned to the ground. Their farrowing house and a camper were also destroyed in the fire.

Illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. An influx of illegal immigrants can drive down wages for working Americans, drive up drug and human trafficking, and strain government resources meant for American citizens.

Dale and Judy Beedle have made their home in the Arapahoe area together for more than 61 years. Judy graduated from Wilcox and Dale has lived here all his life. The two were married March 3,1963 and have been staples of our community ever since.

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Dear Editor, It was so great to see many young teachers at the Nebraska Career & Technical Education Conference recently that have passed through their initial training at Curtis NCTA and then on to another institution to complete their training and now proceed with their career as an agricultural instructor! With the completion of the recent fourth ‘Boot Camp’ at NCTA, I was lucky enough to extend my interaction with several additional ag instructors from Nebraska schools and also a few instructors from other states.

Viva (Ankenman) Hutchens, age 95, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2024 with family by her side at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born on June 24th, 1928, the oldest of 7 on a rural farm southeast of Wilsonville, Nebraska to Gerald Neil and Thelma Marie (Balderston) Ankenman.