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The race for Merrick County sheriff, featuring incumbent John Westman and challenger Grady Wranek, headlined Sunday afternoon’s non-partisan candidate forum held at the Central City Performing Arts Center.

Nine candidates vying for public office in Merrick County had a chance to make their case to voters during a non-partisan candidate forum held at the Central City Performing Arts Center on Sunday.

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TRAFFIC CONTACTS 136: 95-Warnings and 41-Citations MERRICK COUNTY ARRESTS 2: 1-Felony Arrest and 1-Misdemeanor Arrest.

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

MONDAY, MARCH 23 Officer responded traffic in control in the area of Highway 14th and Highway. Officer responded to a disturbance in the 1300 block of 12th Avenue, situation resolved.

Merrick Arts Council’s final show for the 2025-26 season will be on Sunday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m. featuring Rebecca Noble’s Cabaret Theatre at the Central City Performing Arts Center, Edwin and Bernice Lock Theatre.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 THE NON-EQUALITY OF TAX DAY It is that dreaded tax day again where we are expected to apply rules laid out in the 6,871 pages of the U.S. Federal Tax Code and 1,271 pages of the Nebraska Tax Code.

For Nebraska producer Troy Anderson, his family is deeply rooted in doing things the right way. That began with his parents instilling the importance of Beef Quality Assurance in him and his siblings and now passing down the core principles to his son.

10 YEARS AGO Nick Ryan, owner of Prairie Creek Vineyards, asked the Central City Council to consider the legalization of Sunday sales of liquor within city limits. About sixty runners participated in the first-ever Bader Park fundraising race event.