Last Wednesday, January 17th, in the Commissioners’ Room of the Howard County Courthouse, Mykenna Sorgenfrei was officially sworn in as Howard County’s new deputy treasurer. In front of an audience of fellow county employees, family members, and friends, Sorgenfrei swore to support the constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Nebraska “against all enemies foreign and domestic” and to “faithfully and impartially” fulfill the duties of her office.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2014 Although a large building and all of its contents were destroyed in a Friday night fire in Wolbach, it could have been much worse. “We were fortunate that the fire did not occur on Thursday or Saturday, when the wind was howling,” said Wolbach Fire Chief Dean Robinson.

Following his appointment by the Sherman County Board of Commissioners on December 26, 2023, former St. Paul Mayor Joel Bergman was officially sworn in as Sherman County sheriff early this year. The move came two days after his effective resignation date as mayor.

As a nearly typical school day was getting underway at St. Paul Public Schools on Friday, leaders with the Howard County school district took some time to meet with members of the press as a part of the school’s push to pass a $17,975,000 bond issue. During the formal press conference, held in the office of St. Paul Superintendent Adam Patrick, district leaders walked members of the broadcast and print media, as well as several student journalists, through the steps taken by members of the St. Paul Board of Education when it came to organizing the final bond package and the areas of the school’s campus the improvements are meant to address.

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