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MONDAY, JULY 20 Officer responded to a traffic complaint in the area of Highway 30 and 13th Road, made contact in city limits, situation resolved. Officer responded to a stray dog complaint in the 1100 block of 13th Street, dog impounded.

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The back-to-school commute creates one of the busiest and most unpredictable traffic environments of the year.

Hamilton Telecommunications and the Central City Investment Club announced last week that Hamilton’s fiber internet project in Central City has reached its first forty percent market penetration milestone.

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What began as a connection between a Canadian startup and the University of Nebraska– Lincoln several years ago has grown into a southeast Nebraska operation developing cutting-edge autonomous farming technology.

10 YEARS AGO After a summer’s worth of rock piling and spreading and smoothing, the end is in sight for completion of the field turf surface at Preferred Popcorn Field at Central City’s Memorial Stadium. This was the first year the Merrick County Ag Society put together a Farmers’ Olympics.

The bracket may have been a moving target at Kernel Field this week, but besides teams moving around on their march to the Class B National Division Championship Game, everything else at the American Legion Class B State Baseball Tournament has run according to plan.

County fair draws crowds during event’s five-day run The Merrick County Fairgrounds were the epicenter of excitement in Merrick County this week. The Merrick County Fair began its annual five-day run outside of Central City on Saturday, August 1st and concluded on Wednesday night, August 5th.