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The school children’s blizzard of 1888

The school children’s blizzard of 1888

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The school children’s blizzard of 1888

Don’t You Just Love A Good Story?
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Part 3 of a 3 part series Last week: School teacher Seymour Dopp kept his 17 country school students safe as the blizzard raged all night. The dugout of the Sochor family was covered with snow so they had to poke holes to breathe.
‘Good Life District’ idea ‘a mess

‘Good Life District’ idea ‘a mess

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‘Good Life District’ idea‘a mess’ of unintended consequences

Bv Paul Hammel
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
LINCOLN — Be wary of unintended consequences.That’s good advice for any endeavor, and appears to be the problem facing proposed retail/ sports/entertainment developments called “Good Life Districts.”The recent effort to create such districts was well intended.
GIRLS’ CLASS B MUDECAS RUNNER-UP - Members of the Pawnee City girls’ basketball team proudly display their Class B Mudecas Runner-up trophy after their only loss to the #1 seeded Palmyra Lady Panthers on Friday. Paula Jasa/Republican

GIRLS’ CLASS B MUDECAS RUNNER-UP - Members of the Pawnee City girls’ basketball team proudly display their Class B Mudecas Runner-up trophy after their only loss to the #1 seeded Palmyra Lady Panthers on Friday. Paula Jasa/Republican

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Pawnee City Lady Indians claim Class B Runner-up

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
BEATRICE - The Pawnee City Lady Indians made the most of their Class B Mudecas Basketball Tournament run as they defeated Sterling and Bruning-Davenport-Shickley before succumbing to #1 seeded Palmyra in the Championship finals last week.Pawnee City vs.
MUDECAS

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MUDECAS Basketball Scoreboard

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
MONDAY GIRLS’ GAMES CLASS A: (1) Johnson-Brock - 69, (8) HTRS - 35 CLASS B: (3) Pawnee City 43; (6) Sterling - 38CLASS B: (2) B-D-S 35; (7) Lewiston 12TUESDAY BOYS’ GAMES CLASS A: (4) E-M-F - 68, (5) Pawnee City - 28 CLASS B: (4) Palmyra - 51; (5) Lewiston - 46 CLASS B: (3) HTRS - 51; (6) Sterling...

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Layne places 3rd at Cross County

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
CROSS COUNTY - The Pawnee City Wrestling team participated in the 2025 Cross County Bob Orsborn Classic on Saturday, January 18th.Pawnee City’s Dylan Layne had the best finish of the day with 3rd place in the 285 lb. division.The following results are listed in each match and round.

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Parents in Nebraska can pat themselves on the back

Melissa Stephenson
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Parents in Nebraska can pat themselves on the back because they’re being praised in a new study!Preply data shows local parents rank #2 for spending the most time with their kids on average. Here’s why… Nebraska parents spend an average of 3.54 hours per day with their kids.
An avid crocheter, last year I made a mood blanket. This blanket represents my moods throughout the year as each row represents a day and each color represents a mood. What colors will you use to get you out of the winter blues? Or maybe you like the winter and will use all happy colors!

An avid crocheter, last year I made a mood blanket. This blanket represents my moods throughout the year as each row represents a day and each color represents a mood. What colors will you use to get you out of the winter blues? Or maybe you like the winter and will use all happy colors!

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Join Our Crochet-Along!

Reagan Connelly
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
When the Christmas season ends, we are faced with the daunting reality of slogging through the rest of winter until spring arrives and the world is once again enjoyable!To stave off the inevitable seasonal depression, I thought it would be fun to create a Crochet-Along for our readers.

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Community Calendar

News Staff
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Items MUST be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before publication to be included in this calendar. No exceptionsFriday, January 178:30 a.m.-12 noon-Table Rock Library open.Tuesday, January 21Masonic Lodge - regular meeting.Friday, January 248:30 a.m.-12 noon-Table Rock Library open.
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