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By Pierce Gentry, Flatwater Free Press The City of Ord voted to remove Valley County-owned automatic license plate reader cameras after backlash from locals. The county has agreed to take down cameras in the city, but others across the county will stay, for now. It was standing room only at the Aug. 11 meeting of the Valley County Board of Supervisors in the small town of Ord. Members of the public packed the tight quarters of the county meeting room. Just one week earlier,...
The Ord Chanticleers impressively opened the 2026 football season Friday night, defeating Central City 47-20 at home. Ord got off to a fast start, taking a 13-0 first-quarter lead behind touchdown runs from Beau Wells and Jordan Williams. Central City answered and eventually took a 14-13 lead early in the second quarter but the Chanticleers responded immediately. Williams scored on a 24-yard run and later returned an interception 58 yards for a touchdown, giving Ord a 26-14 lead at halftime. The Chanticleers continued to...
We are creating successful momentum with some early wins! These wins are raising our confidence and developing positivity among our team. We finished the week with a record of 3-4. We struggled against GICC and Adams Central but we put it all together and came away with a strong victory against Fairbury. We really started hitting well against Fairbury and the energy was contagious which allowed us to come away with the victory. I have been so proud of how well our team is communicating and developing as a team. We have been...
Betty Wheeler has been named the Valley County Health System (VCHS) Employee of the Year for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Wheeler, a VCHS Physical Therapist, received recognition for exemplifying the VCHS values of integrity, compassion, ownership, respect, and trust, and for going above and beyond in her work. VCHS CEO Ashley Woodward presented the award to Wheeler at a ceremony attended by coworkers and family. Wheeler was one of four VCHS Employee of the Quarter recipients la...
On Sun., Sept. 6, 2026, Pastor Kyle Campise will reach a historic milestone at Bethel Baptist Church in Ord, becoming the longest-tenured pastor in the church's nearly 80-year history. On that date, Campise will have served as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church for 14 years, 7 months and 30 days, surpassing the tenure of the late Pastor John Peterson, who served the church from Oct. 2, 1983, through May 31, 1998. For Campise, the milestone carries with it a particularly meaningfu...
Dianne Kay Coons, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and lifelong resident of Arcadia, NE passed away Aug. 28, 2026 at the Community Memorial Health. Dianne Kay was born on May 1, 1948, in Loup City, NE, the daughter of Donald and Florene (Hunt) Gould. She grew up on the family farm north of Arcadia and received her education at a local country school and Arcadia Public School. On Oct. 31, 1965, she married Larry Rickerson in Arcadia, NE. Together, they had two...
Pamela Kay began her ride of life on March 14, 1961; born the daughter of Donald and Delores (Cooley) Dimmitt in Burwell, NE. Her early childhood was spent at the Vera Paddock Ranch with her two brothers, Donald Jr. and Jeffrey. She attended country school near Burwell until the age five when they moved to the Schaffer Ranch near Chambers. She continued her education near Emmet until the family moved to the Shane Farms near Atkinson. When Pam was 16, the family settled in Elyr...
