Elmwood Nebraska News - August 27, 2025

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Look What's Happening at the Bess Streeter Aldrich House!

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There have been rumors and talk of a mural being installed at the Bess Streeter Aldrich House for about a year. Now it's happening. Audrey Sayles, Sister of Stephanie Mauck of Elmwood Nebraska. In 2018 Audrey and a friend Staci started painting large agricultural canvases. This included grain bins, barns, and elevators.

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Follow them on Facebook at Some Girls and a Mural. Their work is amazin,g and we are very privileged in Elmwood to have their artwork gracing our town.

It should be completed by Friday this week and I'm going to try and take progress photos each day and post next week.

Road Construction

If you thought the road construction was a temporary inconvenience, just WAIT!! I just got this postcard in the mail today.

This is a major project and it appears will be take a long time. How long, I don't know. That's what the meeting is about.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

4:00 - 6:00 pm

Elmwood Fire Hall.

But it sounds we are going to get some improvements, shoulders to Hwy 1 maybe, improved lighting at Hwy 34 and Hwy 1

Attached is the formal DOT legal notice. It appears construction could begin as early as spring of 2027 with completion as early as fall of 2028

Official NE DOT Public Notice

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Little Free Library in Elmwood

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How did I miss this? Did you know we have a Little Free Library in Elmwood? As I was spending a day with my little friend Adelie, we walked past the GAR Hall and Veterans Museum. Just to the east of the building is two little Houses with a bench in between. One contains children's books and the larger one contains adult books.

I challenge everyone to stop by, take a selfie and send it to me at editor@elmwoodnebraska.com

JOB POSTING!!

KITCHEN STAFF – JH/HS BUILDING

Kitchen Staff at Elmwood-Murdock Junior/Senior High School.

Starting Pay: $15.00 per hour. Employee-only Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance premium is paid for by the school district.

Work Schedule: follows the school calendar; approximately 6:30am-2:00pm each school day.

Start Date: August 11, 2025

Please contact Ryan Knippelmeyer (rknippelmeyer@emknights.org) or Kim Schafer (kschafer@emknights.org ) at 402-867-2341 for more information.

The classified application can be found on the school’s website at:

http://www.emknights.org/o/elmwoodmurdock/browse/13037

Applications for the above positions will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Elmwood-Murdock is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ELMWOOD-MURDOCK SCHOOL WEBSITE

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If you needed another reason to get an Elmwood Library card, THIS is it!!

30,000 movies and TV Shows, no need to pay for streaming services

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Elmwood Library Hours

Monday: 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Easy Library Links

Online Card Catalog https://elmwoodpubliclibrary.follettdestiny.com/

Libby Library App https://help.libbyapp.com/index.htm

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Sunday School 9:00 am September-May

Morning Worship 10:00 am

Live on Elmwood Christian Church's Facebook Page.

Pastor: Mark L. Sewell

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St. Paul United Methodist

Online services are available on their Facebook page.

400 West G Street, Elmwood, NE 68349

Pastor Michelle Chesnut

Cell Phone 402-314-7988 Church Phone: 402-994-6735 Daycare phone is 402-994-2384.

E-mail: stpaulelmwood@gmail.com Website: elmwoodmurdockumc.com

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Village Updates

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For any inquiries or concerns, please contact the village office at 402-994-6705.
Sincerely,
Village Clerk
On behalf of the Village Board
5/2/2024

Public Notices for Elmwood Nebraska, can now be viewed online at Voice News Nebraska

Elmwood Village Board Meetings are ONCE a month on the FIRST Wednesday of every month.

The meetings are held at the new Village Board office located at the Learning Center on the south side of town.

Official agendas are posted the day before at the Post Office, Gas Station, and Village Office. Prior to the posting of the agenda, meeting items can be added to the meeting. At the end of each meeting is a Public Comment Section. Attendees have three minutes to speak about anything at this time. Further discussion on the topic can then be added to the next board meeting.

The agenda is posted at the Elmwood C-Store, the post office, and the Village office.

Minutes can be viewed at the Village office or can be found online.

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ELMWOOD VILLAGE BOARD MINUTES

Wouldn't it be amazing if the board meetings were FULL every time? This is your opportunity to be involved, be "in the know" and learn how to influence how your community grows, how improvements can be made, and how you can participate in the steps needed to MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Village Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

8 am - 12:00 pm

1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Friday CLOSED

Take It Or Leave It Pantry

The free pantry is here to serve our community. It is for neighbors helping neighbors. Take what you need or leave what you can.

Elmwood Food Box

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The Little Free Pantry is between Hufstader Chiropractor and the Elmwood Meat Market

NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS

Did you know that the initial concept of this online town newsletter, more than 25 years ago, was supposed to be based

around READER SUBMISSIONS!

Submit your news to editor@elmwoodnebraska.com for added exposure for your event or activity.

Remember, not everyone has Facebook. Really, they don't. ...AND Facebook doesn't show all the content from community groups.

By subscribing on your phone you will receive a TEXT every Wednesday and an easy-to-access link.

Many rely on the weekly Wednesday text message that links directly to the website.

Since our Elmwood website is updated every week GOOGLE and visited by 100s of people per week, search engines rank this site number ONE on Google. Normally Wikipedia, map-quest, or city-data come up first. But not with Elmwood, our website is the NUMBER ONE Google result!

This weekly news update is written by Dawn Tyrrell, a long-time resident of the Elmwood-Murdock are and the owner of Tea n' More

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