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The Community of Leigh welcomed the area’s Community Builders group on April 22. Tours included Leigh Community Schools by Superintendent Cole Fischer, Leigh Acres Subdivision by Village Chairman Scott Kurpgeweit, REDSTAR by owner Kristin Mullenhoff, and C & L Acres by owner Rachel Koch.

Homestead Bank, a subsidiary of CSB Co., has announced plans to acquire First State Bank of Randolph in a move aimed at expanding its presence in northeast Nebraska. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be finalized in mid-2026.

Friday and Saturday the “Prairie Pawlour” hosted a pop-up dog grooming meet and greet day ahead of Shay Brislane’s move to St Edward. Brislane will be relocating her grooming parlor to St.

Loup Power District recently delivered inside revenue payments and the second half of the in-lieu-of-tax payments to the counties it serves. This is a benefit of being served by a locally controlled, not-for-profit utility.

Loup Power District has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2025. The utility earned a Gold award in the category for utilities with 110,000 to 249,999 worker-hours of exposure.

The Nebraska Farm Bureau will be sponsoring a candidate forum next Monday, March 23 at the Cardinal Inn in Albion for voters to attend. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m., and have a time for the candidates to review their campaigns with those in attendance as well as a time of question and answers for those attending to ask questions of the candidates.

Work didn’t take long for the removal of two structures on 9th Street two weeks ago. The Albion Economic Development Council announced the demolition of two buildings on South 9th Street at the beginning part of February, to clear the lots and make them available for new construction., It was mentioned in an online comment that the two buildings were originally schoolhouses that were purchased and moved into Albion by the Albion Seventh-Day Adventist church.