Located 34 miles west and north of Albion on highway # 91 is “Pibel Lake” home of “Nebraska’s largest Eastern Cottonwood Tree”.So now is the time for a short…
Feature
BigIron Realty has announced the winner of it’s 6th annual “First Responder & Medical Professional Appreciation Contest,” choosing Boone County Sheriff…
Members of the locally-known Werner family have been included in this year’s Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association’s hall of fame nomination.The family…
For Nebraskans of my generation, it may seem that the mighty cottonwood tree has always been a revered symbol of our state.But some readers of this column will…
News
Summer is right around the corner, so this week, I would like to provide a reminder of two important deadlines that occur on Tuesday, June 30th.First, June…
Albion looks better already, A lot of old and Junk cars and pickups were moved from a business across the street north of the old NAPA building for a business…
The Boone Central Class of 2026 is featured inside this week’s edition. In their class photo above (from Boone Central social media), front (L-R): Maddie…
Sunday evening May 17 at 7:55 p.m. the Petersburg fire department was alerted by a passerby to fire on an electric pole which had been struck by lightning…
Sports
The Boone Central Boys golf team traveled to the Indianhead Golf Club in Grand Island for the 2026 Class C boys golf tournament this past week for two days of…
The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panther track team traveled to Omaha’s Burke Stadium last Friday and Saturday to have two competitors do their best against a wide…
The Boone Central Cardinals played around weather and rescheduled events, but qualified as a team for the 2026 Class C Golf tournament this weekend in Grand…
Boone County Raceway results are listed below from the track’s opening night, on May 8, “Mother’s Night.”The track’s opening night was cancelled on May 1…