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TRAFFIC CONTACTS 184: 86-Warnings and 98-Citations MERRICK COUNTY ARRESTS 6: 0-Felony Arrests and 6-Misdemeanor Arrests. DEPUTIES HANDLED 67 CALLS FOR SERVICE: 0818 Trespassing, 1500 Block L Road, Central City; 08/18 Pivot Violation, M & 7th Roads, Central City; 08/18 Animal at Large, 19th Road & Hwy 30, Central City; 08/18 Court Security; 08/18 Larceny-Theft of Plates, 1600 Block 15th Road, Central City; 08/18 Traffic Hazard, Hwy 30 & 21st Road, Clarks; 08/18 Department Intel, Hwy 92 & 25th Road, Clarks; 08/18 Medical Emergency, 2800 Block 28th Street, Central City; 08/18 Speak with Officer, 600 Block 1st Street, Silver Creek; 08/19 Traffic Hazard, Hwy 30 & 11th Road, Central City; 08/19 Disturbance, 600 Block Utica Street, Palmer; 08/19 Speak with Officer, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City; 08/19 Juvenile Matter, 1800 Block Pintail Lane, Central City; 08/19 Animal Complaint, 300 Block East Barton Street, Clarks; 08/20 Court Security; 08/20 Speak with Officer, 1600 Block Worms Road, Worms; 08/20 DHHS (Department Health & Human Services), Investigation, Silver Creek; 08/21 Speak with Officer, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City; 08/21 DHHS (Department Health & Human Services), Investigation, Clarks; 08/21 Pivot Violation, Merrick & 6th Roads, Palmer; 08/21 Pursuit, Hwy 30 & 18th Road, Central City; 08/22 Prisoner Transport; 08/22 Speak with Officer, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City; 08/22 Warrant, Hwy 30 & K Road, Central City, Redinger, Ryan-39 Arrested on Lancaster County Warrant; 08/23 Traffic Enforcement, Hwy 30 & Mile Marker 321, Grand Island; 08/23 Speak with Officer, 500 Block Myrtle Street, Clarks; 08/23 Traffic Complaint, Hwy 30 East Bound from Gunbarrel Road, Grand Island; 08/23 Speak with Officer, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City; 08/24 Noise Complaint, 700 Block Cady Street, Chapman; 08/24 Parking, Hwy 92 & Worms Road, Palmer; 08/24 Animal Complaint, 1900 Block 7th Road, Archer; 08/25 Speak with Officer, 600 Block 1st Street, Silver Creek; 08/25 Traffic Enforcement, Hwy 30 & 6th Road, Chapman; 08/25 Criminal Mischief, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City; 08/25 Property Damage, 1900 Block 7th Road, Archer; 08/25 DHHS (Department Health & Human Services), Investigation, Clarks; 08/25 Welfare Check, 2200 Block 19th Road, Central City; 08/26 Animal Complaint, Worms Road, Worms; 08/26 Animal Complaint, Vine and 3rd Streets, Silver Creek; 08/26 DHHS (Department Health & Human Services), Investigation, Silver Creek; 08/26 Traffic Complaint, Hwy 30 & 370th Avenue, Silver Creek; 08/26 Speak with Officer, 100 Block A Road, Grand Island; 08/26 Welfare Check, 100 Block Zurich Street, Palmer; 08/26 Traffic Enforcement, Hwy 92 & 18th Road, Clarks, McFarland, Chad R.-49, Arrested for Driving Under Suspension; 08/27 Traffic Accident, Hwy 30 & 4th Road, Chapman; 08/27 Court Security; 08/27 Warrant/ Criminal, 1800 Block 16th Avenue, Central City, Alarcon, Eric -29, Turned Self In, Court Commitment; 08/27 Motorist Assist, Y Road & Hwy 30, Silver Creek; 08/28 Traffic Accident, Hwy 14 Between X/Z Roads, Central City; 08/28 Fraud, 2800 Block 24th Road, Clarks; 08/28 AOA (Assist Other Agency)-Grand Island Rural, 100 Block Beck Road, Grand Island; 08/28 Sexual Assault, 2400 Block 20th Avenue, Central City; 08/28 APS (Adult Protective Services), 100 Block Beck Road, Grand Island; 08/28 DHHS (Department Health & Human Services), Investigation, Chapman; 08/29 Death Notification, 900 Block G Road, Chapman; 08/29 Traffic Complaint, Hwy 30 & 28th Road, Clarks; 08/30 Traffic Complaint, Hwy 30 & Mile Marker 331, Chapman; 08/30 Medical Emergency, 1700 Block 31st Street, Central City; 08/30 Speak with Officer, 2400 Block 3rd Road, Palmer; 08/30 Suspicious Activity, Hwy 14 Bridge, Central City; 08/30 Motorist Assist, Lockwood Drive, Grand Island; 08/31 Accident, Hwy 30 & V Road, Clarks; 08/31 Stolen Property, 300 Block W Barton, Clarks; 08/31 Theft, 1100 Block Valmont Street, Palmer; 08/31 Medical Emergency, 200 Block Vine Street, Silver Creek; 08/31 Traffic Complaint, Gunbarrel & Stolley Park Roads, Grand Island; 08/31 Traffic Complaint, Hwy 30 West Bound, Central City.

Justin Anderson • Activities Director The Central City Athletic Department is excited to announce the induction of Zach Reeves (2013) and Harold Wilder (1914) into the Central City High School Hall of Fame this past Friday night. Zach and Harold were the seventy-first and seventy-second overall members of the Central City Athletic Hall of Fame.

MONDAY, AUGUST 25 Officer received an Adult Protective Services Intake. Officer received another Adult Protective Services Intake.

Merrick Arts Council’s (MAC) 2025-26 season is quickly approaching with an opening show featuring former Husker Volleyball Coach John Cook. MAC is anticipating a big crowd for the John Cook presentation on September 28th at 2:00 p.m.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 In the wake of the immediate success of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz”—the migrant detention and deportation facility built earlier this year in the Everglades—a similar facility is being planned for Nebraska, dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink.” The plan announced in August by Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen is to convert an existing minimum-security prison work camp in McCook to a facility that would hold 200 detainees initially, with potential to expand to 300. Of course there has been no shortage of controversy regarding the proposal, so let’s look at why such facilities are vital to public safety and our national interests.

The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) has now opened the internship application period for seven internship experiences beginning in May 2026. The internships vary in location, focus, and scope but are designed to provide students with an overview of Nebraska’s corn industry through real-world professional experiences.

10 YEARS AGO Six-year-old Logan Sell and his little sister Katie, who is five, had a unique ask on the invitations they sent out to their birthday party. The two asked that guests bring gifts that they could donate to the pediatric patients at Litzenburg Memorial County Hospital in Central City.