10 years ago The Arapahoe Board of Education meeting accepted the resignation of Kristen Harris followed by the approval of contracts for Jennifer Henry for English and Dustin Kronhofman for social studies. Makayla Wendland writes down the swimming events for Anna tenBensel before the Arapahoe Swim Meet on Saturday.

10 years ago The Cambridge Board of Education announced the kitchen staff has been hired with Diane Hanna as head cook, and Paula Waugh, Crystal Stoddard, and Kassie North. Changes took place in the City Council Ward One seat on Monday night as Jo Fuller had to step down because she moved out of the Ward One.

10 years ago Attending Boys and Girls State last week were Thad Reiman, Adrian Eggers, Ashley Larsen, and Carl Einspahr. The Elwood Board of Education hired a new teacher Kassandra Coover as special education instructor.

10 years ago New awning for the Indianola Public Library went up last Wednesday replacing the old one taken down due to its deteriorating condition. At the Republican Valley Board of Education meeting the board accepted the resignation of daycare provider Tammy Greenlee… 20 years ago Three of the Indianola Volunteer Fire Fighters are Darrin Newberry who works at Timmerman Feed Yards, Tom Davidson Chief of the Indianola Fire and Rescue Department, and Tim Blume EMT, and fire fighter and works as repairman for Lord’s.

100 Years Ago June 16, 1921 A delegation of Oxford boosters visited neighboring towns advertising a 4th of July celebration. C.F.

25 Years Ago June 13, 1996 Many farms in the south of Beaver City saw hail damage from a short storm last week. Significant damage was reported in the Phil Babcock, Don Cass, Steve Shafer, Duane Bishop and Fred Warner neighborhood southwest of town, on the Rennecker (farmed by Dale Fults), Bill Weaver and Clay Kuersteiner (farmed by Ron Upson) farms south of town, and on the Corky Marble farm in the Precept area.

Larry "Bugs" Foster, age 81, of Bartley, passed away at the Community Hospital in McCook on November 9, 2020. He was born in Omaha, NE on February 5, 1939 to Leo and Dorothy (Wight) Foster.

The Sons of The American Legion hamburger supper and flag retirement ceremony were a success. We would like to thank all of those who attended. A special thanks to the City of Arapahoe for the use of the beautiful park, Mel Christensen family for hamburger, AgValley Coop for the grill, and Pioneer for paper products. We would like to congratulate the winners of the drawing: Heath Hammond, Penny Lingg, Stacia Gellerman, Hawk Ellis, Kat Barger, Shannon Tolle, and Scott tenBensel.

Please shower John and Ingrid Tangeman with cards in honor of their retirement, July 1, 2021 from Arapahoe Pharmacy after 36 years of service to the Arapahoe community. Cards will reach them at P.O. Box 387, Arapahoe, NE 68922

The Sons of the American Legion hosted a free will hamburger feed with ice cream at the Arapahoe Park on Sunday, June 13th. After the meal at 7:00 p.m., they held a ceremony to dispose of worn flags. First they explained to those attending, what each fold means when folding a flag the correct way. A gun salute and taps was played before the flags were burned.