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Bridgeport and Bayard High School students spent Friday in Bridgeport at the Morrill County Courthouse for County Government Day. For the past several years, the two schools have come together to learn about the different branches of government, and the several offices and services that make up county government and court systems.

LINCOLN—832 students were awarded the Nebraska State FFA Degree at the 96th annual Nebraska FFA State Convention held April 3-5. The State FFA Degree is the highest degree bestowed by the Nebraska FFA.

Gabriela Flores, daughter of Lindsey Vasquez and Daniel Flores of Bridgeport and Katherine Eckhardt, daughter of Jennifer Eckhardt of Dalton, have been selected as 2024 Girls State Delegates.

The Morrill County Commissioners discussed the plans for the upcoming County Government Day on Friday, April 12.They also met as the Board of Equalization to approve a tax list correction to remove a trailer house that had been moved out of the county.

The Bridgeport Board of Education held their regular meeting on April 8, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the high school library. All board members were present and unanimously approved the consent agenda which included the approval of minutes, financial reports, bills and payroll. They accepted the resignation of Janelle Galvan for the end of the 2023-2024 school year and approved offering a contract to Lindsey Ellis for the 2024-2025 school year.The board also approved the first reading of the Wellness Policy and changes to the 2024-2025 school calendar.

Bridgeport senior Grace Dean continued her impressive start to the track and field season by claiming another firstplace finish in the shot put at the Mitchell Invitational held last Thursday. Dean heaved the iron ball 37 feet, 6 inches to out-distance Gordon-Rushville’s McKinley Grover, who finished second with a mark of 37 feet.

LINCOLN—The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is reminding the public that it is unlawful to place political campaign signs, or any signs, on state highway and interstate right-of-way. This includes intersections, medians, entrance and exit ramps, sidewalks and the ditches and lands that make up the right-of-way bordering the length of each roadway.

Bridget Harrington is Bridgeport’s newest business owner, opening Bridget’s Gentle Grooming, LLC, located at 914-½ Main Street, in the back of the antique store connected to 385 Meat Market.

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The Bridgeport track and field teams enjoyed plenty of success at the season-opening Morrill Early Bird Invitational held Saturday in Morrill.