Body Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Tristan Klein of Wolbach showed the 4-H Reserve Champion Meat Goat and the Reserve Champion Market Lamb at last week’s Howard County Fair.

Body Like any small business owner, I appreciate feedback. Each week in the newspaper business, we send out newspapers to thousands of readers, and that is that.

Body In a rare move, seven months into the Jim Pillen reign, I’m going to suggest we cut the new guy some slack. Seems that a social media postraised concerns about First Amendment rights and dredged up the decades-long discussion on brain drain.

Body Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger The Trinity Lutheran Vacation Bible School opens Monday at the church. The program will be held Friday to complete the week’s activities.

Body While it is far from a Jeep, Alan Jackson nearly hit the nail on the head on every other descriptor of the old farm pickup that sits in my garage from day-to-day. I think there are a lot of rural homes and farm places that have similar vehicles.

Body Disclaimer: I have never owned, driven, or ridden a traditional two-wheel motorcycle. I sat on one owned by my late brother. But in more than five decades as a reporter, I have covered numerous accidents involving motorcycles with any variety of other vehicles.

Body If you are anything like me, you have some memories from your childhood, the very early years of your childhood especially, that remain vividly tucked away in your mind.

Body It slipped in on an uneventful Tuesday this year, although many towns celebrated on Monday, the third, just to give the holiday a long weekend type feel.

Body This last spring, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB753, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, which will entitle individuals to receive tax credits by donating to scholarship funds for private and parochial schools in Nebraska.

Body Every Monday night, like clockwork— well, almost—I haul my garbage out to the curb. And, from time to time, on the side of the street, I also pile other things that I no longer have any use for.