News
Several items of local importance dotted the agenda during the Howard County board of commissioners’ second regular meeting of September last Tuesday,…
By Michael Happ
St. Paul city leaders are preparing to challenge a potential referendum concerning a decision made last month by the St. Paul City Council to merge the city’s…
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Paul will celebrate its seventieth anniversary October 3rd and 4th with an open house, anniversary worship…
By News Staff
Ronnette and Alan Schneider recently made a memorial donation to the Wolbach cemetery in memory of Michaelle Rother.
Sports
Third-rated Hastings St. Cecilia, the defending Class C Nebraska state softball champions, came into Tuesday’s meeting with St. Paul boasting a 13-6 record and…
By Michael Happ
Centura strung together seventeen straight victories before the Centurions dropped their first match of the season on Saturday in the semifinals of the Adams…
By News Staff
COUGARS REBOUND, BEAT WOLVES On Friday, following a loss to Sandy Creek the week before, Central Valley bounced back on the gridiron, beating Twin Loup 38- 0…
By Michael Happ
After a forfeit by their opponent the week before, the Elba Bluejays were ready to get back on the gridiron on Friday night.Last week, the Purple and Gold…
Opinion
During the St. Paul City Council’s September 21,2026 meeting, the council did not stop the proposed city referendum petition certified on September 14,2026.…
It is the “silly season,” as a spokeswoman for Governor Pillen put it recently.Derogatory labels— some deserved and many exaggerated—fly at us off the…
For the past few weeks, I simply have not been able to get a good night’s sleep.The reason has baffled me. For weeks I have been tired, running on fumes, and…
The Flatwater Free Press, in conjunction with reporters with the New York Times, recently confirmed what many had suspected— that Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen…
Obituaries
Sharon Jean Boehle, 77, of St. Libory, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2026, at CHI Health—St. Francis in Grand Island.Mass of Christian Burial…
Myra Jean (Johnson) Glause, 79, of Grand Island, passed away on Monday, September 21, 2026, at CHI Health— St. Francis in Grand Island.Funeral services were…
Loueen Jean Stefanowicz, 81, of Grand Island, formerly of Farwell, died Friday, September 25, 2026, at the Good Samaritan Society in Grand Island.Funeral…
Allen Eugene Frafjord was born on December 30, 1947 to Ole and Betty Frafjord. He passed away on September 24, 2026 at the age of 78. Betty Frafjord is the…