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Pawnee City budget a year-long process

Pawnee City’s operating budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year is $3,358,137, up nine percent over last year. That was due in large part to the $300,000 budgeted for the new fire hall. The property tax request is $220,932. There is a total valuation of $34,548,717, up nine percent.
Pawnee City Class of 2034

Pawnee City Class of 2034

Pawnee City Class of 2034

Ray Kappel/Republican Introducing the Pawnee City Schools Class of 2034, this year’s kindergarten class.
Piper

Piper

A dog who needs a donation for operation

This is a story about a dog that needs your help. She needs an operation and could use donations to help pay for it. She is a female black lab mix and she came into city impoundment on July 13. She had a collar with a rabies tag but no license tag. She was very thin and needed medical attention.

Table Rock takes over football field

Table Rock Village Board member It’s hard to believe it’s almost September—where does time go? Husker football is back this weekend and before we know it harvest will be starting. It’s been fun seeing all the happenings around the county this summer and having people be out and about.
Cindy Johnson

Cindy Johnson

Cindy Johnson

Cindy Johnson was sworn in as the new Pawnee County Treasurer last week by County Judge Jeffrey Gaertig She replaces Stefanie Rauner who resigned to take another position.

Faesser injured in bike crash

Local biking enthusiast Vic Faesser was struck by a car while biking Thursday. He was westbound out of Pawnee City when he collided with a car driven by Sigrun Hoffman. He was hospitalized in Lincoln with multiple injuries.
COVID 19 – Reflections, Moving to the Next Wave

COVID 19 – Reflections, Moving to the Next Wave

COVID 19 – Reflections, Moving to the Next Wave

Written by Kelly Findlay, Chief Nursing Officer As we head into what appears to be the nation’s next wave of COVID 19 infection I turn and reflect on what healthcare has been through and where we expect it to go. Since the beginning a lot of things have changed.

From Our Files

2011-10 Years Ago Jake Schwartz has been in the construction business for 25 years and he is proud to be able to say, “In 25 years of carpentry, we’ve never had a serious accident or had someone fall off a roof.” Schwartz and Sons Construction really is a family business.
Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Items MUST be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before publication to be included in this calendar. No exceptions Monday,August 30 7:30 p.m.-Alcoholics Anonymous at the Church of Christ in DuBois. Tuesday, August 31 10:30 - StoryTime, short sessions, approx 15 min, Pawnee City Public.

THE GIFT OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS

The greatest deception is to think that we are spiritually all right on our own. Satan makes us look at others and their sin so that we would feel good about not being as bad as my neighbor.