Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious contagious disease caused by bacteria that typically affects the lungs but can also impact other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with active TB disease coughs, speaks, or sings. There are two forms of TB.

KEARNEY - Twenty area students will continue their speech seasons into this weekend after qualifying for the NSAA State Speech Meet in Kearney. In Class D2, Elwood’s Kara Brockman took first place in both Extemporaneous Speaking and Persuasive Speaking at the District D2-4 Meet in Litchfield.

The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in partnership with the Lower Republican Natural Resources District (NRD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared a draft “Turkey Creek Watershed Plan, Furnas and Gosper Counties, Nebraska” in December 2025.

For lake goers headed west across the Medicine Creek Reservoir Dam, looking south will see activity, trucks and equipment. Last fall, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded a contract for construction work to begin. The project is twofold.

HOLDREGE - The Cambridge High School Quiz Bowl team finished second place at the ESU 11 meet in Holdrege Thursday, clinching a berth at the State Meet, which will be held in Hastings April 20.

Thursday evening, with prairie fires raging out of control all around the Moorefield, Farnam and Gothenburg area, local farm families went to work volunteering to fight the fires.

On March 8th Rolling Meadows 4-H club had their second meeting. Officers are Kellan Newcomb, president Janae Brockmeier, vice president Avery Loshonkohl, secretary Kaden Hueftle, treasurer and Drew Newcomb and Brynn Loshonkohl are historian and reporter, together.

During the Eustis-Farnam meeting on March 9, 2026, the school board granting permission to Superintendent Daren Hatch to offer contracts to certified teachers (permanent and probationary) for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year.

Cambridge City Council met in regular session on Monday, March 16, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. After the Pledge of Allegiance and the Open Meeting Law announcement, the council approved the consent agenda.

The Cambridge Lions Club welcomes two new members (left photo) to their Club. Dr. Andrea Rice-Estrada and Manny Estrada are the newest members. They are shown in the photo with Lions President Lisa Dutt and their sponsor, Lions member Vallie Guess.