Petersburg Press

More than 300 bike riders from throughout Nebraska and several other states will be in Petersburg next week. Area residents are invited to help welcome the riders and attend the various events and meals planned in Petersburg Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6.

Antelope Memorial Hospital announces that Anita Murphy, PA-C, has joined its medical staff. Originally from Petersburg, Murphy is a 2003 graduate of Boone Central High School.

The Petersburg Village Board will meet on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the village office.

Loup Power District officials recently delivered lease payments totaling more than $1.6 million to area communities. The payments compensate the towns for the use of those systems for the first quarter of 2024.

The Newman Grove Community will be filled with events this Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 1 for this year’s Shell Creek Valley Days celebration. Friday and Saturday will be the scheduled city-wide garage sale event.

Two local students, Seth Wright of Petersburg and Braden Benes of Albion, were recognized during the “Pillar” awards in the Engler Entrepreneurship program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The award ceremony was held Friday, May 3, in the Engler Agribusiness center on UNL East Campus.

More than 300 bike riders from throughout Nebraska and several other states will be in Petersburg in just two weeks. Area residents are invited to help welcome the riders and attend the various events and meals planned in Petersburg Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6.

Last Friday evening, May 17, members of the Petersburg Community Club and volunteers cleaned the branches and debris from the big Petersburg park next to Hwy. 14 and the downtown park in preparation of BRAN’s June arrival. Members said community youngsters did an awesome job without any complaints.

The TAPS ACROSS AMERICA tribute debuted on national television in 2020 when CBS news “On the Road” cor-respondent Steve Hartman teamed up with retired Air Force bugler Jari Villan-eva, founder of TAPSFORVET-RANS and TAPS ACROSSAMER-CA.

April brought rain beginning April 1st totaling about .30. On the 6th, the area had strong winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour.