Ten Years Ago, 2013 Four have been arrested and are in custody for involvement in two separate break-ins at the Wolbach Bar. Three men are expected to be arraigned in Greeley County Court on Monday on charges involving over $7,000 in stolen items and damage to the building.

MASON RINKOL, the son of Randy and Nancy Rinkol of Silver Creek, gave a report on his experience at Cornhusker Boys State to the Wolbach American Legion at their meeting last Tuesday. Rinkol, who is a senior at Twin River High School, represented Ray Mapes Legion Post 236 at the annual event in Lincoln. Mason’s father, Randy, presented the post with a wooden flag that he made in appreciation of the post sponsoring Mason. Pictured accepting the flag last week is post commander Luke Thompson.

A few months since soil was broken for the St. Paul Rotary Club’s new community garden project, things at the garden, said the Rotarians, are “growing like crazy,” especially the tomatoes.

Cars packed Howard Avenue last Thursday as locals and out-of-towners crowded into the St. Paul Civic Center for the chance to hear Tom Osborne, legendary former Cornhusker football coach and congressman for Nebraska’s 3rd District, recount some of his time in the local area. Osborne, who is from Hastings, had frequently visited his maternal grandparents— William H. and Mary (Mortensen) Welsh—in St. Paul; after his father joined the United States Army following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Osborne, his mother, and his brother had resided in St. Paul for several of his formative years.