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Fairbury High School Student Awarded Farm Bureau Scholarship

Alexis Mau is the winner of the 2024 - $500 Scholarship sponsored by the Jefferson County Farm Bureau. Alexis attends…

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FCC Investigating 911 Outage

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in investigating an outage of 911 emergency service that impacted four states, including Nebraska.The outage…

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Sheriff’s Office Ramps Up Drug Arrests

By Gordon Hopkins An increase in drug busts in Jefferson County in recent months has not gone unnoticed either by…

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Steele City Contracts With New Water Operator

The Village of Steele City recently hired Pollman, LLC, to provide water operator services. The company will be replacing Wade…

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Saturday Morning House Fire In Fairbury

Saturday morning, April 13, at approximately 9:27 a.m., Jefferson County 911 received a call that there was a fire under…

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VFW Search For Family Of Gold Star Recipient

The Fairbury VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 24 is searching for the family of veteran Raymond Essman of DeWitt,…

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Jansen Fills New Positions

The Village of Jansen has been working to fill much-needed positions.At a meeting of the Village Board on Monday, April…

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Central Hires New Principal

Kimberly Roberts, Director of Interventions at Tri County Public Schools, will soon be taking on a new role at a…

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