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Bison step into season at fair

CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1975

During last Monday’s regular monthly meeting of the Central City Board of Education, board members discussed and acted on a brief agenda of items and reports relating to an increase in option enrollment students, the treasurer’s financial report, the purchase of a new activities bus, and a...

As the 2025 haying season is in full swing, producers are reminded of measures to reduce the risk of injury. Angie Johnson, North Dakota State University Extension farm and ranch safety specialist, urges farmers and ranchers to put safety first when haying ditches.

The Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors will hold a public hearing to set the property tax request and levy on September 4, 2025, during the regularly scheduled board of directors meeting.

The Nebraska State Fair kicked off its 2025 run with strong attendance and enthusiastic crowds, welcoming families from across Nebraska and beyond during its opening weekend, August 22nd through August 24th.

10 YEARS AGO A “rather large” garden of solar panels was recently constructed within the city. The collection of panels—200 kilowatts worth—is large enough that it has grown into the state’s largest solar array.

MERRICK COUNTY’S recent tire amnesty took place at the Merrick County Fairgrounds on Saturday. The event, which could accept up to 250 tons of tires, drew a large crowd of county residents.

The Central-City Republican-Nonpareil is under new ownership. Michael Happ, publisher of newspapers in Elm Creek, Palmer, Ravenna, St.

A United States Postal Service (USPS) clerk who has spent more than four decades with the United States mail will be stepping away next Friday. Cindi Anderson will be retiring on August 29th, marking the culmination of a just over forty-oneyear career—one spent almost entirely in Central City.