Body NORFOLK - For the fourth-consecutive year, the Southern Valley journalism team has finished State Runner-Up. The Eagles finished with three individual State Championships and won 24 total medals.

Body EDISON - Following its purchase of the former Good Samritan Society property in Arapahoe just over a year ago, Ag Valley Coop plans to move its corporate operations there by the end of the year.

Body Spring is finally here in the Northern Plains and summer feels just around the corner. As all we Northerners know, as soon as the temperatures hit even a mild degree on the thermometer most of us shed the jackets and long pants, and our skin is frontand- center.

Body America currently faces the worst drug crisis in our nation’s history. In 2021, 106,000 Americans died of a drug overdose – nearly 70,000 because of fentanyl. Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death among Americans aged 18-45. The precursors to fentanyl are produced in China.

Body Our nation’s government was founded on a system of checks and balances. We have three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial.

Body More than 2,400 students in grades 6-12 are expected to compete in the 53rd Annual Cornhusker Trap Shoot April 27-29 on the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association in Doniphan, Nebraska.

Body Cambridge Lions met for a spring cleaning along the highway east of Cambridge on Monday night, followed by dinner and a meeting at the Golf Course. Next up for the club is painting parking lines in downtown Cambridge.

Body Cambridge was named a 2022 Tree City USA for the 17th year by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management.

Body The Southwest National Honor Society held a coloring contest for grades P-K through 3rd grade and an Easter basket decorating contest for grades 4 & 5 (as a class).

Body LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 20, 2023 – The Nebraska USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) is highlighting available assistance programs to help farmers and livestock producers address the ongoing drought.