County Sheriff race heats up as we near Election Day

With former Pawnee County Deputy Justyce Stankoski announcing his bid as a write-in candidate for Sheriff just two weeks ago, the race against incumbent candidate Sheriff Braden Lang has sparked many conversations throughout the county.

Four Candidates Vying for Two City Council Seats

There are two seats up for grabs in the Pawnee City Council election. You’ll only see one name on your ballot: incumbent candidate Pat Hatfield. However, three residents have filed to be write-in candidates in the race.

Pawnee County Mayor Candidates

Like many of the other races this election, you’re only going to see one candidate listed under Pawnee County Mayor on your ballot. But also like many of the other races, there is a write-in candidate as well.

The Reno Inn

Part 1 – Its Predecessor, the Hotel MurphyI keep getting requests for stories about the Reno Inn. There are SO MANY that it’s been hard to know where to start. But start I will. And the starting point is not the Reno Inn that so many knew.

Community Calendar

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St. Anthony’s Bazaar

The weather was beautiful this year, sunny and 70, and folks turned out in droves for the annual bazaar of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Steinauer. As diners lined up inside, others came in for carry out and left bearing hefty bags with dinners of turkey and ham with all the fixings, and pie.

Hairy Eyeball

Teachers communicate with their students in many different ways. Sometimes we use our voices. Sometimes we demonstrate or use a visual cue.

To solve complicated issues like property taxes, it might help to change term limits

It’s been 26 years since Nebraskans voted to impose term limits on state senators.But in November, voters have a chance to extend the state’s term limit – from two consecutive, four-year terms to three consecutive, four-year terms.(Lawmakers can come back after being term limited and sitting out a...

Supporting the Officers Who Keep Nebraska Safe

Imagine your child’s school receives a suspicious message, a small business owner notices someone lingering on their security camera footage, or you see a concerning post in a community Facebook group. On their own, these pieces of information might not seem like a big deal.

Congestive Heart Failure Treatments

We have talked about congestive heart failure in the past, but I want to bring it up again as it is such an important topic and it effects so many in our community. I’d like to focus on treatment and prevention this week as we have discussed the diagnosis and symptoms in the past.