Levi Watson and Zack Kerner have been friends for ages. Classmates at Arapahoe, the two graduated there in 2016, went their separate ways in college, but both moved back to the area in 2020.

(Grand Island, Neb.) – Central Community College has announced the names of full-time students who earned spots on the President’s and Dean’s honor lists for the 2025 fall semester. The students were enrolled at one or more CCC locations, which include the Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings campuses and Holdrege, Kearney, Lexington and Ord centers.

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Jan. 21, 2026 (WAYNE, Neb.) – Wayne State College included 1,300 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Fall 2025 semester.

BERTRAND - Local athletes earned 26 medals and three area teams finished in the top four of the team standings at the RPAC Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Bertrand. Arapahoe, Southern Valley and Cambridge each chased the team title, but came up short as Hitchcock County captured the crown with 132.5 team points.

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A Soup’er Bowl Bash will be held on Sunday, February 1 from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Cahterine’s Church Hall in Indianola.

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KEARNEY – More than 600 students from 100 high schools across the state will participate in the annual Honor Band and Choral Clinic at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Presented by the UNK Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, the event provides advanced musical instruction and performance opportunities for outstanding band and choir students.