The 2023 Frontier County Turtle Race was a huge success again this year. 36 youngsters came out to race their turtles on Friday, July 28. A huge crowd assembled to cheer on the turtles and the kids! The turtles were raced according to the grade the handlers are going into this fall. The race, medals, and championship trophy were sponsored by Tyron Lenz Construction. The medal winners for each of the divisions were as follows: Pre-K: Eliza Meyers; Kindergarten – 1st Grade: Daisy Mortensen; 2nd – 3rd Grade: Darin Meyers; 4th 5th Grade: Maddy Oberg; 6th – 8th Grade: Rileigh Crawford; 9th – 12th Grade: Chris Taylor. An overall championship race was held for all medal winning turtles. The 2023 Turtle Race Champion, beating all first place turtles, was raced by Eliza Meyers. If you missed this year’s turtle race, plan to attend the 2024 race at the Frontier County Fair in Stockville! Pictured are the medal winners, the overall champion, and race sponsor, Tyron Lenz.

One of the biggest challenges in rural Nebraska is that of simply finding a place to live. In the Spring of 2022, The FOOI Committee of Eustis Nebraska was put to task in finding solutions for this challenge.

Ice cream social held at Eustis Methodist Church.

Over the last 21 years, former coaches Dennis Troester and Richard Wilson have taken almost 340 local athletes as part of volleyball teams to the NoKaOi Volleyball Showcase in Honolulu, Hawaii. Last week, nine local high school volleyball players returned from this year’s showcase, successfully brought on by Troester and Wilson.

Connie and Greg Hill of Cambridge recieved a Family Farm Pioneer Award on Thursday, July 13, for having their piece of land in the family for over 100 years. The land that Greg Hill owns has been in their family for 118 years, Connie Hill said.

A car crash killed one and injured two North of Road 744 on Monday after their car rolled over, the Gosper County Sheriff ’s Office said. The Gosper County Coroner pronounced an unnamed, 12-year-old passenger dead on the scene, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Jo Lee Ebbers provides flowers for her community using her small business Blooms and a step-by-step preservation process. The process mainly involves a type of flower food, a large blade, and a temperature-controlled room.

In April 1973, Herb Besler took a leap of faith and started his business in a small building behind the Cambridge Bowling Alley. Initially focused on subcontracting farmoriented products, Besler quickly made a name for himself with his portable corral panels and groundbreaking 20’ hay feeder. As demand grew, Besler Industries found itself outgrowing its modest beginnings and, with the support of the Cambridge Development Corporation SBA and ________________________________ acres of land on Highway 6 & 34.

Summer is here! We’ve had unusually nice weather for this time of the year and for sure we enjoyed it. Well, the worm has turned and we are into our traditional July weather. Hot! We are spoiled and not tolerating it well at all.

BEAVER CITY –The city council voted to change the employee health care coverage plan during the July 17 meeting. As a member of the League of Municipalities headquartered is eligible to provide health insurance to employees in a __________________________ Under the new plan that is ___________________________ Blue Shield, the city will save $1,700 per month in premi____________________________ employees as the annual deductible goes down from $6,000 to $2,000 while increasing coverage to include dental, vision, and life insurance in addition to the standard health coverage.