The Albion Knights of Columbus Council #1739 will be holding its annual Tootsie Roll Drive on the weekend of October 19-20, 2024. Council #1739 will join Councils across the State in the annual drive.

Nebraska Extension has announced that Pamela Slaymaker has started as the Food, Nutrition, and Health University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator located in Antelope County. She will serve the acc ountability region of Boone, Nance, and Knox Counties in addition to Antelope County. Her focus will be Food, Nutrition, and Health (FNH).

A group of dedicated Boone Central High School students are currently participating in a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program, preparing to make their mark in the healthcare field. The six students— Miranda Mc-Gill, Madison Gompert, Natalie Nelson, Edwin Naranjo Aranda, Erica Hall and Madison Reilly —are undertaking a semester-long course designed to equip them with essential patient care skills and prepare them for the Nebraska Nurse Aide State Licensure.

Bean harvest has started in the last week, with producers battling dust and wind, and risk of fire during the very dry conditions in the last two months. Picture taken four miles east of Albion..