Spring Turkey Tactics

Spring turkey season in Southeast Nebraska is one of the most exciting times to be in the woods. As the mornings warm and the countryside greens up, gobblers sound off across creek bottoms, field edges, and timbered draws.

Pawnee City Speech Team Finishes 3rd at State in D1

Pawnee City Speech Team finished their impressive season on a high note recently–3rd in D1 at the state meet.Eleven students qualified for the state meet in eleven events. Eight of those came home with a medal, and several more were just inches away.

Student of the Week

Cael Johnson is a senior at PCHS. He is a consistent positive and respectful presence and a top performer in the classroom. Cael has been involved in many different extracurricular sports and activities.

Political craziness now includes supposed ‘plants’ running for U.S. Senate

Spring is planting time in Nebraska.But the looming primary election on May 12 for U.S. Senate is also, allegedly, quite a planting session, generating competing claims that candidates are “plants” to help or hurt the two leading candidates.We’re referring to the race between U.S. Sen.

School Safety

I was standing in the glass-enclosed office of Coleridge (NE) Community High School when I learned of the tragic loss of life at Columbine. Immediately, an area that previously felt safe for kids now felt vulnerable. That moment changed how I see school safety forever.

Stress Awareness

It’s a new month and just as many exciting things happen at the turn of the calendar there are many stress inducing events that take place. Stress awareness is a public health topic that is focused on in the month of April, but is a health topic that has huge impacts on our dayto- day life.

One working day Left

We have one working day left in the 2026 Legislative Session with adjournment scheduled for Friday, April 17. On that day we may consider overrides of gubernatorial vetoes, if any, and we will pay tribute to the senators who are departing due to term limits.