Road work to impact travel in county this summer

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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is expected to undertake two projects with an overlapping timeframe this year. The department is expected to tackle road work on about 11.98 miles of Nebraska Highway 11 between about Midway corner and Centura Public Schools and to undertake road repair work on the bridge on United States Route 281 south of St. Paul, with both projects to begin in April or May.
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Remember when

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Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2015 Central Valley FFA members participated in Career Development Events, which were held on Monday, February 16th, at Central Community College in Grand Island. Four teams placed high enough to qualify for the state competition in Lincoln in April, but only three will actually advance…The first-place Ag Mechanics team members and their individual placings were Cade Grossart (18th), Logan Step (9th), Weston Poss (17th), and Clay Stepp (94th).

Boelus News

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The temperatures are finally on the way up. As of Sunday, the rivers are still reporting ice in the gauges, no CFS readings. I did check the gage height, and all three rivers were up in the middle of last week, and now they are all lower. It will be interesting what the river height does with the warm temperatures this week.
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St. Paul students’ artwork honored

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Several St. Paul art students’ artwork has been selected for the annual Scholastic Art Awards of Nebraska exhibition. The Scholastic Art Competition awards keys based on the talent and individuality of young artists. This year, St. Paul students received eight Gold Keys, twelve Silver Keys, and nine Honorable Mentions. The students receiving awards are as

Elba News

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Tami Stenka and Julie Spilinek went to Minden on Saturday afternoon so Julie could meet her new great-grandson, Emmet Dean Spilinek. He is the son of Thomas Spilinek and Alex Calleroz. Later, Julie and Tami visited Marvin and Kathy Nielsen of rural Minden.