I’ve been honored to receive various awards during my time in the U.S. Senate, but one of the most meaningful is the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Golden Plow Award.

CAMBRIDGE - Local athletes dotted the top of the standings at the Cambridge Cross Country Invite Friday. Medicine Valley’s Kael Garrett again claimed an individual title, winning the boys race in 17:19.

BARTLEY - In a battle of two of the RPAC’s top volleyball teams, Southwest rallied from a set down to defeat Maywood-Hayes Center Thursday at a home triangular. The Wolves gave Southwest all it wanted at the Roughriders home triangular Sept.

BARTLEY - On a delayed opening night, the Southwest football team provided plenty of fireworks early and rolled to a 69-12 victory over Harvard. After its original opener a week earlier was scrapped in favor of a junior varsity contest, the Roughriders exploded for 36 points in the opening quarter and led 50-0 in the second.

ARNOLD - The Hi-Line football team used a pair of methodical drives and a big play through the air to jump on South Loup in the first half and coasted to the finish in a 28-6 victory over the Bobcats Friday afternoon.

Gosper County is applying for federal grant funding to replace the Johnson Lake Inlet Bridge constructed in 1967 and is nearing the end of its functional lifespan. The U.S.

ARAPAHOE - As Arapahoe Superintendent Bob Drews put it at a public meeting with the district’s patrons last Wednesday, “school finance and financial aid formulas are very complicated - if someone fully understands it, I’d like them to explain it to me.”

When Dan Kennedy began his first year as principal of Eustis-Farnam, he was also starting his 13th year as an administrator. Most recently, the Alliance native, who grew up in Colorado, served in the Nelson-Lawrence School District, south of Hastings.

The Furnas County Republicans will gather on Thursday September 18th to discuss current issues and future events/issues. All registered Republicans are invited to meet at the Beaver City Community Building at 6:30 p.m. for a brief social prior to the 7:00 p.m. opening of the meeting.

9/1/25: Theft: Cambridge, NE-Report of stolen trailer. The Furnas County Sheriff’s office is investigating the theft of a trailer valued at more than $5,000.