Memorial Day program at the Arapahoe Cemetery

Body (Top-bottom) Gary Schievelbein raised the flag while Valerie Leising sang the National Anthem; Wayne Lammel introduced speaker, Pastor Moshier and 1st Lieutenant Tom Whipple placed the wreath at the unknown soldiers grave marker and the American Legion Color Guard gave a gun...
Memorial Day program at the Arapahoe Cemetery

Complete loss in Saturday evening Arapahoe house fire

Body On Saturday, May 29 at approximately 12:23 a.m., the Arapahoe Volunteer Fire Department, along with mutual aid from Cambridge, Edison and Holbrook, responded to a fire at 602 Vine Street in Arapahoe. Departments were on scene for approximately 4.5 hours.
Complete loss in Saturday evening Arapahoe house fire

Elwood volunteers honored for service to the community

Body The Elwood Nebraska Chamber of Commerce recently honored some outstanding citizens in the community. The 2020 ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award went to the wonderful group that selflessly unloads the grocery truck for the Elwood Hometown Market in the wee hours every Thursday morning.
Pictured above: 2020 Elwood Nebraska Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year - the group that unloads the grocery truck for the Elwood Hometown Market.

Edison awarded $285K grant for wastewater

Body LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $1,155,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist three Nebraska communities in making vital improvements to their water-wastewater infrastructure.

The U.S. is the leader in sustainable beef production

Body Research recently conducted by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and The Beef Checkoff, and published in the journal Agricultural Systems, found that data commonly used to depict beef cattle’s environmental impact in the U.S. is often overestimated.

Beef passport launched in Nebraska

Body Kearney, NE - The Nebraska Beef Council has launched the Good Life Great Steaks Beef Passport program highlighting over 40 Nebraska restaurants that serve outstanding beef.
Beef passport launched in Nebraska
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