It was spring, enough so that the spring flowers are up and blooming. And my apricot tree has bloomed! And now it’s winter again! With Monday night’s temps in the teens, there won’t likely be an apricot crop here on The Hill this year.

Mid-Plains Community College has announced its schedule for upcoming Registration Days.

(Left) The Arapahoe FFA members celebrated National Ag week in March by bringing in animals for the elementary students to see and have hands-on experiences with. They also got to ride in a tractor with an FFA member.

ESU #11 sponsored the Annual Middle School Quiz Bowl at the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege on Wednesday, March 20th. Teams attending were Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Bertrand, Cambridge, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Holdrege, Loomis, Minden, Southern Valley, and Wilcox-Hildreth.

At last Wednesday and Thursday’s district competitions, Arapahoe’s Lael Rathbun and Titus Goshert and Southwest’s Ana Cerenil and Colton Sedlacek each qualifi ed for the State Speech Meet, held this week in Kearney.

Greg Wolfe of Indianola was honored with the Arturo Armendariz Distinguished Service Award at the Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame 15th anniversary banquet during last month’s Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, which took place in Orlando, Florida.

CAMBRIDGE - In declaring March 17-23 as Agriculture Week earlier this week in Lincoln, Governor Jim Pillen succinctly summed up the importance of Agriculture in the Cornhusker state. “Everything that takes place in the state of Nebraska starts with agriculture,” the governor proclaimed.

The Red Willow County GOP (Republican Party) is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Tegtmeier will be the featured speaker at their County Convention to be held Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Bedore Barn/Marlene’s Kitchen (38404 RD 719, McCook).

The Maywood School Board held their regular meeting on Monday, March 18. The board voted to purchase a new score board, backboard, and shot clocks for the gym.

During their monthly meeting on March 11, 2024, the Medicine Valley school board renewed teacher contracts for the 2024-2025 school year. The math teacher position is the only vacancy yet to be filled for next year.