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July 2025

Royce E. Garrett, 94

Royce Eugene Garrett, 94, of Albion, will have his ashes will be buried at a later date in the family plot at the Glenwood Cemetery in Glenwood, Iowa. Royce E.
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Alvah E. Ranslem Jr., 92

Funeral services for Alvah “Alvie” E. Ranslem Jr., 92, of Albion, will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 1, 2025 at Zion Lutheran Church in Albion.
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Blood Drive comes up just a few units short

According to Petersburg’s Red Cross blood drive coordinatorsKathy Koch and JoAnn Mattner the July 21st drive was short of their 48-unit goal by six units. They reported two new donors Laurene Veik and Tina Stokes.
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Beverly Myhre, 87

Beverly Marlene Myhre, age 87, of Norfolk formerly of Columbus, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Care Center in Norfolk, with family at her side.
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Arena celebrating 5th anniversary

Staff 2025 marks the five year anniversary of the completion of Albion’s Niewohner Arena located at the Albion Fairgrounds at 2624 Fairgrounds Road. To commemorate the occasion the Albion News met with the Albion fairgrounds manager, Chuck Rolf, to talk about the history and importance of the arena.
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Nelson cousins gather for reunion

Arriving by plane, train and automobile, descendants of John and Anna Nelson, early settlers in the Dennison area of Boone County, met July 18-20 in Albion, Nebraska for their biennial Nelson Cousins’ Reunion.
Pictured are second cousins, front row: Chris Schroeder, Rhonda Richards, Kevin Nelson, Ann Tisthammer, Dianne Sindelar and Yvonne Cass; and back row: Rod Nelson, John Nore, Chris Nelson, Ritch Nelson, Mary Razor, Jerry Tisthammer, Rebecca Frandsen and Kitty Tatro

Babbling Brook

It seems like a lifetime ago when I first discovered that you could have movies mailed directly to your home. Instead of going to the gas station where there was a veritable wall of cinema magic, you could choose a never-ending list of films online and they’d mail you a DVD.
“Spoiled for Choice”