Both the Eager Beaver Days celebration and the Curtis Fall Festival will take place this weekend. Eager Beaver Days is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday with a parade Saturday morning at 10:30 followed by games in the Square, along with a car show, food and turtle races.

CAMBRIDGE - The 31st annual Tri Valley Medical Foundation Pro-Am golf tournament was another success as the tournament raised more than $46,000 for the foundation. Twenty-eight teams took part in the tournament last week with Coppermill Steakhouse finishing the Championship Flight Winner and Horizon Boys the winner of the First Flight.

Maywood/Hayes Center and Arapahoe saw their volleyball schedules mirror each other multiple times last week. After both competed in a triangular last Tuesday at Loomis, their paths converged Saturday at the Hitchcock County Invite.

ARTHUR - The Southwest football team hit the road for its first real test of the season, a top 10 showdown at Arthur County Friday afternoon. While it took some time for the offense to settle in, the Roughriders’ defense dominated from the start and allowed the team time to find its footing.

BARTLEY - The Southwest volleyball team is starting to have that look again. The Roughriders, who went undefeated through last year’s regular season, steamrolled four opponents over the past week to improve to 10-0 on the season entering Saturday’s trip to the McCook Invite.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge football finally popped the top on its home schedule Friday night, welcoming a young Axtell team short on depth and experience. From the outset, the Trojans’ size overwhelmed the Wildcats as Cambridge rushed their way to 506 yards and a 60-0 lead at the half before taking a 68-0 victory.

On September 10th, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. He was known for his creation and leadership of Turning Point USA, a grassroots campus focused organization aimed at providing an alternative message to our Nation’s young adults- a message that undoubtedly contributed to a surge in young voters choosing President Trump in the 2024 election.

Nebraska is the best place in the world to live. But for too many Nebraskans, red tape and regulations can make it hard to find affordable housing.

While I was voting in Washington this week, my staff had the privilege of attending Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island — an annual event that, for more than 40 years, has been a centerpiece for Nebraska agriculture. Known as the world’s largest totally irrigated working farm show, it brings together farmers, ranchers, and industry leaders from across the globe.

I had a friend in high school who was generally considered a bit odd. He didn’t dress quite right, never knew how to “read the room,” and often talked far too long and in far to much detail about computers— at a time when very few households even had one.