The Waypoint Baby Crawling Contest was held on January 2, 2026 and the winner was Riggins “Rapid Fire” Helms – son of Derek & Allison Helms. (Left) The family received a Trophy & $50 in Chamber Bucks Baby Crawling Contest Participants were (Top photo Left to Right) Layne “Stay in Your Layne” Rice, Grayson “G Baby” Rich Charles “Sir Super Speed” Langlet, Jorge “The Habanero” Pena, Reed “Reeder The Speeder” Shepard Hayes “Hot Rod” Huxoll and Riggins “Rapid Fire” Helms

The Maywood School Board held their first meeting of the new year on January 12 and conducted their business in one hour. All four officers were reelected to their positions on the six-member board for 2026: Marty (President), Sheri Hartley (Vice President), Barbara Fritsche (Secretary), and Jason Johnson (Treasurer).

EUSTIS - The Eustis-Farnam school board met for the first time in the new year on Monday, January 12. As the first order of business, the board reviewed aspects of the Committee on Americanism.

By Interim Executive Director Kelly Bruns, Ph.D. It is a privilege to formally recognize the academic achievement of our students and to acknowledge the discipline, persistence, and commitment required to attain Dean’s List and Honor Roll distinction.

January 8, 2026. Cambridge Unit 199 of the American Legion Auxiliary met in regular session at the Community Building with 4 members present: Pres.

“We had put together budgets for the net four to five years, one set with the override passed and one with it not,” Drews said. “We’re going to use the tools provided and try to recover our financial situation with those.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, January 12th, 2026. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

The Garden Prairie Church will hold their annual Soup Supper on January 18th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced students who earned a place on the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester. Students who are on the dean’s list must have completed 12 credit hours or more of classes with a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale.

I guess the best thing that can be said about the weather is that there have been nice days to enjoy. For sure, we haven’t gotten anything in the moisture department. I haven’t talked to anyone that wouldn’t welcome a good foot of snow. And to add insult to injury, the corn market was down by 25 cents on Monday!