Making a case for community foundations

For the last twenty-something years, I have worked for Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF), a statewide community foundation that today assists 266 hometowns and 1,500 volunteers with their work to build stronger communities and a Greater Nebraska.

Wayne State Announces Dean’s List for Fall 2025 Semester

Jan. 21, 2026 (WAYNE, Neb.) – Wayne State College included 1,300 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Fall 2025 semester.Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.

From Our Files

10 Years Ago – January 28, 2016Foundation work began at the Dollar Store site in Pawnee City Monday. Workers, taking advantage of warmer temperatures, began pouring cement at the site. The store is scheduled to be built by sometime in March, according to the last word we had.

Famous Birthdays

JANUARY 26Joseph Quinn, Actor (31) JANUARY 27Noah Schnacky, Singer (28) JANUARY 28Ariel Winter, Actress (27) JANUARY 29Madison Bailey, Actress (26) JANUARY 30Christian Bale, Actor (51) JANUARY 31Justin Timberlake, Singer (44) FEBRUARY 2Lauren Conrad, TV personality (39)

USDA Launches Lender Lens Dashboard to Promote DataTransparency

Washington, D.C – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today unveiled the Lender Lens on the Rural Data Gateway.

Beatrice Knights of Columbus Annual FreeThrow Contest

Open to Girls & Boys Ages 9-14WHEN: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 6:30 PM Registration 7:00 PM Competition Begins WHERE: Saint Joseph Catholic School, 420 North 6th Street Beatrice, Nebraska 68310Event DetailsThe Beatrice Knights of Columbus Council 1723 Annual Free Throw Contest is a competition...

Lewiston School Spirit Crochet-Along

Welcome to section 12 of our Lewiston School Spirit Crochet-Along! Let’s grab our hooks and begin!Row 1: Double crochet in the first 27 stitches. Change to white and dc in the next 5 stitches. Change to maroon and dc in the next 15 stitches. Change to white and dc in the next 5 stitches.

Community Calendar

Items MUST be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before publication to be included in this calendar. No exceptionsThursday, Jan 229:00 a.m.-12 noon & 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. -Table Rock Library open.Friday, Jan 239:00 a.m.-12 noon-Table Rock Library open.

The Camouflage of Shirley -- The Senior Class Play of 1919

Don’t you just love a good story? Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.Written at the top of the photograph by Mary McCage Siske, who donated this photograph, is this: “Class of 1919.” That’s all.

Families urge lawmakers, DHHS to stop Medicaid waiver caps for Nebraskans with disabilities, elderly

Susan Samuelson, center, leads a rally with Tammy, Derek and Darin Caster, from left, in the Nebraska State Capitol urging the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services not to make significant changes to the state’s Aged and Disabled Waiver and Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver.