OXFORD - The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees discussed the $300,000 grant they were recently awarded with Bobbi Pettit of 5 Rule Development during their regular meeting on July 9, 2024. The Revitalize Rural Nebraska grant is to be used to tear down the old nursing home on the north side of town. The grant requires a 10% match. Pettit said they have the money, but the property is privately owned. They are working on the steps to be able to tear the building down. Pettit says once they hear back from the state of Nebraska that they can start obligating the funds they will need to get the asbestos inspector scheduled. She also said they should be able to go after some funds for the things that will not go into the landfill from NDEE.

Prairie Pioneer Days celebrates 4th of July.

Beginning today, July 8, county election offices are accepting early voting applications for the general election. A Nebraska voter can either download the early voting application from the Nebraska Secretary of State’s website here, or they can request an application from their county election office.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, July 8th, 2024. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

ARAPAHOE – During the Arapahoe School Board meeting on July 8, three students and a parent discussed the potential of the district joining with another area district to form a cooperative girl’s wrestling program.

The Southern Valley School Board was shown a preview of what their budget may look like for 2024-2025 by superintendent Bryce Jorgenson during their regular meeting on Monday, July 9, 2024. Jorgenson said they may have to do a public hearing to make the necessary increase. Their total tax request without needing a joint public hearing is $6,808, 636.01. But, Jorgenson said he will not know about total tax growth until August. He will then be able to put the actual numbers in place and if they need to go above the allowed 2.21% growth.

I don’t know just what happened on the last three news days, but end result, I didn’t get any news sent in. I’m still keeping busy, I’m winning some of the battles in my war on weeds, my one-row garden is looking good, I’m not too far behind on my mowing. We won’t talk about how far behind I am on my housekeeping.

The Cambridge Board of Education met on Monday, July 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. All board members were present for the meeting. After the Pledge of Allegiance and the announcement of the Open Meetings Laws, the board approved the agenda as presented and then approved the minutes from the June 10, 2024, Board of Education meeting.

The Frontier County Happy Tails 4-H Club met on Friday, July 5 at the Frontier County Fairgrounds in Stockville, NE. Ten current and “future” members of the club were present with their dogs. Business at the meeting was to confirm the slate of elected officers and to practice dog obedience, dog showmanship, and dog agility. Officers are as follows: President – Brianna Zysset, Vice President – Emmanuel Oberg, Treasurer – Mariah Oberg, Secretary – Erika Oliver, and Historian – Stone Lenz.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Six Central Community College students earned top 10 placements at last month’s SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta.