The May 12th Nebraska Primary Election brought voters to polling places throughout the county..

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Home Plate Market, St. Paul’s new grocery store currently under construction off of United States Route 281, is on track to open sometime this October. With the grand opening less than half a year away, items featuring the new branding are already showing up at Hometown Market, the community’s longtime grocery store.

Thirty Centurions turned their tassels and left the district as alumni last Saturday night, celebrating the culmination of their high school careers in front of a large gathering of family members, friends, and community members. Commencement exercises at Centura began at 5:00 p.m. The Centura band played Pomp and Circumstance to accompany the thirty graduates as they proceeded to their places before the large, gathered crowd.

Go Big Give concluded its thirteenth annual twenty-four-hour day of giving last Thursday, May 7th. A total of $1,873,810 was raised for 166 organizations across Howard, Hall, Merrick, and Hamilton counties from 4,263 donations over the course of the day and preceding pre-give period.

MORE CATTLETHAN PEOPLE January 2026 figures illustrate that Nebraska continues to have far more cattle than people. With over 6.1 million cattle in the state, cattle outnumber people by more than three to one! TOP COW COUNTIES IN THE U.S.