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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 Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) has now opened the internship application period for seven internship experiences beginning in May 2026.

When it comes to agriculture and spray drones, the sky is the limit. While that idiom is true figuratively and literally, speakers and others expressing sentiments shared optimism for the industry at the third annual Nebraska Ag and Spray Drone Conference at the Lifelong Learning Center.

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.

CENTRAL CITY MARCHING BAND

Clarks residents hope stand helps build bonds About a month ago, the village of Clarks became the home of a new experiment in charitable giving.

Legacy gift largest in Merrick Foundation’s history Merrick Foundation announced late last week that the foundation had received the largest gift in the organization’s sixty-fiveyear history.

“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

MONDAY, AUGUST 18 Officer responded to a theft of services complaint in the 1400 block of 16th Street, situation resolved. Officer responded to a disturbance in the 2800 block of 28th Street, situation resolved.

We are so excited to welcome you back to Central City Elementary School! It’s going to be a great school year for all of our students, teachers and families. We kicked off the year with an awesome Back to School Barbecue and Open House.