Filing deadline is Feb. 16. Incumbents seeking re-election have an extra day to file. Because federal, state and county offices will be closed Presidents’ Day on Feb. 15, the deadline has been extended...

RECOGNITION: Students with winning science fair projects were announced during a display of their experiments and research in the Dudley Elementary gymnasium on Jan. 27. Winning projects and others will...

HELPING OUT: The Gothenburg Lions Club made three donations of $250 each last week to three local charitable organizations. The Gothenburg Ministerial Association, the Senior Center and the Helping Hands...

Taken from news columns of area newspapers. Gov. Heineman awards Cozad Public Schools COZAD—Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman recently toured Cozad school facilities and presented Superintendent John...

“Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you shall receive, and it shall come to you.”—Mark 11:23-24 Lighting a candle and confessing to family and friends a wish for 2010 was much more symbolic...

There’s a treasure trove hidden in my living room. Evidently, it’s been there awhile just waiting for me to find it. When I pack away the Christmas tree and other holiday decorations each January,...

“I always tell my grandson honest people is just like having money in the bank. Anybody can help you. Anybody can trust you. That’s it. There’s no other way around. That’s how the Indians were.”—...

Swedes keeping eyes on state. HASTINGS—The four-team round-robin dual meet in Hastings on Saturday was not what Gothenburg wrestling coach Eric Manstedt thought he was getting into. Still, a team championship...

Crowning after Friday basketball game. Students at Gothenburg High School will be getting ready to send the Valentine Badgers back to their wildlife sanctuary. A week of special activities with that...

Swedes use SWC tourney as opportunity for growth. Every time high school players step on the court throughout the basketball season, there is an opportunity for improvement and growth. Gothenburg’s...

BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL Dec. 4—at Hershey, W 52-46 Dec. 5—LEXINGTON, L 40-38 OT Dec. 10—at Southern Valley, W 53-40 Dec. 12—PERKINS COUNTY, L 49-36 Dec. 17—N.P. ST. PATRICK, L 58-50 Dec....

Guaranteed hours in village will end March 31. Lincoln County sheriff’s cruisers will no longer have a guaranteed presence in Brady. County commissioners were hesitant Monday but agreed to end the...

GRAND ISLAND—Two varsity members of the Brady speech team and two competing in the novice section brought home honors from the Central Nebraska Forensic League Invite in Grand Island on Saturday. The...

TNT: Eric Roe looks for a target during the round robin portion of the Brady FCCLA chapter’s charity dodgeball tournament on Saturday. The event raised about $300 that will be donated to the University...

Social media may be taking agriculture by storm and along with it Nebraska farmers and University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agriculture and Natural Resources alumni. Often out in the tractor working...

The annual Dawson County Cattlemen’s Banquet will be Monday, Feb. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in Lexington. Cowboy poet Jack Ostergard will be the featured speaker. Also,...

Participants at the Central Plains Irrigation Conference and Exposition will learn the latest information on irrigation equipment and water management practices Feb. 23-24 at the Kearney Holiday Inn. The...