The St. Paul Police Department (SPPD) recently released its 2025 calls for service statistics from the Howard County Communication Center, giving a window into the activities of the municipal police department over the past year.

Marilyn Paulman hosted the Monday Nite Bridge Club this week with Kim Caudill winning high prize, Rose Ann Bouchard taking second high, and Jan Steenson receiving the traveling prize..

Whether or not residents of the City of St. Paul can call first floor residences in the city’s central business district home was a topic entertained by city leaders during their first meeting of the new year.

We are back to Sunday. The days are going fast. I have a feeling the South Loup River’s flow reading indicator is either frozen in where the sun doesn’t hit it to melt the ice, or it is broken. It is still showing ice with a 2.72-foot gage height; 3.2 is normal. Sticking with gage feet, the Middle Loup River has a reading of 1.44 feet; 3.0 is average. The North Loup River is at 2.82 feet, with 3.795 feet an average. Someone asked me if we see bald eagles very often. I said we see them almost daily, like Sunday, when two adults and two younger ones were spotted. I learned that an eagle must be four to five years old before it displays a white head and tail. They have keen eyesite and can see their prey up to a mile away.