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2025 Merrick County Fair kicks off this weekend

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Central City, Nebraska 2025 Merrick County Fair kicks off this weekend The 2025 Merrick County Fair is nearly here, and the fairgrounds in Central City are ready to come alive with five jam-packed days of family fun, fast-paced action, and small-town flavor. From Saturday, July 26 through Wednesday, July 30, visitors will experience everything from cornhole and caricatures to mud volleyball and midway thrills.

Main Street buildings come down in Central City: an era ends, a new chapter begins

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Last week, Central City said goodbye to three of its oldest and most iconic Main Street buildings as demolition crews brought down the long-standing structures at 319 and 321 G Street—including the former NAPA Auto Parts store—marking the close of a chapter that spanned well over a century.

CARD OF THANKS

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The family of Adrian Harlow wishes to thank the staff at the Merrick county Medical Center, Sheriff John Westman, and the Central City Police Department for their help during this tragic event. Also, thanks for the cards, flowers, food, money, hugs, caring words, and concerns. Brian Harlow and family

Society News

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Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met at 1:00 P.M., June 19, 2025, at the Venture Center in Central City, Ne. Member Mary Helen Fuchs introduced the Chapter’s special guests for the day, Birdie Krance of Central City and speaker Mickey Creager of Omaha.

The Bible Says

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“And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.”