Students in kindergarten through 12th grade have until the end of the month to submit entries for the Nebraska Fish Art Contest. The 2025 contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Wildlife Forever and Bass Pro Shops, is accepting entries through Feb.

Waypoint Bank sponsored the Cambridge Baby Crawling contest recently and the winner was: (Right photo) Easton “The Eliminator” Andrews son of Brandon & Nicole Andrews. He received $50 in Chamber Bucks & a Trophy. Participants above were (Left to Right) Raylee “Hot Rod” Banzhaf, Emberten “The Inferno” Kasson, Easton “The Eliminator” Andrews, Hayden “The Tank” Benson and Beau “Smiley” Rice

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, February 10, 2025. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

SEWARD, NE (02/11/2025) The Academic Excellence and Innovation Fund recently awarded Concordia Professor of Geography Dr. Joel Helmer a grant for $4,000 to build a graduate school “pipeline” between Concordia Nebraska and South Dakota State University for prospective graduate students in the field of geography. This pipeline would encourage students to pursue graduate-level work in geography, including SDSU’s MA in Geography, MS in Geographic Information Sciences, and Geographic Information Sciences specialization.

The Golden Generation Center in Oxford had a fun week. They held a Sunday brunch and a Thrift Store Appreciation Volunteer Supper recently.

ARAPAHOE – During the regular school board meeting on February 10, the board approved the purchase of a 14-passenger bus from Nebraska Central Equipment. Other action items included approval of the ESU 11 Master Service Agreement for 20252026 and going forward with hiring an elementary certified staff member to serve as a “Team Teacher” at multiple grade levels for the 2025-2026 school year.

More than 200 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ Commendation List for the fall semester of the 202425 academic year. The Commendation List recognizes students in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of Arts and Sciences and/ or College of Journalism and Mass Communications who met or exceeded a specified grade-point average and carried six to 11 graded semester hours.

January 27 - Tractor fire at the lake, Cambridge January 27 - Report of ex-boyfriend posting intimate photos on social media, Cambridge January 29 - Report of physical fight, Arapahoe January 30 - Report of stolen tools from garage, Cambridge February 1 - Reports of threats via text message. Both parties contacted.

And we’re back in the deep freeze! As of this writing on Tuesday morning, the ground is almost all white and it is snowing lightly. We’ll see what the rest of the day and tomorrow brings. It will be good for the wheat to have a blanket for protection from the frigid temps.

Head Start is an early education program designed to support children (0-5), families, and communities through quality education, comprehensive health and family services and by fostering community partnerships. Head Start is a federal investment program that has been providing quality Pre-K to income eligible children for more than 55+ years.