The city council carved nearly $191,200.00 of excess from the city budget during a three hour special session last Thursday and approved the proposed budget on Tuesday, August 17 on a 3-1 vote. The approved budget includes the addition of 5 percent franchise fees on water, sewer, solid waste and ...
The Right of Entry process for soil testing and survey work for the NPPD Axtell to Kansas 345,000-volt transmission line is underway, and according to Mark Miller, NPPD communications specialist, the process is running smoothly. NPPD held an informal breakfast meeting at the field office Thursday mo...
With over 30 years experience in the meat cutting and custom pack industry, new owner of Minden Meats, Gary Voss, is confident that the new business will fill a niche in the area. Voss, of Broken Bow, began preparing the former Miska Meats processing plant for operation in late May of this year. Â...
The valuations are in and it may mean good news for Kearney County tax payers. The preliminary figures show that valuation increased 73 million dollars in 2009-2010, an increase of over 8 percent from last year. The total county valuation is $911,521,530.00. "This increase in valuation is favora...
The City of Minden has declared a Water Emergency from 5 p.m. Sunday, August 22 to 5 p.m. Friday, August 27. The emergency is being declared to complete the work on the aerators at the water treatment...
Faced with the news that the city budget could be more than $400,000 in the red on the revenue side, the city council spent much of Monday night's meeting taking a hard look at the proposed budget and...
The Kearney/Franklin County 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl teams took Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Honors at the Premier Animal Science Events in Lincoln recently. Team members William Raun and Alex...
Beginning on Friday, Aug. 27, the Nebraska Chapter Antique Airplane Association will hold its 29th annual Fly-In in Minden. The fly in will be held at Pioneer Field in Minden. A fly in is a gathering of...
Royal Plastic Mfg., a pioneer and leading manufacturer of composite parts for the aerospace industry, announces its official corporate name change to Royal Engineered Composites effective September 1,...
The Minden Whippet football team got its 2010 season underway with a non-district game, traveling to Fairbury to take on the Jeffs. Minden broke open a tie after the first period to rush its way to a convincing...
The Minden Whippets girls golf team began the 2010 golf campaign by traveling to Heritage Hills golf course in McCook for their first invitational meet on Friday. The temperature was in the high 80s with...
The Axtell Wildcat football team hosted the Arapahoe Warriors in the opening night of high school football in a non-district clash Friday. Arapahoe scored 26 points in the second half to open up a close...
The Minden swimming pool was host to over 200 swimmers on July 10. The teams bringing swimmers included: Alma, Franklin, Gothenburg, Lexington, Holdrege, and our own Minden Swim Team. This meet helped...
The Minden Swim Team competed in their final meet of the season at the PTSL Championship meet in Lexington on July 17. Fifty-eight members of the team participated in one or more events to help bring home...
