Sunday Comfort Food and Upcoming County Hearing Notices

Madrid, NE · September 13, 2026

Overcast skies make an easy excuse for a slow Sunday, but the hot chicken and roast at the buffet won't wait long. Pour that second cup and see what's stirring across the county.

The Lead

Every September, property tax season brings the required statutory notices to mailbox clusters across the county. County Clerk James D. Brueggeman published the official call for the annual joint public hearing, scheduled for September 23 at the Grant Council Chambers. The session gathers representatives from local political subdivisions proposing property tax requests above the state-defined allowable growth cap, giving taxpayers a single floor to question proposed levies, including the City of Grant's $411,158 tax request. While individual governing bodies retain the final vote to adopt their budgets, the joint hearing remains the primary venue where area landowners can question officials across multiple taxing entities in one sitting. Taxpayers can expect the official parcel-specific impact postcards to begin arriving in local mailboxes over the coming week.

Local Pulse

Plainsmen Induct Eight Into Honor Society Perkins County High School welcomed eight new scholars during Thursday's annual ceremony at the multipurpose gym.

Today's Outlook

High 77°F · Low 55°F — Overcast
- Keep a light layer handy under gray skies with mild, comfortable temperatures all day.

What's On Around Town

Ogallala: 2-Person 4-Ball Scramble Bayside Golf Club, 10:30 AM Eighteen holes along the lake bluffs with a morning shotgun start.
Sunday Noon Buffet Little Country Kitchen & Lounge (103 N Perkins Ave), 11:00 AM–1:00 PM Fried chicken and homemade desserts served fresh at the local counter.

Spotlight & Story

Elsie
- Six miles east on Highway 23, the village owes its name to railroad royalty. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy pushed tracks across the tablelands in 1887, officials named the stop for Elsie Perkins, daughter of railroad president Charles Elliott Perkins.

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