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.

On March 9, 2023 The Beaver’s Pub re-opened its doors to the people of Saint Edward and surrounding areas under the ownership of Angel Paez and his family. Since its re-opening, the pub has continued to garner positive reviews and satisfied customers during its nearly two and a half years in business.

The Albion Seniors Post #162 boys baseball team started up their run at the State tournament this year with games on July 25-29 at the local fields. Sutton was technically the host, but games were played in Albion all last weekend and into this week to determine the State qualifier for the C5 area tournament.

A great honor was bestowed upon Steve Pelster of Omaha in mid-May of this year. After spending decades of his life boxing and working with Golden Gloves of America, a prestigious amateur boxing organization, Pelster was inducted into the Golden Gloves Boxing Hall of Fame.