Furnas County voters living in the Cambridge School District will be receiving new voting ballots in the mail for the August 12, 2025, Cambridge School Bond election following an error with the first batch of ballots. The County Clerk’s initials were not printed on the first batch of ballots, and therefore, those ballots cannot be used as is.

STOCKVILLE - Following a two-day trial for counts of Child Abuse and False Reporting, Maywood Public Schools Supeintendent Mark Bejot was found not guilty on both counts by a jury Thursday afternoon. The jury deliberated for just over an hour before delivering the verdict shortly after 4 p.m.

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The area Senior Legion Baseball teams were in action over the weekend. The Frontier County Outlaws went to Valentine for their district tournament. The Outlaws went up against the Security First Regulators and ended up losing their first round game to them 16-1. J Houghtelling stepped on the bump first for the Outlaws. Houghtelling gave up five hits and six runs over one and one-third innings, striking out two and walking one. Issac Synder led Frontier County with one run batted in. The infielder went 1-for-1 on the day. Kahner Kotschwar, Lucas Einspahr, Mason Roblee, Snyder and Houghtelling each collected one hit for the Outlaws.

Last week, I shared how the One Big, Beautiful Bill keeps Nebraskans safe and our communities secure. Today, I want to highlight another top priority: how this new law delivers real, lasting tax relief for Nebraska families.

After nearly twenty years of parish ministry, I entered the world of health care, which, I learned, abounds in acronyms. My first clue was in chaplaincy training, known as “CPE” (Clinical Pastoral Education), the required education for most hospital and hospice chaplains. CNA, SoB (Shortness of Breath), PRN, HoH (Hard of Hearing), and a myriad of other acronyms are now part of my own vernacular. QoL (Quality of Life) is the ‘big’ one in hospice, sometimes called “comfort care.” When quantity of life becomes diminished, it’s all about quality.

Dear Editor: As a retired education professional, who still volunteers as a Teammates mentor, I am dedicated to ensuring that our local youth receive optimum education opportunities. As a taxpayer, I think it's also important that we adhere to sound financial management. This letter addresses some of the issues that have come up in regard to the recent bond issue.

Dale & Brenda Oberg of Farnam will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary August 16, 2025. Family members have requested a card shower in honor of their special event.

Memorial Service for Norman Kerr will be held on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Alma United Methodist Church in Alma, Nebraska, with Pastor Scott Randall officiating. An inurnment will be held at 9:00 a.m., at the Edison Cemetery, Edison, Nebraska, prior to the service.

Cody Mickeal Williams, age 22, of Alma, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2025 at Beaver City, Nebraska. He started life on May 14, 2003, in Holdrege, Nebraska as he was born to Mickeal and Kerrie Williams of Beaver City, Nebraska. The first five years of his life, from 2003 to 2008, Cody loved playing cars, making mud pies, playing in the rain, jumping in puddles, and just having fun being boys with his older brother David.