Body OXFORD – Southern Valley School Board held their August board meeting on August 10, 2026, immediately following the Open House for the 2026-2027 School Year. Southern Valley Elementary is creating a Reading Garden off of the library.

Body Cambridge City Council met on Monday. After the Pledge of Allegiance and the Open Meeting Law announcement, the council approved the Consent Agenda.

Body CURTIS – The Medicine Valley Public Schools Board conducted its business in less than an hour on Monday, August 10, 2026. A bid from TLE Enterprises, LLC for $54,000 for a bus barn for the district’s three buses was accepted.

Body The Furnas County Sheriff ’s Office will discontinue its trial of the Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) system prior to the conclusion of the planned 60-day trial period, Sheriff Doug Brown announced last week.

Body Gunner Lane Shifflet was born October 9, 2003 at 2:31 pm in the Great Plains Hospital, North Platte, Nebraska. Gunner entered heaven to be with our Lord and Savior, Sunday morning, August 9, 2026, at his home near Cambridge, Nebraska.

Body The families of Steven D. and R.

Body Lyle “Luke” Lee Laverack, born on September 6, 1960, in Cambridge, Nebraska, was the cherished son of Vernon and Juanita (Roepke) Laverack. A graduate of Cambridge High School in 1979, Luke’s work life began in 1977 as a ditch rider.

Body Charla May Werkmeister (70) of Maywood, Nebraska passed away August 9, 2026. She was born September 15, 1955 to Charley and Carol (Hanes) Arent in McCook, Nebraska.

Body Gunner Shifflet, 22, of Cambridge, passed away at his home on Sunday, August 9, 2026. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 14, 2026 from 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge.

Body A graveside memorial service for Glen L. Wolzen will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Wilsonville Cemetery in Wilsonville, Nebraska. The family requests that those in attendance dress casually and bring a lawn chair.