If the weather allows, beginning Thursday, May 9, the first phase of construction from Highway 34 south will open to traffic. The next phase will close the southbound lane on Highway 15 from Bradford Avenue to the north side of the Highway 34/15 intersection. Northbound traffic will detour to Second Street, while southbound will continue on the highway. Jackson Street will be closed for construction, but Seward Street will stay open for east/west traffic.
Seward County Gives Week activities begin tomorrow, May 4. The Nebraska National Guard Museum will host live music and dessert at 7 p.m. On Sunday, May 5, events include breakfast at the Staplehurst Volunteer Fire Department (8a-noon), a fundraiser at the Milford Pizza Kitchen for Kiwanis (11a-1p), the Milford Childhood Learning Center tours and ribbon cutting (3-6p) and s'mores in Milford at 5:30p. Find out more in this week's SCI and Times or visit www.sewardcountygives.com.
Concordia University will host its graduation ceremony Saturday, May 4, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Walz Arena.
In opening its postseason run, the 19th-ranked Concordia University baseball team came all the way back from a 9-1 hole and celebrated not long before the stroke of midnight when Joey Grabanski supplied a laser of a walk-off RBI single in the 11th inning May 2. The Bulldogs beat Mount Marty 10-9 in 11 innings. Three innings earlier, Jaidan Quinn evened the score with a two-run bomb to center field.
Read more at www.cune.edu/athletics and select baseball. Concordia will play Midland today at noon, with the winner advancing to a noon game tomorrow.
The Seward baseball team couldn't get its offense going in a late-night battle against Blair yesterday, falling 5-0 in the first round of district play.
The Crete-Milford baseball team saw its 2024 season end May 2 in a 3-2 loss to Beatrice in the first round of district play. CM outhit Beatrice 6-4.
The Centennial baseball team scored the first run of the game but couldn't stay with Douglas County West May 2 in the opening round of the postseason. CHS lost 19-5.
The Malcolm baseball team outhit Maxwell/St. Patrick's 10-2 May 2 and got the win 12-0 to advance in the district tournament. The Clippers will host GACC/West Point Beemer at 5 p.m. today in the championship game.
A gathering for family and friends of Terry Bartholomew will be Sunday, May 5, from 6-8 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. The funeral will be Monday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John, with a private committal at Tamora Cemetery in Tamora. Arrangements by Volzke Funeral Home.
Family and friends of Marlene Luebbe will gather Friday, May 3, from 6:30-8 p.m. at Volzke Funeral Home in Seward. Her funeral service will be Saturday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church - Middle Creek, rural Seward. Committal will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (Middle Creek)- Seward. Arrangements by Volzke Funeral Home.
Visitation for Leona M. Saltzman will be Friday, May 3, from 1-8:30 p.m. at Zabka-Perdue Funeral Home in Seward. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Graveside services and interment will be Saturday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Milford Mennonite Cemetery, 2592 Pioneers Road, Milford. Arrangements by Zabka-Perdue Funeral Home.
