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Central City students earned a slate of honors at the Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 21st, the team’s second major competition of the season. Competing in Nebraska City, students brought home a mix of special awards and top category finishes.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 Our American form of government is often referred to today as a democracy, but that is inaccurate. We are a constitutional republic which represents a distinctly different system of government.

The value of agricultural land in Nebraska declined one percent over the past year to an average of $3,905 per acre as of February 1st, according to the preliminary report from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 2025-26 Farm Real Estate Market Survey.

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10 YEARS AGO Former deputy for the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office, Dave Sullivan, has died of an apparent heart attack. Sullivan, 43, ran an unsuccessful campaign for Sheriff during the 2014 election cycle.

Local faces, places to be featured in locally shot short film Familiar streets, businesses, backroads, and fields in Central City and rural Merrick and Hamilton counties set the scene for a short film that is soon to hit the festival circuit.

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) announced last week that it will host an open house on March 26th in Central City to gather public input for a new transmission project in the area.

THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH 3:00 to 7:00 p. m.• Solt-Wegner Community Room The first in a set of three rounds to discuss and map the proposed 115Kv transmission line to connect the existing NPPD substation south of Central City to the existing substation north of Aurora..

The Central City Area Chamber of Commerce wants to put Central City in the spotlight, and they have sought help from municipal leaders to make that happen.

Herk’s Welding, Inc. A family-owned business which has served Central City and the surrounding area since 1970, Herk’s Welding shop has evolved from a simple welding repair shop to a multifaceted company.