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This past Friday, people from all around gathered at the VFW in Clarks for a special pool tournament and fundraiser. The pool tournament was held as a benefit for Andrew Lewis, who recently was involved in a work-place explosion that left him fighting for his life in an Omaha hospital.

After months of waiting and over a year of planning the time has finally come for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Cornhusker volleyball team to come to Central City. The excitement is sure to build as we move closer with preparations to the Bison Activity Dome floor beginning on Thursday.

For the better part of a year now a large elephant has lived on the third floor of the Merrick County Courthouse. Each Merrick County Board of Supervisors meeting that elephant in the room is what the future of long-term care in Merrick County looks like.

Tuesday night the energy in the room was one of excitement as community members came together to plan for the next ten years in our community. Bobbi Pettit speaks to community members as they began to work together to highlight recent successes and areas of needed improvement..

This past weekend Republican-Nonpareil Publisher, Ryan Dettman was honored to be asked to present at the 150th annual Nebraska Press Association Convention.

Two Central City girls will represent Nebraska in America’s National Teen-Ager Scholarship Pageant in Nashville Tennessee after Jeralee Shotkoski and Brooke herbig were crowned Miss Nebraska Senior Teen-Ager and Junior Teen-Ager respectively.

The Central City Police Department participated in the “National U Drive U Text U Pay” high-visibility enforcement grant from April 3-9, 2023. The police department had four officers work 40 over-time hours with four citations issued and 12 contacts made..

Managing Spring Drought Lancaster County ended 2022 under very dry conditions – approximately 11 inches below normal rainfall. Dry conditions continued throughout winter bringing us into spring with the entire state still experiencing drought.

Middle School Third Quarter Honor Roll (3.68 and above) Abby Berck;Addie Edson;Alexis Perry;Ava Merchant; Baron Falk; Bria Meckel; Brielle Edson; David Chiles; Elise Rathjen; Emily Perry; Haddie Rankin; Kadeya Sanborn; Kaley Krug; Katie Sidak; Liana Hanson; Luke Powell; Matthew Needham; Micaiah...