Last Monday night, St. Paul’s top law enforcement official asked city leaders to help fund the replacement of critical equipment for him and his officers.

Last Thursday, November 10th, by unanimous assent of the Howard County Board of Commissioners, JWH Farms, LLC was granted a conditional use permit (CUP) for the operation of the Hornady Gun Club on an almost one-mile-long and quarter-mile wide A-1 zoned tract of land located to the northeast of the intersection of Friend Road and 14th Avenue.

Voters across Greeley County did not shy away from the ballot box during last week’s General Election. On Monday, Greeley County Election Commissioner Mindy Grossart reported that voter turnout in Greeley County hit 68.88 percent during last week’s vote.

At about 11:45 a.m. on Friday, November 11th, firefighters with the St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the 300 block of Sixth Street in St. Paul in response to a report of smoke inside a residence.

At the end of October, St. Paul FFA members traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend the National FFA Convention at Lucas Oil Stadium. The twelve members who attended included Kailee Shreve, Gracie Ackles, Brendan Powell, Zach Hirschman, Natalia Matlock, Abby Hirschman, Kamden Sack, Carly Stepanek, Sidney Gawrych, Beau Paro, Sam Wells, and Cole Brus. They toured the NCAA Hall of Fame, saw the Indianapolis Speedway, and went to a haunted house in Indianapolis. They also attended the Proficiency Award session, which was the contest Madison Hirschman competed in. Madison made it into the top four nationally with her diversified livestock proficiency. She placed second in the nation overall, competing against tough competition. St. Paul FFA also had three members receive the highest degree, called the American Degree. Those three members were Jacob Wells, Tommy Wroblewski, and Tanner Mrkvicka.