After years of discussion but the timing wasn’t quite right, in September 2020, the Evangelical Free (E-free) church in McCook expanded to open a satellite location at the Community Building in Cambridge.

Santa will be making a few stops in Cambridge on December 12, where you can drop off your letter for him directly. He’ll be at the football field from 11-11:3o a.m. and at the empty lot south of Tri Valley Health System from 11:30-noon. He’ll wrap up his visit at Anew from noon-12:30.

(Holdrege, NE) - G. Reed Philips has been appointed to represent subdistrict one on the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District’s board of directors. Philips will serve the remaining two years of the four-year term of Phyllis Johnson also of rural Bertrand.

On December 1st Elwood Public School held the first of two Christmas Concerts in the school gym. Participating in this concert were Pre-k thru 4th grade students. Only parents of these students were in attendance at the concert.

Arapahoe students and faculty had fun with their Reading and Scholastic Book Fair promotion last week. They had crazy sock day and favorite book character dress up day. Here are a few photos from students and staff taking part in the fun.

Lincoln — If you’re older than 6 months and haven’t yet received a flu shot, it’s not too late — and never, due to the pandemic, has it been more important.

The Golden Generation Center will host a pick -up and delivery holiday meal on December 16, 2020 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Tickets for the multi course meals are $10.00 per ticket. You can purchase a ticket at the Center from 8 am to 2 pm monday through Friday.

The Southern Valley High School Christmas concert will be held virtually on Monday, December 14 due to directed health measures with limits on capacity. The groups performing will be recorded during the school day. The video will be released that evening.

The Cambridge City Council met in regular session on Monday, December 7, 2020. All members were present for the meeting. The first order of business was to adjourn the old city council and reconvene as the new city council.

Tri Valley Medical Foundation purchased four new electric stretchers for the surgical department in the amount of $75,864. The new electric stretchers will allow for a higher standard of patient safety and comfort while also providing easier use for staff.