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Body Nebraska Public Media’s local television series What If…Nebraska returns in May with new stories highlighting innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship across the state. The seventh season premieres at 8:00 p.m.

Body Merrick Foundation is excited to announce the recipients of our 2nd Quarter 2026 grant cycle. These grants support projects and programs that strengthen communities, create opportunities for youth, and enhance quality of life across Merrick County.

Body CENTRAL CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Adalyn Stranberg, Realynn Varley, Huck Wegner, and Damon Michalski recently earned first place in the stock market game. Out of over 100 teams in the middle school division in Nebraska, the Central City students earned the top position.

Body A new study by researchers at the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska offers a comprehensive national-scale assessment of irrigated agriculture in the United States in recent years.

Body THE CENTRAL CITY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Kicked off National Tourism and Travel Week with Central City Media Day on Friday.

Body 10 YEARS AGO Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City participated in an innovative twenty-three county regional pandemic influenza exercise developed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Body MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING and the Central City Senior Center—The Good Life Center—want to Thank their forty-plus volunteers that help the center run smoothly.

Body CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL students Julia Buss and Josiah Hagemeier qualified for the American Junior Academy of Science National Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Their projects were selected as two of the top ten projects in the state at the recent statewide competition.

Body The second session of the 109th Legislature adjourned sine die on Friday, April 17th. Interviewed last week, District 34 Senator Loren Lippincott described the sixty-day short session as largely defined by the state’s budget deficit and lawmakers’ attempts to make up for it.