Ashland, Nebraska

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Ashland

Fair
Temperature: 21.2 °F

Humidity: 86 %
Wind Speed: 0 mph NNE
Pressure: 30.29 "

Dew Point: 18 °F
Gusts: 33 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Holiday event feature new fun, old favorites
  

  Several new events and a new name highlight the return of Ashland's annual holiday event.

• Saunders County Supervisors select contractor for demolition of old hospital
  

  After a great deal of debate, the Saunders County Board of Supervisors has selected a contractor to demolish the old Saunders County Hospital and Care Center.

• Flight of honor: Trip brings back chilling memories
  

  Jerry Bates of Ashland traveled to Washington, D.C. on a chilly day last Wednesday to take part in the final Heartland Honor Flight of 2008 to see the World War II Memorial and other sites.

• AGHS senior's goal is to provide hope to hopeless
  

  Katie Kresak, a student at Ashland-Greenwood High School, will spend the second half of her senior year not in the classrooms to which she's grown accustomed, but may well be in a classroom worlds away.

• Shooting victim crashes car into Grand Rapids field
  

  Police are investigating a shooting on the city's Northeast Side. Police say they received reports around 6:50 Friday night of a shooting victim inside of a car in the 1300 block of Ashland, NE.

• New officer appreciates small town atmosphere
  

  In all the years Sean Vilmont worked as a police officer in the suburbs of Chicago, thank you's were few and far between.

• Meeting about I-80 corridor plans set for Monday
  

  Waverly area residents are invited to attend the Waverly Planning Commission meeting Monday, Nov.

• Unique ornament salutes local history
  

  One of the champions of local history has used his artistic talents to create a unique collector's Christmas ornament portraying Ashland's unique past and present.

• New board members follow in family footsteps
  

  The two new faces to School District 145's Board of Education have a few things in common.

• Torpy elected to council, voters okay fluoride
  

  Ryan Torpy will take his seat on the Ashland City Council in December after winning the election last week.

• Emily Koesters fundraiser Nov. 14
  

  A bake sale, dinner, silent auction and music will be an upcoming benefit for Joe, Erin and Emily Koesters on Friday, Nov.

• Massage therapist brings healing touch to Ashland
  

  As a young child, Lisa Lowitz-Colson realized she possessed a healing touch. Her aunt suffered from scoliosis.

• Legislative Races Could Require Recount
  

  Two Lincoln area legislative races are currently within the margin requiring a recount.

• Two candidates face off in city council race
  

  Voters in Ashland's Ward 2 have two newcomers to choose from as they vote for city council member.

• Carney inducted into Journalism Hall of Fame
  

  Former Ashland Gazette publisher Zean Carney is one of the newest inductees into the Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame.

• Voters to weigh in on water treatment
  

  Residents of three Saunders County cities will be able to decide if they want to opt out of a state mandate.

• 50 states, 50 jobs in 50 weeks
  

  Davey area farmer Dave Nielsen was host to Daniel Seddiqui of California. Seddiqui is traveling the 50 states doing 50 jobs and spent last week in Nebraska being a farmer.

• Former Soldier Out On Parole
  

  A former National Guard soldier convicted of motor vehicle homicide in 2007 was released on parole Thursday.

• Midland announces dance team members
  

  Midland Lutheran College has announced the members of the 2008-2009 dance team. n Christal Parks is a senior accounting and management major from Neligh.

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City Description

Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,262 at the 2000 census. Ashland is located at the site of a low-water limestone ledge along the bottom of Salt Creek, an otherwise mud-bottomed stream that was a formidable obstacle for wagon trains on the great westward migrations of the late 1840s and 1850s. The Oxbow Trail, a variant route of the Oregon Trail, ran from Nebraska City (on the Missouri River) to Fort Kearny (on the Platte River), where it joined the main route of the Oregon Trail. The limestone bottom of Salt Creek at Ashland made it an excellent fording site. A trading post, Saline Ford, developed at the ford. A village, Flora City, was platted on the hills overlooking the ford. These twin towns later incorporated as Ashland. Today, Ashland benefits by its proximity to Interstate 80 and the cities of Omaha and Lincoln. While in some respects Ashland is becoming a "bedroom community" of those much larger cities, it retains a rural character. That coherence as a community, and a 30-minute drive to either of the state's economic hubs, has led to a building boom in the late 1990s and the 2000s. Several tourist attractions are near

City Contained By:

• Saunders County
• Nebraska

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.84898692137 km squared

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