The Furnas County 4-H Council and Furnas County 4-H Clubs are excited to present the 2026 4-H Carnival to be held Saturday, April 18th beginning at 6:00 pm at the Ella Missing Center in Arapahoe. Come on out and enjoy some hot dogs, homemade cake and ice cream, play games, and win prizes!

ELWOOD - The Hi-Line boys and the Cambridge girls each took third place to lead local teams at the Hi-Line Invite Thursday. For the Bulls, their 400 relay team of Justin Ervin, Brody Diefenbaugh, Cooper Knackstedt and Kane Cochrane ran a 44.93 to take first place.

JOHNSON LAKE - Led by the individual champion, the Cambridge boys golf team medaled three and captured their first team title at an invite in at least four years Tuesday at the Hi-Line Invite at Johnson Lake.

Grade 12 Trev Burke* Gianna Juliano* Krayton Ruggles* Mallory Springer* Aspen Webb* Maverick Webb* Brady Ahlmeyer Micah Gerlach Brayton Miller Hodge Raburn Annabelle Taylor Jensyn Weiss Grade 11 Brooklyn Holtz* Joslyn Holtze* Ellisabeth Kubik* Ellene Velasco* Matthew Allen Tate Cobb Hailey Evans...

6th Grade Sunny Anders Cash Farr 7th Grade Henry Domes Ryan Domes Gavin Johnson Eight Grade Maddyn Farr* Kylee Sanderson* Katelyn Werkmeister* Colter Hejtmanek Stone Lenz Freshmen Robert Carter Morgen Friend Easton Gilmore Layla Hughes Gavon Schurr Paytyn Stengel Sophomores Jillian Johnson...

Medicine Valley Honor Roll 2025-2026 3rd Quarter ** Denotes All A’s 6th Grade - Allison Brown, Sydney Kotschwar, Paisley McCall, Shaylyn Nutt, Alexander Priebe, Elisabeth Stickler, Caleb Trace, Alex Yost 7th Grade - Sofie Farr, Lucy Hansen, Aubrianna Hinkley, Braxton Klein**, Dylan Kotschwar**,...

Grade 12 Victoria Bose* Kllie Felzien* Tytus Hall* Isaac Hsamilton* Jace Hammond* Natalee Holste* Camila Hudson* Alexandria Meyers* Madalyn Schoen* Tate Weatherwax8 Lucas Green David Lewis Stephani Martin Jsacob Rice.

Congressman Adrian Smith, who represents Nebraska’s Third District, visited the area last week with stops in Cambridge and Alma Wednesday and Elwood and Curtis Thursday. Smiths visits were generally with community leaders, including mayors, local government representatives and business leaders.

The U.S. Drought Monitor is published weekly by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The latest update shows that areas of extreme drought have doubled in Nebraska.

County offices mailing early voting ballots for 2026 primary.