Features

The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2026 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar, and an Albion student was chosen for the calendar’s cover.

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.

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.

From a summer job to a lifetime of service at the fairgrounds… What was supposed to be a one or two year summer job turned into an almost 40-year journey I never expected. In May of 1986, my wife Angie, our daughter Ashley, and I, moved back from Lincoln for the summer.

The Albion community blood drive was held Monday, June 30 at the Casey’s Building at the Boone County Fairgrounds. They had 83 units of blood donated from 85 donors.

Four Good Samaritan locations have been recognized as 2025 Silver – Achievement in Quality award recipients by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).

For the 29th year, a record 61 sixth-and seventh-graders from Boone Central and St. Michael’s took part in a summer enrichment program at Olson Nature Preserve on May 27-29.

St. Michael’s Playground Project Sends Principal “to the roof!” Yes, you read that correctly.

The Rasmussen family recently celebrated a 5-Generation photo with, bottom row: Larry Rasmussen and Phyllis Rasmussen holding Ervin David Rasmussen; and top row: David Rasmussen and Justin Rasmussen..