Harriet Steenson visited Marilyn Leslie and Sonja and Gary Murphy of Norfolk at Spalding on Thursday afternoon..

Barb Tuma • 308-968-3348 Julie Spilinek visited Kathryn Ingerle, Peg Soneson, Lavonne Anderson, and Mary Lou Christensen at Brookefield Park in St. Paul on Tuesday.

Michael Happ • P-H Publisher Several weeks ago, my office received a press release from the Nebraska Department of Transportation about at bridge project that they were tackling north of my hometown of Palmer. Having all grown up in the area, the bridge – an old rickety timber span deep in the hills of Merrick County – was one that was familiar to all of my stuff for different reasons.

A brief meeting of the Howard County Board of Commissioners opened on Tuesday, October 11th with some remarks from Howard County Chairman Dave Boehle, who advised drivers to use caution as harvest continues. “Harvest is in full progress. We know that,” Boehle said. “I want to encourage everyone to take extra caution in traveling our county roads and highways. Watch out for slow-moving, large harvest equipment and trucks. “Personally, I would urge our truck drivers and equipment operators to have all their warning lights operating properly. And take a deep breath and slow down just a little bit on the county roads.” One of the primary complaints county officials hear, the chairman noted, concerns heavy machinery moving “at fairly fast speeds on gravel roads.”

The St. Paul Country Quilters met on October 17, 2022, in the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Life Center quilt room, with ten members present. A treasurer’s report and minutes from the September meeting were presented.

As of Sunday, the South Loup River was up just a small amount, 110 cubic feet per second (cfs), and the Middle Loup River at St. Paul was down about nine percent, with a reading of 515 cfs.

Nebraska 4-H, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Animal Science, offered the fifth year of the Nebraska 4-H Fed Steer Challenge in 2022. The Fed Steer Challenge cultivates the next generation of leaders in the Nebraska cattle industry by providing youth realworld opportunities in the beef sector.