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“Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet,” Willa Cather once wrote. The famed literary artist first came to Nebraska at the age of nine, when her family settled in Webster County.

Hiking and camping opportunities heat up when the weather warms. Come summer, individuals feel compelled to load up their campers or pack their tents and enjoy some forested paradise.

This past Tuesday the office of the Republican-Nonpareil came to life as two dozen local elementary school students were able to get a behind the scenes look at how the newspaper comes to life each week.

Each year the American Legion Post #6 brings together some of the best area pitmasters for their annual Ribfest event and over the years the event has grown to one of the local highlights of the summer months.

The City Council of Central City gathered at the City Hall on Monday for their regular session, addressing various important matters concerning the local community.

Monday night the City Council of Central City approved a new food program to operate at South Park this summer and by Tuesday the Leadership Center, based out of Aurora, had boots on the ground as they began their Summer Food Service Program, better known as Lunch Bunch.

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Central City hosted the 15th annual Fly-In at the Central City Airport. This event features airplanes, helicopters and parachute jumpers.A big attraction and crowd pleaser was the P-51 Musting.

The Central City Public Library is thrilled to announce the launch of its highly anticipated Summer Reading Program with the theme “All Together Now.”

Sunday will be an exciting day for local train enthusiast as the historic Big Boy No. 4014 will pass through Central City headed to Omaha.