SEWARD, NE (05/22/2025)-- Concordia University, Nebraska recently named 241 students to its honors list for the spring 2025 semester. Students who earn a 3.90 GPA or higher while also completing at least 12 credit hours during the semester qualify for this list.

LINCOLN, Neb. (May 20, 2025) - Nebraska Wesleyan University conferred degrees to nearly 400 students during its commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10.

ARAPAHOE – Before the last bell of the school year rang, Molly Blickenstaff of rural Hendley, was already looking ahead to the 20252026 school year. The mother of four Arapahoe- Holbrook Public Schools students, is excited about continually expanding the beef lunch program that she helped spearhead in November 2023.

On Friday, May 16, 2025, Furnas County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a residence located at 616 Butler Street in Cambridge, Nebraska. The warrant stemmed from a long-term financial crime investigation that included multiple subpoenas and an extensive review of financial records.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has lifted its temporary ban on campfires at central and western state park and wildlife management areas. Campfires already were permitted at locations in eastern Nebraska.

Asher Hecox, Hi-Line, Class C 100 Cooper Knackstedt, Hi-Line, Class C Pole Vault Ryan Oberg, Hi-Line, Class C Shot Put Ellaray Koch, H-Line, Class C Pole Vault Brynn Baily, Southern Valley, Class C Discus Tori Bose, Southern Valley, Class C Shot Put Brecklyn Hammond, Southern Valley, Class C 100 Hurdles Adi Hunt, Southern Valley, Class C 100, 200, 400 Will Cacy, Arapahoe, Class D 100, 200, 400 Alex Diaz, Arapahoe, Class D Triple Jump Kade Fisher, Arapahoe, Class D 110 Hurdles Grayson Koller, Arapahoe, Class D 400 Trenton Roskop, Arapahoe, Class D 110 Hurdles Arapahoe (Cacy, Diaz, Koller, Hayden Sich), Class D 1,600 Relay Gavin Gunderson, Cambridge, Class D 1,600 Cambridge (Gunderson, Brady Ahlemeyer, Russell Norton, Braden Sandfort) Class D 3,200 Relay Sawyer Dibbern, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D 300 Hurdles Kael Garrett, Medicine Valley, Class D 800, 1,600, 3,200 Aiden Jones, Medicine Valley, Class D Pole Vault Mason Roblee, Medicine Valley, Class D High Jump Gage Hammond, Southwest, Class D Pole Vault Desi Farner, Arapahoe, Class D 400 Ruby McCune, Arapahoe, Class D 200 Taytum Roskop, Arapahoe, Class D Pole Vault Suttyn Shafer, Arapahoe, Class D 300 Hurdles Arapahoe (Farner, Shafer, Grace Andrews, Sawyer Shafer), Class D 3,200 Relay Arapahoe (Shafer, Shafer, McCune, Farner), Class D 1,600 Relay JoLie Farr, Cambridge, Class D 100, 200 Rachel Harris, Cambridge, Class D 800 Brooklyn Holtze, Cambridge, Class D Triple Jump Cambridge (Farr, Harris, Holtze, Joslyn Holtze) Class D 400 Relay Cambridge (Farr, Harris, Joslyn Holtze, Jensyn Weiss), Class D 1,600 Relay Blayklee Farr, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D Long Jump, 400 Ava Messersmith, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D 100 Addison Richards, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D 800 Caylie Softley, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D 800, 1,600 Reagan Stengel, Maywood-Hayes Center, Class D 400 Maywood-Hayes Center (Farr, Messersmith, Richards, Stengel) Class D 1,600 Relay Maywood-Hayes Center (Richards, Softley, Stengel, Karissa Stengel) Class D 3,200 Relay Remmi Stout, Medicine Valley, Class D Shot Put, Discus Aspen Billeter, Southwest, Class D High Jump Rylan Custard, Southwest, Class D Pole Vault Anastasia Gallegos, Southwest, Class D 100 hurdles, 300 Hurdles Alyssa Koch, Southwest, Class D Pole Vault Southwest (Custard, Gallegos, Koch, Allison Van Pelt) Class D 400 Relay

BERTRAND - All season long, RPAC athletes have shined on both the track and the field as the conference makes up a great deal of the State’s Class D Top Ten charts. After Wednesday’s Class D District Meet in Bertrand, dozens of those athletes will get a chance to show the State what they’re capable of at this weekend’s State Meet in Omaha.

JOHNSON LAKE - District competition came right down to the last stroke Monday as Hi-Line bettered Loomis by one stroke for the team title and Southwest’s Houston Billeter beat out Hi-Line’s Zach Whittaker and Loomis’ Tyson Essex by a single swing for the individual title at the District D-4 Meet Monday. The Hi-Line team of Whittaker, Gavin Tilson, who finished 10th, Collin Shutts, Hudson Weeder and Parker Schutz qualified for State in addition to Billeter and Cambridge’s Micah Gerlach and Medicine Valley’s Tyce Pate, who took fifth and sixth to qualify individually.

KEARNEY - Both the Hi-Line and Southern Valley track and field teams qualified four individuals for the Class C State Meet at the District C Meet at Kearney Catholic last Thursday. Southern Valley’s Adi Hunt finished second in both the 100 and 200 while rolling to first in the 400.

This week is National Police Week. It’s a time to thank the law enforcement officers who keep us safe.