Five Elwood students earned gold awards at the Agriscience Fair at the 2025 State FFA Convention. Liam Brell and Benjamin Morton were State Champions with a Gold rating in Animal Science. William Oaklund also claimed a State Championship in Plant Science for the secondstraight year. Klaire Pohl and Jurnee Harris received a gold and finished in third place in Environmental and Natural Resources.

Thirty-one area ag students received their State Degrees at the 2025 State Faa Convention From Arapahoe: Cadence Carpenter, Haiden Garey, Chris Hermes, Trenton Roskop, Eli Shafer, Paisley Zodrow From Cambridge: Rachel Harris, Aislyn Koch, Mileeya Monter, Jayden Ruf, Dierks Sayer, Emmerie Tomlin, Nolan Westadt From Elwood: Judah Niemeier, Hudson Weeder From Eustis-Farnam: Ashley Easterday, Finn Kerznar, Dawson Ruda, Vince VanWaardhuizen From Maywood: Blayklee Farr, Dallas Grunden, Kassidy Hatfield, Maddie Merritt, Taren Sailor, Reagan Stengel, Ryan Werkmeister From Medicine Valley: Kevin Bantam Southern Valley: Brynn Baily, Tayley Becker, Gage Booe, Hayden Taylor.

Ag Communications Southern Valley’s finished fourth out of ten teams in the competition, led by a runnerup finish from Natalee Holste. Mikah Schultz also finished sixth and Madalyn Schoen and Ellie Weatherwax competed for the team as well.

LINCOLN - Amongst a number of accomplishments from local FFA members, Cambridge’s Jayden Ruf took one of the top honors at last weekend’s State FFA Convention in Lincoln. Ruf, a senior, was the recipient of the Nebraska State Star in Agricultural Production.

NEW YORK - Next month students from Arapahoe and Maywood will take part in a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This performance will feature the Deja Blue Choir of Arapahoe (Valerie Leising, Director) and Maywood High School Choir (Whitney van Zyl, Director), performing along side the renowned New England Symphonic Ensemble (Preston Hawes, Artistic Director).

CURTIS - The 63rd production of the Curtis Easter Pageant will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Medicine Valley High School Gymnasium.

The Village of Edison has been awarded $480,000 through the Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for the construction of a critical back-up municipal water well. As both the grant writer and administrator for this 2024 Planning and Public Works opportunity, West Central Nebraska Development District (WCNDD) is committed to ensuring these funds are efficiently utilized to strengthen Edison’s water infrastructure.

On going drought conditions will require delayed turnout on pasture, reduced stocking rates or alternative sources of feed for cattle this summer. To provide producers with information on options for managing and mitigating the impacts of drought, Nebraska Extension will offer an evening webinar program on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Southwest placed 1st in the ESU 15 Junior High quiz bowl. .

Cambridge City Council met in a regular meeting on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. After approving the Consent Agenda, Utilities Supervisor Mike Tomlin reported the new street sweeper came in last week. He said he has also contacted KW Tree Services to check on the timeline for finishing their contract. He also reported they are trying to kill moles at the park and that Chance Westatd started work at the park today.