The Elgin Review

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News from the Elgin, NE area!

City Council To Meet Monday Night

The Elgin City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Oct. 7. Open to the public, the meeting will be held at City...

Pope John Homecoming Coronation To Be Sunday Night

Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School will begin homecoming week activities with Coronation Ceremonies on Sunday, September 29, at 7:30 pm in the...

AAAC Announces New Season

The Albion Area Arts Council will begin its 34th season on Sunday, October 6 with a 7 p.m. concert by award-winning cabaret singer Mary...

Bettendorf To Be Honored At Open House

An open house will be held Monday, September 30, at Elgin Public Library. The open house will be in honor of assistant librarian Lois Bettendorf...

Law Enforcement Cracks Missing Tools Case

A Bellevue man has been taken into custody as law enforcement personnel try to sort out how military tools from a base in California...

County Could Lose $1.5 Million In FEMA Funds

Having learned that the possiblity exists that Antelope County could miss out on $1.5 million in FEMA funds, the Antelope County Board of Supervisors...

Pope John Paper Drive Set For Saturday

The Pope John seniors and sophomores will hold a paper drive on Saturday, Sept. 14. Place materials in the protected area at the gym on...

City Budget Hearing To Be Wednesday

Mayor Mike Schmitt and the Elgin City Council put together final budget figures for the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year last week. City Clerk Vicki Miller, Schmitt...

Still Time to Enter Q125 Beard Contest

If you missed your chance to enter the Elgin Q125 Beard Contest — IT’S NOT TOO LATE! You do not have to be clean shaven...

FFA Blue Rock Shoot is Sunday

The Elgin FFA Chapter will be sponsoring a Blue Rock Shoot. The event, at the Antelope Shooters Club near Neligh, will be held this Sunday,...

Hazardous Waste Collection Day In Neligh

The City of Neligh would like to invite the Elgin community to participant in a Hazardous Waste Collection day being held Thursday, Sept. 12...

County, School Tax Rates Drop

With the arrival of September, that means tax subdivisions will be holding public hearings on their proposed Fiscal Year 2013-2014 budgets and tax rates. The...

Picnic Wednesday To Welcome ‘Newcomers’

Many in Elgin have noticed the influx of new families into the community during the past months. As a way to formally ‘welcome’ these...

Activities Get Underway Today for Antique Tractor/Horse Plowing Bee

It’s supposed to feel like ‘summer’ again this weekend, just in time for the 31st annual Nebraska State Antique Tractor & Horse Plowing Bee/Rae...

Supervisors Approve Law Enforcement Agreements

Meeting last week, the Antelope County Board of Supervisors took steps to provide continued law enforcement service to three communities. Supervisors approved the signing of...

New County Valuations Released

Antelope County Assessor Heather McWhorter last week announced valuations for school districts and other tax sub-divisions, another step forward in the budgeting process for...

NPPD Moves Forward on Keystone XL Pipeline

At its regularly scheduled August meeting Friday, the Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors approved a pair of resolutions regarding the utility’s electric...

Wolfpack ‘Tailgate’ Event to be Thursday, August 22

Mark your calendars! The Wolfpack ‘tailgate’ event will be Thursday, Aug. 22, at Elgin Field. Food will be served from 5 p.m. to 7...

Old Thresher’s Reunion Coming Next Week

Preparations are underway for the 31st annual Nebraska State Antique Tractor and Horse Plowing Bee and Rae Valley Old Thresher’s Reunion to be held...

Superintendent Says Budget Levy Won’t Increase

Meeting Thursday night, the District #18 Board of Education heard Superintendent Dan Polk offer some preliminary data on the Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget which...