Clay County officers, with the assistance of state patrol, arrested an Iowa man Saturday, Dec. 23, after he was reported by concerned citizens.

James J. Fox was noted after he approached a house south of Clay Center, acting unusual. Fox was also cited by citizens after he was found driving through fields, damaging fence lines south and east of Clay Center, Sheriff Jeff Franklin said.

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Sutton goes 1-1 in holiday tournament action to earn third place

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Fillies took the third-place spot in the David City High School Holiday Tournament Dec. 29-30, 2017.

Sutton first lost to David City in a close battle, 39-33, Friday Dec. 29, before defeating Douglas County West 47-33, Saturday, Dec. 30, for the first win of the season.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustangs took the second-place spot in the David City High School Holiday Tournament Dec. 29-30, 2017.

Sutton first defeated David City 63-48, Friday, Dec. 29, before losing to David City Aquinas 50-35 Saturday, Dec. 30.

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By Ashley D. Swanson

Saturday wasn’t the warmest day of the year...fortunately, it also wasn’t the coldest.

Before it got too cold, Jenna and I headed to Lincoln to try our hand at ice skating.

Neither one of us had ever gone ice skating, and we were both nervous, but mostly excited. OK, so she was expecting to fall, and honestly so was I, but I was probably more nervous than she was.

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By Tory Duncan

I always enjoy the holiday season, especially once Christmas and New Year weeks get here. The rat race leading up to it, however, leaves me out of the spirit until the holidays actually get here.

As with any downtime, getting a few extra days off, it’s always hard to get back to a routine, but I can truly say that it will be nice to get back to a normal schedule.

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July 18, 1931 - Dec. 27, 2017

BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Administrators in all three Clay County K-12 schools are looking toward a higher goal when it comes to preparing students for next year’s Nebraska State Standards Exam.

This year’s NeSA scores were released later than usual, in December, with expectations of lower scores across the board in schools throughout Nebraska. The lower scores are in part because of a change to the exam. In 2016, the exam focused on Math, Science, Writing, and Reading; this year’s switched gears to Math, Science, and English Language Arts, which replaced Writing and Reading. Another change this year was specifically for the 11th graders, who, in the past, also took the exam but were switched to only taking the ACT this year.

“I think administrators across the state knew that this round was going to be a tough round as far as how scores were going to come out,” Sutton Superintendent Dana Wiseman said.

Christmas came a little early for some in Clay County Wednesday, Dec. 20.

The 2017 Clay County Giving Tree welcomed more than 100 volunteers of every age, to help wrap, sort, and deliver gifts to nine of the 11 towns in the county.

All it took was about an hour and a half to wrap more than 800 gifts for 402 individuals throughout the county. What started out with one family—Ed and Judy Barnes—has grown to a highly anticipated event each year for many, to spread a little extra Christmas spirit to those in need.

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