June (Missing) Billesbach, 94, of Kearney formerly of Hastings. God gained another angel on July 15, 2024, when June went to be with Him.

Loyle Lee Debban, age 85, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska with his wife Hazel by this side. He was born on April 27, 1939, at Elwood Hospital to Martin and Francis (Oyler) Debban of Eustis, Nebraska and was the oldest of seven children.

Opal M. (King) Coakley, age 103, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Beaver City Manor, in Beaver City.

Delvin Lawson was born October 3, 1948 in Cambridge, Nebraska to Frank E. and May E. (Phillips) Lawson. He passed away peacefully Sunday July 14, 2024 at Tri Valley Health System surrounded by loved ones.

Gale Wayne Wolfe was the second of two sons born to Howard “Roscoe” Wolfe and Avis (Scott) Wolfe. He was born on October 9, 1939 at home northeast of Wilsonville, Nebraska in the same house built by his great-uncle, Asa Wolfe and where his mother had been born.

ARAPAHOE - As locals may have noticed, a new food truck business has started catering to our community: Tropic Like It's Hot, a shaved ice trailer run by Arapahoe student Sage Larson. Tropic Like It's Hot opened on May 2, 2024, after passing the required health inspection.

Students from Southern Valley and Elwood recently took a trip to Washington, D.C. through World Classrooms.

In the late 1860s and early 1870s, the first settlers came to the Medicine Creek area of Nebraska. The settlers were all from somewhere else, but they knew not to ask about another settler’s past. Nebraska was a clean slate for many pioneers, and one of the first individuals to take advantage of that fresh start was William Herbert Miles.

CAMBRIDGE - Cambridge's palate has expanded with the opening of a new restaurant in town: Los Abuelos. The Mexican restaurant sits where the Corner Cafe used to be, and it opened Tuesday, July 9.

There’s a lot of buzz around electric vehicles. Some climate activists claim they’re an environmental cure-all, while others note their hidden environmental costs. Some believe the demand for EVs will create a lucrative new American industry, while others think it’ll only enrich China. Whatever your opinion, any new technology comes with unexpected complications. And buried under all the EV headlines is one major problem: public safety.