Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2013 Tristan Klein of Wolbach showed the 4-H Reserve Champion Meat Goat and the Reserve Champion Market Lamb at last week’s Howard County Fair.

If you head down to the Riverfront in Omaha and decide to tackle a stroll across the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, it is guaranteed that, at some point while you are walking above the Missouri River on your way to Council Bluffs, you will engage in interstate travel.

If you thought that the mostly one-sided filibuster- driven debate on transgender issues and abortion was the thing that dragged the 2023 Nebraska Legislature to a near standstill, steel yourself for what could lie ahead.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Tristan Klein of Wolbach showed the 4-H Reserve Champion Meat Goat and the Reserve Champion Market Lamb at last week’s Howard County Fair. She also won a silver medal in 4-H Junior Sheep Showmanship and a bronze medal in 4-H Junior Meat Goat Showmanship.

Like any small business owner, I appreciate feedback. Each week in the newspaper business, we send out newspapers to thousands of readers, and that is that.

In a rare move, seven months into the Jim Pillen reign, I’m going to suggest we cut the new guy some slack. Seems that a social media postraised concerns about First Amendment rights and dredged up the decades-long discussion on brain drain.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger The Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School opens Monday at the church. The program will be held Friday to complete the week’s activities.

While it is far from a Jeep, Alan Jackson nearly hit the nail on the head on every other descriptor of the old farm pickup that sits in my garage from day-to-day. I think there are a lot of rural homes and farm places that have similar vehicles.

Disclaimer: I have never owned, driven, or ridden a traditional two-wheel motorcycle. I sat on one owned by my late brother. But in more than five decades as a reporter, I have covered numerous accidents involving motorcycles with any variety of other vehicles.

If you are anything like me, you have some memories from your childhood, the very early years of your childhood especially, that remain vividly tucked away in your mind.