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In an age where the daily news cycle often dwells on the grittier side of human nature, the Central City Area Chamber of Commerce offers a refreshing narrative - a community united by kindness. Their recent Leap Day event not only marked the advent of the Chamber’s membership season but also heralded a campaign poised to enrich the social fabric of Central City - the “Kindness is Contagious” initiative.

Chapman Volunteer Fire Department has one big change coming to their community, their own ambulance. Captain Tanner Maw and Assistant Chief Casey Bagwell sat down with the Central City Republican-Nonpareil to give an update on all the things that Chapman VFD has to offer and why it is so important this ambulance was pushed for.

Even though Career and Technical Education month is now at an end, students will still be continuing to improve their skills in these special classes and prepare better for what they will be doing after graduation.

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Merrick County Historical Museum invites history enthusiasts and the community at large to a thought-provoking presentation titled “Family Stories or True History?” scheduled for March 10th. This engaging event promises to unravel the threads between cherished family tales and the factual history they may or may not embody.

In the 1940s Stan Ferris’s father moved to Merrick County and began farming. Stan stayed in Merrick County and kept farming and now Stan sits back and watches his son, Greg, farm in Merrick County. However, in those early days, before Greg was even a thought, Stan watched his dad from afar, and longed for the day he could get in a tractor and go out to the fields himself.