Elgin Review

Two juniors from Elgin Public School will be attending Cornhusker Boys’ State this summer in Lincoln.

Legion Commander Gary Hoefer announced last week that Austin Hinkle and Taylor Beckman have been selected to attend the annual event. Hinkle will be attending under the sponsorship of local American Legion Post 229 Elgin/VFW Post 5816. He is the son of Luke and Jessica Hinkle.

Antelope Memorial Hospital has been recognized as one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in America (out of 1,353). This outstanding award is presented by the National Rural Health Association, reflecting AMH’s dedication to exceptional care for its patients. The award’s criteria are based on eight pillars of excellence: inpatient and outpatient share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge, and finance.

Boone County Health Center (BCHC) proudly announces its recognition as a Top 20 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Award Winner for the third consecutive year. 

The prestigious accolade is bestowed by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), underscoring BCHC’s commitment to excellence in rural healthcare provision.

Plans for the 2024 Vetch Days came together quite a bit more at last week’s Elgin Chamber of Commerce/Community Club meeting.

The group voted to sign the contract for the River City carnival company. The carnival will be set up all three days — June 10, 11 & 12. 

month, the City of Elgin has made a change in the process for blowing the tornado siren.

The Elgin City Council has discussed for several months the process for having the siren blown. An arrangement has been so now when spotters see a potential tornado forming/heading towards Elgin the siren will be set off by a dispatcher from the Antelope County Law Enforcement Center.

With another FFA State Convention in the books, the Elgin FFA members have lot’s to be proud of this year. The theme for this year’s Nebraska state convention was “Unwritten” and the members listened to the State Officers as well as several keynote speakers speak to this topic.

Members of the District #18 Board of Education will gather next week for their regular monthly meeting.

The school board is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 in the meeting room in the high school building. Among the items expected to be on the agenda is approval of a chair lift replacement. The item was tabled at last month’s meeting.

Members of the EPS Speech Team were rewarded Friday for all of the hard work they’ve put in over the last few months.
Six team members qualified for State Speech in five events. Five of those team members earned medals at the contest. Two of those members medaled twice.