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.

Three hundred and seventy- seven high school students and twenty-five teachers from forty-nine schools across Nebraska visited Dawes County this fall to test their knowledge of rangeland management during the sixty-seventh annual Nebraska State Range Judging Contest.

What initially looked to be a nail-biter for Centura High School’s football team quickly turned into a rout. Friday night, on their home field, the Centurions exploded for three second- quarter touchdowns, allowing the Centurions to jump out a twenty-point lead at halftime and, eventually, down Kearney Catholic 33-14. On senior night, it initially looked as though both teams were going to encounter some difficulties getting past the pylons, with Centura scoring the only touchdown of the first quarter when senior Quentin Morris busted loose from the Stars’ defense and toted the rock forty-nine yards for the team’s first points of the game.