Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2016 Last week was a busy week for the Cougars with triangulars on Tuesday and Thursday and a tournament on Saturday.

Memorial donations were recently made to the Wolbach Cemetery by Vonnie Barr in memory of Betty Ondracek and Bryce Rother..

St. Paul Public Schools approved a six percent increase in the district’s overall operating budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, but an increase in the valuation of the district allowed school leaders to decrease the district’s overall tax levy.

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Fall and cooler weather are here. As of Sunday night, the South Loup and Middle Loup rivers’ flows were higher, reading 154 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) and 963 CFS, respectively. The North Loup River was a bit lower at 1,030 CFS.

Ten Years Ago, 2016 The St. Paul volleyball program reached new heights after an extremely challenging start to the season.

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THE CENTURA HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND was among the thirty-two middle and high school marching bands from across the state that joined the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the sixty-seventh annual UNK Band Day Parade.

What starts with a single object can become hundreds, each adding another chapter to a personal story. Nebraska Public Media’s new seven-episode digital- only series, Weird. Wonderful. Collected!, explores remarkable collections and the passionate people behind them.

Reminder: Workers are needed for the Junk Jaunt in Elba this weekend. Also baked items are needed for September 25th and 26th.