Body Last Tuesday, February 13th, the Howard County Commissioners spent around the first hour of a several- hours-long meeting holding public hearings, among them a hearing revisiting the prospect of placing a Verizon communications tower west of Cushing, a hearing regarding...

Body THE PLATTE VALLEY/TWIN LOUP STRIKE TEAM recently completed a Red Card certification class put on by the Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s training division.

Body 308.968.3348 Darrin Ingerle of Grand Island was a guest of his parents, Allen and Edna Ingerle, from last Thursday until last Tuesday. Gary and Charlotte Rasmussen attended the Danish Brotherhood potluck meal and meeting in Dannebrog on Saturday at noon.

Body 308.968.3348 Dave and Barbara Tuma were brief Wednesday morning visitors of Adeline Jonak in St. Paul.

Body DOANE UNIVERSITY A total of 289 students, more than a third of all students enrolled on Doane University’s Crete campus, made the university’s fall 2023 Dean’s List.

Body World Day of Prayer is to be held on Friday, March 1, 2024, at noon, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 2306 Howard Avenue, St. Paul. The theme for the day is: Bear with each other in love, despite all difficulties and oppression.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body ST. PAUL ROBOTICS TEAM was in action at Columbus High School on February 10th for their last regular season tournament of the year. Several St. Paul robots made it into the top ten after qualifying matches. When finals were over, St.

Body 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.