8/4/25: Road hazard, pivot spraying roadway, Rd 718 Oxford, NE; Municipal Ordinance Violation, dogs running loose getting into trash, citation issued for dog at large, Parker Street, Cambridge; Municipal Ordinance Violation Penn St., Cambridge, Citation issued for dog at large. Jeff Woods issued two citations for dogs at large; refused to sign citations, City Attorney will issue summons.; Assist other agency, Nelson St., Cambridge, Missing Mc-Cook Juvenile believed to be in Cambridge, Consent search of an apartment, juvenile not located.

Sally Bunnell is a true globetrotter, having visited 119 countries. She has also lived abroad in Denmark and London and resided in New York City and Los Angeles. Yet no place in the world rivals the contentment she feels in her home state of Nebraska.

Drug Enforcement Administration encourages open conversations on danger of drugs and social media as students return to school OMAHA, Nebraska – As students across the state prepare to return to school, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division is encouraging families to have open conversations about the potentially lethal consequences of drug experimentation and the threat posed by drug dealers on social media. In Nebraska, DEA has seized more than 145,000 fentanyl pills in the first seven months of 2025.

The Garden Prairie Church will hold their annual ice cream social this Sunday August 17th from 5-7 p.m. at the church located on Highway 83 about 16 miles south of Maywood. With over 20 kinds of ice cream & desserts being served. A free will offering will go to Homestead Rescue at Wellfleet & L2 for Kids at McCook.

Aug. 7, 2025 (McCook, Neb.) — Weather permitting, a chip seal project will begin Monday, Aug. 11 on U.S. Highway 283 (US-283), according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Chip seal is an application of an asphalt binder to a roadway surface followed by an aggregate.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, August 11th, 2025. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.

8/3/25: Motorist Assist, hazard, Rd 399, Stockville, NE; Traffic, reckless driving, Commercial St., Maywood, NE; Burglary, Cherry, Maywood, NE; Burglary, Ingalls St., Eustis, NE. 8/4/25: Theft, 2nd St.

(Includes Date, Ministers, Layaperson and special music) August 17: Rev. Chad Anderson, Kearney; Dave Stoddard; “Jeannie Homan” August 24: Rev.

Congratulations to this week’s Elwood Chamber of Commerce Yard of the Week, Mike and Starla Remmenga! Your yard looks fantastic. .

Recent hot temperatures, followed by several cloudy days, have contributed to the occurrence of fish kills in Nebraska. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission recently investigated fish kills at Omaha’s Benson Park Pond and Pioneer Trails Lake near Aurora Summer fish kills, a natural phenomenon of fish dying off in large numbers during the summer months, often are caused by low dissolved oxygen levels in the water.