The Medicine Valley football team struggled to find any traction Thursday in a 6-73 loss to Class D6 No. 4 Garden County.

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Carol Louise Max was surrounded by the love of her family when she passed away on Friday evening, September 12, 2025 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 86 years of age. She was born on November 24, 1938 on a farm seven miles south of Curtis, Nebraska early on Thanksgiving morning to Glenn and Mable (Williams) Ruppert; the third of four children.

When Calvin DeVries looks back at the path that led him to his current role as a 4-H Youth Development Educator in Phelps and Gosper Counties, it all traces back to his roots in south central Nebraska.

Fall is on the way and Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is reminding backyard poultry owners to take extra precautions this fall as migratory birds move through the area. Wild waterfowl, such as ducks and geese, can carry Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also called bird flu. These wild birds can be infected without appearing sick and can spread the virus to domestic chickens, ducks, and turkeys.

The Maywood school board held a budget hearing immediately prior to their monthly meeting on September 8, 2025. Supt.

This commemoration is set aside to honor the commitment and sacrifices made by this nation’s prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action, as well as their families. American’s are asked to pause and reflect on the sacrifi ces made by the military men and women who are imprisoned or unaccounted for as a result of their military service.

(September 4, 2025) – Western history author and lecturer Jeff Barnes brings the life and legend of the notorious Jesse James to the Frontier County Historical Society on Sunday, September 28, at 2 p.m. at the Curtis Community Center. The program is sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.

LINCOLN, NE (September 12, 2025) – The Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation (NCF) awarded over $70,000 in scholarships to help the next generation of the agriculture industry in their academic pursuits. The scholarships were awarded to sixty-five distinguished students.

Arapahoe, Neb., September 10, 2025 – Ag Valley Co-op, in partnership with the Land O’Lakes Foundation, Co-Bank Sharing Success, and the CHS Foundation, is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 FFA Impact Dollars. Following an application process earlier this year, ten local FFA chapters were awarded a total of $50,000 in funding to strengthen their agricultural education programs and initiatives.