April 2024

St. Edward and Newman Grove Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting a training program this Thursday, April 25, on volunteer fire and rescue for juniors at both St. Edward and Newman Grove High Schools from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Rebekah Ketelsen, a junior at St. Edward High School, has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Comhusker Girls State June 2-8, 2024, at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

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The Boone Central track/field teams traveled to Grand Island for the Northwest Dave Gee Invite on Thursday, April 18th. The meet featured fifteen schools, which made things very competitive and points in short supply. It was the Boone girls team that turned in the better performance this week, finishing in fourth place while the boys finished sixth - only 5 1/2 points from fifth.

Riverside charged into O’Neill April 17 and rode home with the St. Mary’s Invitational boys championship hardware and a bevy of individual medals from both boys and girls competition.

Thursday, April 25: Boone Central Boys Golf at Lakeview Invitational (Quail Run GC-Columbus), 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27: Boone Central Girls & Boys Track/Field Mid-State Conference (Albion), 10 a.m.

Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and St. Edward participated in a large, tough Palmer Invitational at Fullerton April 18.

Elementary students at Boone Central were excited Tuesday morning, April 23. That’s the day the books came.

Albion Education Foundation board members and advisors met in March 2024 to discuss and award grant requests at Boone Central Schools and Albion St. Michael’s School for the 2024-25 school year.

Bike Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) will be making a stop in Petersburg on Wednesday, June 5. A steering committee of members from the Petersburg Community Foundation, Petersburg Community Club, Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, American Legion Post 162 and the St.