10 years ago Many people joined forces on Monday evening, May 23 and worked late into the night to work on the splash pad and surrounding shelter area. Concrete was poured around 9 p.m.

10 years ago Members of Cambridge General Store Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce, and store employees, store manager Scott Orcutt cut the ribbon of the store’s grand opening. The Council approved appointed Chris Shoff to replace Marilyn Klinkebiel on the park board.

10 years ago The American Legion Post 280 is sponsoring Adrian Eggers who will attend the 2011 Cornhusker Boys State. Construction of the Avanti Hair & Tanning Salon in Elwood is beginning to take shape.

10 years ago The Danbury Depot will be open on Sunday, May 29 from 1-4:40 and on Monday, May 30 from 1-4:30 p.m. Miranda Wordekemper of Indianola represented Red Willow County at the Regional 4-H Public Speaking Contest held Saturday, May 21 in North Platte.

110 Years Ago May 25, 1911 Steady strong winds have done considerable damage to crops. Moisture totaling 1.63 inches fell.

25 Years Ago May 23, 1996 A large crowd gathered at Southern Valley Sunday afternoon to watch the very first graduation as forty seniors received their diplomas. Chosen by their classmates to speak on behalf of the class were Michelle Blue, Ginny Dietz and Kili Rikli.

When Richard Lawton, M.D., Ph.D. was a young boy, he liked fixing things, building bikes and spending time in the woodshop. Those types of interests lend themselves toward surgery, he says, and pointed him, in his adulthood, to a career in orthopedic surgery. It helped that his father, who recently retired, was a family practice doc, “so I got some initial exposure through watching him when I was a kid.”

CURTIS, Neb. – Pastures and grazing lands around a college campus in Curtis will serve as headquarters for the Nebraska Youth Range Camp on June 7-10.

Our Redeemer Lutheran – Missouri Synod Elwood Pastor Michael Wolff wwwourredeemerelwood.com Friday, May 28: 9:00 a.m.-Exercise Group. Sunday, May 30: 10:00 a.m.-Worship.

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced students who earned a place on the dean’s list for the spring 2021 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.