LETH: Jason and Courtney (Bierbaum) Leth of St. Paul are parents of a son, Bronson Ray. He is welcomed home by a brother, Grayson. Bronson was born on February 13, 2024 at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. He weighed 7 lb., 3 oz. and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Duane and Lisa Bierbaum of St. Libory and Gary and Karen Leth of St. Paul. Great grandparents are Betty Wichmann and Joyce Bierbaum, both of St. Libory.

A St. Paul woman who died a little over a year ago has left a portion of her late husband’s combined estates to a community foundation to be formed in St. Paul. Bob and Betty Roemmich were longtime residents of St. Paul, where he had a dental practice and she was his assistant. She died January 10, 2013, and he died October 15, 1991. The portion of the estate she left to charity is valued at $1.5 million…The balance of the $1.5 million [minus about $61,500 earmarked for other charitable purchases] will go to a community foundation to be formed in St. Paul.

The cold night on Friday put some ice back in the flow of the river. The South Loup River was running at 197 cfs and the Middle Loup River was at 1,880 cfs as of Sunday morning. Saturday was a day on which we saw several hundreds of geese in and by our big pond.

Donations in memory of Drue Gellatly, from friends and family, were given to the American Legion Post 236, the Wolbach cemetery, and the Wolbach Parks and Recreation Fund..