March 17, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) — The Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards will meet on March 24, at 9:00 a.m., at the Nebraska Department of Transportation Central Headquarters Building Auditorium, 1500 Nebraska Parkway in Lincoln. This meeting is open to the public.

Visitors to Nebraska’s south-central state parks will notice several improvements this year. Projects completed in 2022 or to be finished in 2023 will appeal to an array of park users.

On March 21, Pat Ludeke, a special education teacher from Washington Elementary School in Fremont gave a short presentation to our students. Through their Creating Kindness Project, students from Washington Elementary made special signs for our school and fire department. Four years ago, Fremont dealt with devasting floods. A school from Lincoln gave them gifts on the one-year anniversary of the flooding. The students of Washington Elementary wanted to pay it forward by making signs for our school on our one-year anniversary of the wildfires that affected so many in our community. The message of the day was power of kindness and helping each other in the face of adversity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced today her staff will hold local office hours for constituents in Furnas and Red Willow Counties on Thursday, March 30, 2023. These office hours serve as a convenient opportunity for constituents to speak in person directly with Senator Fischer’s staff to receive help with casework and other issues at the federal level.

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CAMBRIDGE - The latest honorees of Cambridge alumni were the first from the field of agriculture. Ed and Marilyn Kester received the Distinguished Alumni recognition at a school assembly Friday, receiving their award, then speaking briefly to the school in the auditorium before deferring to their son, Ken, to finish the address.

OXFORD - The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees approved gifting a Village owned lot to the Oxford Community Food Pantry during their meeting on Monday, March 13, 2023. The resolution to give the lot to the pantry was approved after a public hearing for a variance permit for the property. The planning and zoning commission had a meeting and recommended the zoning variance which the Village Board approved. The lot for the new food pantry site is in R-1 zoning and the building will be used for nonresidential. The building that will go on the lot is a 16 x 50 foot pre-fabricated building. Pantry board members asked the Village if there were any stipulations. There was some discussion on footings and it was thought it would be a good idea to have them.

The Elwood American Legion Post #290 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit #290 held their annual Birthday Banquet at the American Legion home in Elwood NE on Monday, March 6. Six veterans were recognized and honored for their service to our Nation with quilts from Prairie Quilt Guild members Marty Kleppinger and Kathy Beck of Elwood and Alice Erickson and Janet Kugler of Holdrege. Prairie Quilt Guild of Holdrege is a Chapter of the Quilts of Honor organization, which provided the quilts for the event. PQG members Marty Kleppinger and Kathy Beck made the quilts for the six veterans. Chapter Coordinators Alice Erickson and Janet Kugler also assisted with the presentations. The five veterans on hand for the presentation included Allen Schmeeckle, Dick Tobler, JB Houlden, Glenn Hofman and Keith Withers A sixth veteran, unable to attend the event, but honored with a patriotic quilt was R. Joe Marrs, Marine of Las Vegas NV.

Cambridge, Nebraska, March 13, 2023 –As Spring begins to peak around the corner, preparations for the annual Medicine Creek Days celebration are in full swing. Coordinated by the Cambridge Area Chamber of Commerce, Medicine Creek Days features events and activities for every age group including the popular big wheel races, street dance, couples golf tournament and, the celebration’s flagship event, the downtown parade.