(July 28, 2023) – The wild and woolly first years of the Nebraska Territory is the subject of Nebraska historian Jeff Barnes’s presentation of “The (Mad) Queen of the Prairies: Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory” for the Frontier County Historical Society at the Curtis Community Center on Sunday, September 24, at 2 p.m. The talk is sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.

Visitors to Johnson Lake State Recreation Area will notice the lowering of the lake level this fall. The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District will lower it in preparation of an outage at the Johnson No. 1 hydroplant.

Fun times at Welfleet Festival.

Congratulations to all 2023 contestants you all did a fabulous job, and we are so proud of all your hard work you have put in this 4-H year! Kallen Warner – Beef Showmanship – Blue Jayden Ruf – Beef Showmanship – Blue Jordan Ruf – Beef Showmanship – Blue Gentry Warner – Beef showmanship – Purple Jayden Ruf – Market Beef – Blue Jordan Ruf – Market Beef – Blue Gentry Warner – Market Beef – Purple Kallan Warner – Market Beef – Blue Laney Becker – Breeding Sheep – Red Kolbryn Clason – Breeding Sheep – Purple Laney Becker – Market Sheep – Red Tayley Becker – Market Sheep – Blue Kolbryn Clason – Market Sheep – Purple Laney Becker – Sheep Showmanship – Blue Kolbryn Clason – Sheep Showmanship – Purple Tayley Becker – Sheep Showmanship – Blue Amelia Blickenstaff – Original Acrylic Painting – Red Liza Botha – Original mixed Media Art – Blue Ludick Botha – Original Pencil or chalk drawing – Red Kiera Nash - Original Sculpture or Pottery – Purple Wyatt Blickenstaff – 4-H Heritage Level 1 Beginning – Purple Kristin Holcomb – Photography 2 – Blue Kristin Holcomb – Photography 2 – Red Danielle Holcomb – Photography 2 – Blue Ludick Botha – Photography 2 – Blue Wyatt Blickenstaff – Accessory Original Made from Wood – Blue Liza Botha – STEAM Clothing 2 – Red Amelia Blickenstaff – STEAM Clothing Beyond the Needle – Blue Cora Nash – STEAM Clothing Beyond the Needle – Purple Liza Botha – Insect Poster / Display – Blue JaeLee Brown – Cooking 201 – Purple Asher Gerlach – Cooking 201 – Purple Asher Gerlach – Cooking 201 – Blue Asher Gerlach – Cooking 201 – Purple Dakota Deterding – Cooking 301 – Purple Micah Gerlach – Cooking 301 – Red Alaina Leising – Cooking 401 – Blue Emma Houser – Fashion Show – Blue Cora Nash – Fashion Show – Blue Tayley Becker – Fairy Garden – Red Kiera Nash – Foliage Potted Plant Dakota Deterding – Makers Space/Digital Fabrication – Red JaeLee Brown – Outdoor Wood Project made with Treated Wood - Purple.

The Southern Valley School Board held their open hearings for the budget and tax asking on Monday, September 11 at 7:30 pm. They later approved the tax asking and budget during the regular meeting that immediately followed the open hearings.

The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees held their open hearing for the budget, CRA and tax request at 5:30 pm on Monday, September 11, 2023. They then approved those items during the regular meeting that immediately followed the hearings.

Cambridge City Council opened with a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, to hear public comment on the Municipal Budget. There was no public comment and the public hearing was closed at 6:39 pm.

A roast beef sandwich sent Katie Voelker to the hospital in June 2022. Six hours after dinner, she woke in the middle of the night with hives, an itchy throat, nausea and dizziness.

“Only in a small town” is the theme for this year’s Wellfleet Fall Festival. The festival will take place on September 8th, 9th, and 10th.

by: Brianna Davis A mere 84 years ago, a young High school junior from the Nebraska School of Agriculture was chosen by the faculty to represent the school as junior attendant to the queen. Included with this honor was riding a float in the 1939 Curtis Fall Festival parade.