FIREARM AND BOWHUNTER EDUCATION

Summer rains help replenish Loup River system After an overall “average” spring and summer in 2024 and a dry winter, heavy rains throughout much of the Loup River system this season have been a welcome reprieve. “We are in a lot better position than where we were a year ago,” said Lower Loup Natural Resources District (LLNRD) Assistant General Manager Tylr Naprstek in early August.

When The Den opened its doors last September, Owner/ Operator Jewell Howell said she had big plans for the Howard Avenue eatery. Beyond serving breakfast and lunch and a smorgasbord of desserts, she wanted to open an ice cream parlor in the business, and to expand its hours to serve customers “a few evenings a month.”

Earlier this year, taking trips down memory lane became significantly easier for alumni of St. Paul Public Schools. As part of a digitization effort many years in the making, multiple decades of St. Paul High School yearbooks were recently digitized, putting their contents— for those with access to the internet, at least— only a few keystrokes away.