Wilsonville Baptist Christian Church will have Good Friday Services at 7:30 p.m. at the Church and Easter Sunrise Service at the Church Easter morning at 7:00 a.m.

For lake goers headed west across the Medicine Creek Reservoir Dam, looking south will see activity, trucks and equipment. Last fall, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a contract for construction work to begin. The project is twofold. Bureau Operations and Maintenance Manager Craig Scott said part one consisted of concrete repairs to the main walls on the outlet works. Prior to beginning work, large tubes and a culvert were installed and a road over top to make it easier for trucks with long trailers and large equipment to navigate. When larger water releases occur, splashing takes place so the walls of the outlet works were made taller and concrete was patched.

The Tri Valley Hospital Auxiliary had a busy week as they ‘flipped’ the Thrift Store from fall/ winter to spring/summer 2026. Members fillled clothing racks, dispayed housewares, shoes, books, crafts, bedding, toys, jewelry and more in anticipation of the March 19th opening day.

Carol Arlene (Harrold) Theobald, age 95, of Beaver City, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska surrounded by family. She was born July 30, 1930, to Pearl and Mabel (Goodwin) Harrold at the family home in Spring Green Precinct, Furnas County, NE.

On Thursday, April 9th, 2026, at 3:40 p.m., a meeting conducted by Southwest Public Schools will take place at the high school library in Bartley. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide an opportunity for parents who have parentally placed their child in an approved and/or accredited non-public school or exempt home school and representatives of non-public schools to participate in the development of a plan for providing special education services to children with disabilities who attend an approved and/or accredited non-public schools and exempt home schools which are within the Southwest Public School district for the 2026-2027 school year.

HOLDREGE - The Cambridge High School Quiz Bowl team finished second place at the ESU 11 meet in Holdrege Thursday, clinching a berth at the State Meet, which will be held in Hastings April 20. The Trojans’ team of Trev Burke, Micah Gerlach, Colton Gross, Henry Shoemaker, Graham Shoemaker, Reid Huxoll, Briar Gunderson, Lydia McGowen and Gideon Bogardus finished runner-up to Holdrege at the meet.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious contagious disease caused by bacteria that typically affects the lungs but can also impact other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with active TB disease coughs, speaks, or sings. There are two forms of TB.

RPAC East Instrumental was hosted Monday night in Arapahoe. Bands from: Alma, Arapahoe, Bertrand, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam and Southern Valley each played an individual piece of music before combining for five songs to end the evening.

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in partnership with the Lower Republican Natural Resources District (NRD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared a draft “Turkey Creek Watershed Plan, Furnas and Gosper Counties, Nebraska” in December 2025.

Maywood FBLA will be holding an Easter Egg Hunt on April 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the Maywood Community Hall.