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SPN, the city’s engineering company for the infrastructure project, has finally received comments from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources regarding Phase I. They have revised the plans and specifications per DANR’s request and resubmitted them. They expect approval any day, Mayor Al Cerny reported at the regular meeting of the Gregory City Council on Monday evening, March 4. Originally, SPN had expected to be able to go to bid in December 2023.

This year is a leap year, meaning that February had 29 days instead of the normal 28, which we observed on Thursday. It happens every four years, so it should come as no surprise to anyone when it rolls around. But why do we do this?

Daytona Paris and Libby Krcil were groundbreakers in Gregory County this winter, becoming the first two girls to compete in high school girls wrestling as part of the Burke/Gregory Storm team. Although women’s wrestling made its Olympic debut in 2004, girls wrestling at the high school and college levels is just now gathering steam.

Mungun Munkhbat is a foreign exchange student at Gregory High School this year, living with host family Virginia Dargatz and Clay Peck. Mungun is from Mongolia, a country located between Russia to the north and China to the south.

Last week, Chris McFayden and RF Buche purchased Knothead’s Bar & Grill. This week, they have announced that Kristan Soukup of Wagner will assume leadership as owner/operator of the restaurant.

After 43 years the Hillcrest Motel is under new management as of February 1, 2024. Dillon and Cheyenne Lambley have changed hands with Kathy and Lawrence Oliver and will be the new owners of the motel under the name L Two Lodging.

Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA In the early 80s, just over a generation ago, the U.S. faced an agricultural recession marked by a severe cost-price squeeze. The price farmers and ranchers received for their cattle was insufficient to cover their cost of production. During the 80s, America lost well over a quarter of its beef cattle producers. Over 350,000 of them exited the industry.

On February 7, 2024, 26 members of the Gregory High School chorus performed at vocal contest in Kimball. All 16 events that performed earned a medal.

In 2022, Congress passed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act. As its name suggests, this law bans TikTok on government devices due to the significant security risks that the app poses. This was an important step to protect sensitive data and government networks, but a recent report indicates that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not fully complied with the law.

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