The Howard County Historical Board would like to thank the following for their involvement with our successful, well attended Tom Osborne event at the Civic Center: Mayor Joel Bergman for the wonderful introduction, Parker Klinginsmith for the set up and all of his help, Josh Salmon for advertising, Jeanne Reynolds for helping us get in contact with Tom, Bill and Andrea Bader for their contribution, Homestead Bank for providing the bottled water, and Archer Credit Union for the cookies.

The St. Paul Country Quilters met on Monday, August 21st at the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Life Center in St. Paul. President Pat Kuchta called the meeting to order with a roll call question. How much sewing/quilting did you get done in the “Hot, Hot” days.

The St. Paul Fire Department and Rescue Squad received the following donations: • Dave Scharton Memorial from EllaMae Townsend, $20.00.

The South Loup River is down some more. The river’s normal flow is at 117 cfs, and it is only running at 54.6 cfs. The Middle Loup River at St. Paul is closer to the average, which is at 639 cfs; it’s running at 567 cfs.

Commissioners look to tackle construction of county yards via design-bid-build delivery method The Howard County Board of Commissioners tackled numerous items of business during their final regular meeting of the month of August last Tuesday. During the board’s discussion concerning county roads, the commissioners were tasked with certifying the county’s use of funds for the Federal Funds Purchase Program (FFPP)— through which the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) allocates funding for road and bridge projects to Nebraska counties— in the 2022 fiscal year, which ended June 1st.

Thursday, August 31st St. Paul Quad at St.