County Fair underway with big weekend crowds
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Delayed. The carnival was held only Tuesday and Wednesday due to the damp conditions on Monday.
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Two place at nationals
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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.
BRAN votes to give Petersburg scholarships
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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.
County Veterans Service Officer to resign in August
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Boone County Commissioners dealt with some bad news on the employment front Monday, July 8. Tana McMillan Dozler announced she would be leaving her position as Veterans Service Offi cer effective Aug.
Flanagan gives quilt presentation to “Pals”
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On Sunday, June 23,2024, the Piecin’ Pals Quilt Group, with funding help from the Nebraska State Quilt Guild and the Boone County Visitor’s Promotion Fund, hosted a fun afternoon with Fremont’s Scott Flanagan of 4th and Main Designs.
NRD reports rising nitrate levels in groundwater
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Nitrate levels in parts of Nebraska, including areas within the Lower Loup Natural Resources District, are on the rise, according to the most recent LLNRD newsletter, Water Matters. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that nitrate concentration in drinking water does not exceed I 0 milligrams/liter (often cited as IO parts per million, or IO ppm).
Senator Fischer’s staff coming to St. Edward
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U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (RNeb.) recently announced that her staff will hold local office hours for constituents in Nance and Boone Counties on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
July 4--- Independence Day July 4--- St. Edward Fire Department meeting, 8 p.m. July 4---
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July 11--- American Legion Post meeting, 8 p.m. July 11--- Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Albion Congregational Church July 15--- St.
St. Edward Library hosts ‘adventures’
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Adventure Begins at Your Library was the theme for the 2024 summer reading event hosted by the St. Edward Public Library June 25-28 at the St.
Commissioners accept bid for box culvert projects
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Two box culvert replacement projects on Boone County roads were given the green light by county commissioners at their meeting last Wednesday, June 26. The county board accepted the bid of A & R Construction, Plainview, for the Petersburg Southwest project on 160th Street and the Albion North projet on a portion of 120th Avenue.