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St. Edward Community hosted a Red Cross blood drive on Tuesday, May 7 at the Christian Community Church.

After the seniors filed in to the front of the gym, Superintendent Stephanie Kaczor welcomed all the parents, guardians, grandparents and relatives who attended, along with the teachers and school staff.

It was a circus atmosphere at the Boone Central Gym last Friday, May 3, when the elementary students performed their annual spring music program “Welcome to the Boone Central Circus.” This event was moved into the competition gym and featured preschool through fourth grade.

The birth of triplet calves is considered highly unusual on any farm or ranch. In fact, some cattlemen never see this phenomenon, but it happened at the Norm and Marv Brugger farm at Akron last weekend.

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 will begin at 9 a.m.

Many awards and honors were presented by the Newman Grove FFA Chapter and advisor Mikayla Martinsen during the annual banquet last week. Chelsa Reardon received the American FFA degree.

Speakers for the 2024 graduating class at St. Edward High School talked of memories and achievements over the past 13 years.

Petersburg welcomed Community Builders on May 1, and several local business owners were featured. Tours included four Petersburg businesses.

After sending out an appeal last month, the Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home and Newman House in Newman Grove announced this week that nearly $131,000 in donations have been received. The total of $130,920 was reached on Monday, May 6, and about 110 donors had contributed as of that date.

Four graduating seniors were honored with special music awards at the Boone Central Fine Arts Banquet Monday night, May 6.