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Boone County Fairgrounds in Albion will be the site of the 2024 Nebraska Junior High State Finals Rodeo on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17. About 100 contestants are expected for the rodeo events, which begin at 9 a.m.

Pat Miller and David Shipley, a couple from Lincoln, known as “The Benchwarmers”, provided musical entertainment at the annual salad supper hosted by Immanuel Zion Church, rural Albion, on Wednesday, April 24. They created a fictional story, which was a three-year project, about the beginning of the bounteous salads and scrumptious sweets from the first salad supper to the current one 150 years later.

Best Area Performances (Through meets April 29) Girls 100M Dash................ Ava Duerksen, Boone Central...................

Boone Central Schools provided the following updated and corrected list of students receiving the Multi-Activity Student Awards for 202324: Seniors - Taylor Beierman, Brant Benes, Parker Borer, Nathan Devine, Ava Duerksen, Joshua Erickson, Jackson Lipker, Emma Lordemann, Jose Luna, Cassidy Maricle, Isabella Meyer, Myranda Nelson, Benjamin Reilly, Natalie Schrad and Elizabeth Webster.

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Damage in the Primrose area from last Friday’s tornado included (left) the large storage building at Primrose Farms that collapsed on equipment inside; and (right) twisted sections of a center pivot system field near Primrose.

Newman Grove and Riverside will hold commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in their respective high school gyms.

Heavy storms and tornadoes in the Boone County area caused major damage to farm buildings, center pivots and even some houses last Friday afternoon, April 26. This was part of the same large storm system that spawned damaging tornadoes north of Lincoln, and in Elkhorn, Bennington and Blair last Friday.

Boone County Commissioners started their April 24 meeting with a discussion of water drainage issues west of Albion in the area of 250th Street and Old Mill Road. Steven Ruzek, Dave Warner and Rob Robinson told the board a waterway in that area backs up during big rains, which could cause flooding in some houses.

Jay Reicks, a Petersburg native, has recently joined Town & Country Insurance, a division of GTA Insurance Group (“TCI”). In this role, Jay will help cultivate relationships in the community and provide insurance products that fit the needs of his customers.