Doane University Athletics is pleased to announce the Doane and Pflieger-Olson GPAC Scholar-Athletes for the 2021-22 academic year. To receive both honors, a student-athlete must be a participant in their sport for the full year and hold a 3.30 grade point average. The GPAC award (marked with an asterisk * below) is presented to those who contributed to their varsity teams (ten-percent of varsity events scheduled for regular season) or those who are eligible for the NAIA academic honor that will be announced in September.

Reminder: Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Saturday, July 16th at 6:30 p.m.

Reminder: Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Elba on Saturday, July 16th at 6:30 p.m.

Nancy Jane Mead of Dannebrog died on Monday, July 4, 2022 at Tabitha Health Care Services in Lincoln, two weeks before her eighty-fourth birthday. To honor her wishes, there will not be a public service.

Charles F. Neisner, 78, of St.

Longtime Washington Post publisher Philip Graham famously said that “Journalism is the first draft of history.” Ever since hearing that line, which is featured prominently at the conclusion of the 2017 film “The Post,” I have taken that belief to heart and, in some ways, have been inspired by it. Not only does it provide reporters a bit of an out, as some reporting can be “rough” for a variety of reasons, but it also illustrates the prominent role that newspapers play in documenting the history of a community, a state, or even, in the case of Philip Graham and the Washington Post, a nation.

July 7, 2022 Captain Terry Webb called the Dannebrog-Boelus EMT meeting to order, at the Boelus Fire Hall, with eleven members present. Joan Kapustka read the minutes from the May meeting.