Jack Benny used to say that “kids say the darndest things.” But every time there’s an election, we can honestly say that “political ads say the darndest things.” A seemingly innocuous vote or comment by a campaign becomes a negative television ad or campaign mailer.

This past weekend, I would be lying if I said that I didn’t get at least a little bit sappy while taking pictures at the first of what I am sure will be many graduation ceremonies this month.

As a kid, our grade school class was one of many that got to visit John Brown’s Cave in Nebraska City. There was a cool log cabin, the Mayhew Cabin, hewn from local cottonwoods before Nebraska became a state.

On my way home from work, I drive past Casey’s General Stores’ St. Paul location.

It doesn’t happen very often, but I imagine that like me, from time to time, many of our readers get that feeling in the pit of their stomach. That feeling that indicates that, at that very moment, they are part of a once in a lifetime moment.

When it comes to the whys and hows of state tax policy, it’s hard to beat public hearings of the Revenue Committee at the Nebraska Legislature.

Since trading the title of city slicker for that of country boy nearly three years ago, I have learned a lesson or two during my time living in rural Howard County.

Even in the best of times, farming is a precarious enterprise. There’s drought, floods, hail, wind storms, and pests of all kinds to deal with.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2015 The Wolbach Community Club met on Monday evening, April 13, 2015 at Seasons HangOut. The Town and Country Club met April 16th at the Shirley Cook home with six members present.

Spring has sprung in the Cornhusker State. Nowhere is that more evident than in the specks of color that have been emerging across the countryside in recent weeks.