January 2024

Red Cross bloodmobile coordinators Kathy Koch and JoAnn Mattner announced that the next Petersburg bloodmobile will be a memorial blood drive honoring long-time Petersburg supporter Larry Temme. All appointments slots are full.

Petersburg Community Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 5, 2023 at 7 p.m.

Due to the winter weather on Monday, Jan. 8, Boone Central’s Choral Clinic was postponed to Monday, Feb.

Ronald “Ron” Dean Krohn, 70, of Albion, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at the Good Samaritan Society in Albion following a courageous battle with Lewy body dementia.

Wilma Jean West, 96, formerly of Primrose, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at The Cottages in Papillion.

Joyce Francis Figgner, 83. of Albion, passed away Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

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Nebraska Department of Education has announced the names of two students selected as delegates to the 62nd annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) held in Washington, D.C. March 2-9, 2024.

Kevin Carder and Niruktha Gotoor of Omaha are parents of a daughter, Satya Elizabeth Carder, who was born on Dec. 26, 2023 at UNMC.

Two announced candidates for the District 41 seat in the Nadine Bane of Scotia and Ethan Clark of Ord, have filed for the office. Bane filed in Lincoln on Jan.