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Rascal Martinez to be featured at The Venue
Rascal Martinez, a talented musician who grew up in rural Nebraska, will be featured at The Venue on Fourth in Albion this Thursday, July 11, in the second performance of the Summer Concert Series.Martinez, who started playing at a young age in the basement of his family home, plays a variety of music. He will be on stage from 7 to 9 p.m.The summer concert series is sponsored by the Albion Area…
Dwaine Jacobson, 89
The funeral services for Dwaine Jacobson, 89, of Columbus, were held on Monday, July 8, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Rev. Patrick Sparling officiated. Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. Dwaine C. Jacobson was born on October 21, 1934, in rural Newman Grove, to Clarence and Ellen (Anderson) Jacobson, and...
Petersburg wins Best of Theme in fair parade
Petersburg Community Club’s parade float won the Best of Theme first place award at the Boone County Fair Parade Sunday. The community float fit well with this year’s theme, “Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights.” Family members of the late Larry Temme (photo below) were honored as the parade grand marshals.
BRAN votes to give Petersburg scholarships
Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN), recently announced its riders voted Petersburg the “Best Community” during the 42nd annual event.The award is a $1,500 scholarship that will be designated to Petersburg students who are or will be attending Nebraska trade schools, colleges or universities. Each host community is given $1,500 in scholarship funds as an incentive to welcome the riders into their…
Josh Majerus, Mary Wells are named to Chadron State Hall of Fame
Two athletes hailing from Albion will be named to the Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame this fall.Josh Majerus, a standout wrestler at CSC and now head wrestling coach at Boone Central High School, is one of five honorees in wrestling.Majerus had a distinguished career at Chadron State and remains the college’s only three-time All-American during the NCAA-era. He placed second, first…
Two place at nationals
Boone Central Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members returned last week with hardware from their national conference held in Orlando, Florida. Boone Central’s team of Taylor Beierman, left, and Hannah Krohn earned 10th place in the broadcast journalism competition there.
County Fair underway with big weekend crowds
Delayed. The carnival was held only Tuesday and Wednesday due to the damp conditions on Monday. Monday was also Kid’s Day at the fair with special events from 3 to 6 p.m. Rumble on the Raceway, a fastpaced Outlaw Tractor Pull, was held Tuesday evening, July 9, in front of the grandstand. This event featured specialized hot rod tractors from the Heartland Pulling Series.
Two injured in Silver Creek Township crash
SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP — A Haslett man and a South Bend woman were injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle Silver Creek Township crash, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reports that at approximately 3:57 p.m. Tuesday, his office was called to investigate a personal injury crash near the intersection of M-51 […] The post Two injured in Silver Creek Township crash appeared first on Leader Publications.
Albion, Twin River Juniors close regular season ahead of area tournament
The end of the 2024 regular season has come for the Albion Post 162 Juniors and the Twin River Juniors. Both teams finished with losing records as the Albion Juniors went 8-9 and Twin River posted a 2-9 record. So far in July both teams have played just twice with...
Leadership Columbus deadline is July 12
The application deadline for Class 33 of the Columbus Area Chamber’s Leadership Columbus program is Friday, July 12. The online application and additional information can be found at: https://thecolumbuspage.com/programs/leadership-columbus/. Leadership Columbus is the chamber's premier leadership development course designed to expose participants to the opportunities, challenges, and resources available...
Beef Senior Showmanship champ and reserve champ named
The Columbus Ag Park arena was packed Friday morning as excited fairgoers watched a parade of hardworking youngsters herding their beef cows in front of a judge. Out of 16 competitors, Adyson Groteluschen, 18, who graduated from Lakeview High School this year, was named Grand Champion Beef Showman in her 10th and final year of showing for 4-H.
Birth announcements for July 13
CORNWELL — To Dustin and Abigail (McDonald) Cornwell of Belgrade, a daughter born July 3, 3024, at Grand Island Regional Medical Center. Grandparents are Doug and Lori Cornwell of Fullerton and Troy and Jennifer McDonald of Aurora. EHLERS — To Dirk and Amy (Bowers) Ehlers of Central City, a...
Changes to traffic on US-30 improvement project in Columbus
Weather permitting, starting Wednesday in Columbus, the north leg of the intersection of 18th Avenue and U.S. Highway 30 will reopen to traffic. Also on Wednesday, the north leg of 23rd Avenue and US-30 will be closed to traffic. The north leg of Pershing Road and US-30 will remain closed.
170 Pounds Of Marijuana Found In Seward County Traffic Stop
A Columbus man is in jail after Seward County Sheriff’s Deputies found 170 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle during a traffic stop on July 3. The sheriff’s department says a deputy stopped a 2017 Chevy Malibu for a traffic violation on I-80 near the Milford exit. During...
Concrete Repairs Begin Monday on Madison Avenue Sidewalk
Beginning Monday, July 15, concrete repair work will take place on the south side of Madison Avenue, on the sidewalk from 1st to 3rd Street. Residents are asked to be aware of crews in the area. The work is expected to last two weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Engineering at 402-844-2020.
Rodeo, concerts and more at Madison County Fair
MADISON — The Madison County Fair and Rodeo returns this week for its 151st year, offering fun, affordable, family-friendly fun, according to Randy Ritterbush, president of the fair’s board of directors. The self-proclaimed “best week in July” is set to take place on Tuesday starting at 7 a.m....
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