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Dan Osborn gaining traction, and negative ads, in long-shot effort to unseat U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer

1 year ago By News Staff

Hard to imagine, but in our deep-red state we now have a competitive race for the United States Senate. It’s been a while since a Republican had to break a sweat to get re-elected to the Senate in Nebraska.

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“Nebraska Nice” and the national anthem

1 year ago By News Staff

Last Thursday, while sitting in the stands at the St. Paul softball diamond, I was starting to get a little irked.

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Nebraska’s ‘blue dot’ captures national headlines

1 year ago By News Staff

Nebraska doesn’t get many national headlines about politics, but a recent, last-minute push by major Republicans to get the state to ditch its unique system of awarding electoral votes for president did just that.

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A legal ‘full-court press’ necessary to get citizen-led initiatives on the statewide ballot

1 year ago By News Staff

Back in the day, our high school basketball team used to employ a full-court press when we’d fallen behind. It was mostly a desperation measure toward the end of a game, a frantic effort in hopes that we could suddenly trip up our opponent, and turn a defeat into a victory.

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Don’t touch that dial!

1 year ago By News Staff

Several months ago, my vehicle started making a funny noise when I was driving down the road. Then, a couple weeks after that, I started to hear another new noise, neither of which sounded like they were indicators of anything good.

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Remember when

1 year ago By News Staff

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2014 On the “Sonny” Side—Considering that spankings are child abuse today, there are several generations that have been involved for the purpose of “attitude adjustment.” One could possibly take a vote fifty to sixty years ago of an entire school district for a showing of hands of who had been spanked by parents. The result would have been a very high percentage.

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Wishing for a win!

1 year ago By News Staff

On Friday nights in the fall, I typically don’t have a lot of free time. After all, Fridays in the American heartland mean football—no matter what the Big 10 says—and that means, when the lights go on and the ball is teed up, this ink slinger and my entire team are on sidelines across the area, ready to get the shots, document the plays, and pick up a comment or two from the coach at the end.

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Immigration is a hot topic in this election year

1 year ago By News Staff

A few years back, a lucky tip came my way about an impending immigration raid in O’Neill. I don’t recall a lot of details about what was expected to happen, but the tip was “you’d better be there tomorrow morning.” As I drove up Highway 281 toward the north-central Nebraska town, I settled in behind what seemed like an endless line of SUVs with blackened windows also driving northward.

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Tales from the turning lane

1 year ago By News Staff

Every Wednesday morning, after I manage to wipe the sleep from my eyes, I get up, get ready, and head north—to Albion—to fetch that week’s edition of the newspaper. After a year of making the trip, I practically have every hill and every dale along the route memorized.

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Governor names advocate for banning books to State Library Board

1 year ago By News Staff

The State of Nebraska has more than 200 boards and commissions staffed by professionals and regular citizens. They deal with a broad range of subjects, from the recently created Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council and State Child Death Review Team, to more recognizable boards, such as the Board of Parole and Board of Trustees for State Colleges.

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