Fairbury First

04/11/2024

🤼Youth Wrestling Info🤼‍♀️

From Fairbury Matmen:

Parents/Guardians of kids PreK-8th grades, wanting to get them into wrestling!! SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!! Be looking for registrations to be coming home VERY SOON!!
Also IMPORTANT DATE 11-25-2024 will be our registration and parent meeting/singlet checkout/button pictures night. 6:00-8:00pm at the high school!
PLEASE SHARE AND PLAN TO ATTEND THIS NIGHT!!!

03/11/2024

From Kelly Davis of the Fairbury Fireworks Committee:

The Fairbury Area Fireworks Committee is seeking donations from individuals and businesses for the annual fireworks display at the Fairbury City Park. This year the display will July 5, 2025. We are hoping to have it bigger and better than last year. If we can collect enough money to pay the vendor in December, we can get 20% more product for the same amount of money. You can send your donations made payable to the committee to 1321 3rd Street, Fairbury, NE 68352, or drop them off at the Fairbury Chamber office and they will make sure the committee receives them. No donation to small. Thank you, and God Bless the USA!!!

02/11/2024

Frost Frolic going on today (11/2) until 3pm at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds!

30/10/2024

24/10/2024

🚌Spirit Bus To Holdrege🏐

From FPS AD David Davis:

We are in the process of putting together a Spirit Bus to go to District Volleyball on Tuesday the 29th and Weds the 30th after we win on Monday. All Games are in Holdrege.

Students will need to come to the office and sign up for a spot. There will be a $20 deposit (this will help cover the cost of entrance and cost of the bus ) which will be required at the time of registration before 9 am Tuesday Morning. We need a minimum of 40 paying students to take a bus, unless someone wants to sponsor the cost of the bus. (please talk to me ASAP)

Mondays game starts at 5:30.( No transportation will be provided that day) With a Win on Monday, Tuesday's game would start at 7 (leave at 4:30 returning at approximately 11pm)

With a Win on Tuesday, Wednesday's game would also be at 7 ( same approximate times as Tuesday)

*Any questions please direct to Fairbury Jr Sr High School*

20/10/2024

In case you hadn't heard, or in case you did hear, but still had questions...
Here is a layout/course map for the new Crystal Springs Disc Golf course. Did you know the course hosted the Nebraska Disc Golf Championships this past Saturday???

19/10/2024

Prior to the start of Friday's football game, parents of the players were recognized. Here are the 3 Senior Jeffs Football players and their parents.

18/10/2024

🚔Arrest Made-Attempted Sexual Assault🚔

On the date of October 16, 2024 at 3:41 PM, the Jefferson County Dispatch received a call from Predator Poachers Southeast Texas, a Houston-based vigilante organization which conducts sting operations on adults who seek sexual activities with minors. Dispatch was advised that they just conducted a sting operation in the City Park in Fairbury and had an individual that they met there that was seeking to meet with a minor. Deputies responded to the city park and made contact with the organization and the alleged suspect. All evidence that the organization had was turned over to the Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff’s Office initiated their own investigation into the matter. The suspect was identified as 25-year-old Donald D Boomgaarn Jr of Fairbury Nebraska. Boomgaarn was brought to the Sheriff’s Office and an investigation was conducted.
Later in the evening Boomgaarn was booked into the Jefferson County Jail for felony Attempted Sexual Assault by Electronic Device. Boomgaarn is currently being housed at the Jefferson
County Jail. This is still an active investigation and information is still being gathered.

18/10/2024

🏅Two Fairbury Wrestlers Rated in Pre-Season🏅

Nebraska Wrestling released their WAAAYY TO EARLY Rankings Thursday and two Fairbury wrestlers found themselves on their respective lists. Junior Konrad Kuzelka is #6 at 165lbs in Class B and Senior Addison Marschman is #4 at 235lbs in Class B Girls.

Both wrestlers are coming off State appearances last season.

17/10/2024

Your Lady Jeffs go for a Conference 🏆 tonight in Milford!

03/10/2024

The Pride of FPS goes Gold

The Pride of FPS just wrapped up their busiest week yet. Friday morning, the high school band travelled to Central Elementary and Jefferson Intermediate to welcome students as they came to school and walked the halls with the football team.

That afternoon, the band marched downtown in the Fairbury Homecoming Parade. As they made their way around the square, they performed their marching song "Funkytown", school song, and drum cadence. At the conclusion of the parade, the band played the school song once again to welcome the homecoming royalty candidates, especially one of our own, Trinity Hotchkiss! The band would like to congratulate your 2024 Homecoming King and Queen Feddy and Nadalie Leon!

Lastly, the band cheered on the Jeffs football team and performed for pep band that evening at the Homecoming football game. The theme for this homecoming week and game was Retro Disco. In response to that the Fairbury High School Marching Band donned their previous uniforms which display our school colors, crimson and gold. The students had lots of fun wearing a part of FPS history and embracing the name "The Golden Pride".

01/10/2024

Your Fairbury Lady Jeffs will be traveling to Yutan for C9 Sub-District Softball action! Fairbury, Pierce, NEN & host Yutan are your teams competing for a Sub-District Title and to advance to District Finals

Game Info: Monday, October 7th 1:00pm Hayes Field

28/09/2024

The Fairbury Jeffs Cheerleading squad performed a halftime routine at Friday's Homecoming game

23/09/2024

🚨Weekend Accident Near Diller🚨

On the date of September 21, 2024 at 4:03 PM the Jefferson County 911 Center received a 911 call in reference to a 2-vehicle accident at the intersection of Hwy 136 and Hwy 103, in Jefferson County Nebraska. It was determined that Vehicle 1, a 2024 Dodge Ram 2500 Pickup, was northbound on Hwy 103 and was driven by 40-year-old Joseph Bonnette of Texas. Vehicle 2 was a 2019 Chevy Equinox, was westbound on Hwy 136 approaching the Hwy 103
intersection and was driven by 24-year-old Emma Elliott of Beatrice NE. Vehicle 1 was northbound on Hwy 103 and had a stop sign at the intersection.
It was observed by witnesses that Vehicle 1 did not stop at the stop sign and continued through the intersection without stopping and Vehicle 2 collided with Vehicle 1 as it did not stop at the stop sign. The driver of Vehicle 2 was transported by medical helicopter to Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln NE for serious medical injuries. The driver of vehicle 1 was treated on scene by Diller Ambulance and released at the scene Agencies who responded to the accident were the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Diller Ambulance, Diller Fire, Fairbury Rescue, and the Jefferson County Ambulance District #33.

20/09/2024

Your 2024 Fairbury Homecoming King & Queen Candidates:
Queen - Adeline Blatny, Avery Gillham, Nadalie Leon, Regan Kapke & Trinity Hotchkiss
King - Jerik Johnson, Dalton Vanlaningham, Korey Nippert, Freddy Leon & Mikelangelo Hunt (not pictured)

Class Reps -
Juniors: Cambria Myers, Renee Monterosso
Sophomores: Tayrn Hinman, Brently Wilson
Freshman: Kate Hynek, Reid Novotny

Coronation will take place following the parade at the Courthouse on 9/27

12/09/2024

The Fairbury City Museum's 2024 Car Show had an amazing day last Sunday for the event. Over 200 entries from all around the area drew crowds all day long to the downtown district.

Be watching the Fairbury City Museum's page for more photos coming soon!

08/09/2024

Don't miss out on the FAIRBURY CITY MUSEUM CAR SHOW going on today (9/8) in downtown Fairbury!