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All the Pawnee City School students marched downtown to enjoy Homecoming celebrations but they had to wait until after the football game to see Madelyn Osborne and Cael Johnson crowned Queen and King
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Schafer sworn in as attorney
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Nolan Schafer has officially been sworn in as a licensed attorney in the State of Nebraska.Schafer grew up on his family’s farm near DuBois and graduated from Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer (HTRS) High School.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
From Our Files
Betty Davis
Don Young said you have to be half-trapper, half-bird dog to get a giant pumpkin all the way from start to harvest. Young should know. He was the winner of the Giant Pumpkin contest last year and came from his home in Des Moines for another try and walked away with the $2,000 first prize.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Representing the Pawnee City Fire Department are from left:John Vetrovsky, Russ Smith, Lynn Curtis, Dalton Kramer, Austin Smith, Austin Gyhra, Russ Weeks, Justin Morehead, Lucas Barloon, Mike Habegger, Colt Johnson
National Fire Prevention Week Oct, 5-11
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Curtis Sisco Tyler Wehrbein Matt McHenry Jesse Hegemann Tom Sisco Andrew Sisco Brandon Stake Dwight Morehead Pat Kalin Patrick Sisco Ron Seitz Duane McClellan Robert Everett Dale Wiemers Joshua Black Anthony Williams Eliot Bohling Jerrod Sisco Corey Hatfield Dan Laflin Gavin McHenryDuBoisChief...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
10 Years Since Firemen saved Pawnee City From Disaster
Ray Kappel
If you lived in Pawnee City 10 years ago, you were probably there that night when a downtown building caught fire and spread.The date was Sept. 20, 2015. The fire started in the laundromat and spread to other buildings.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Kemp Legacy Detailing
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The Pawnee City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, September 29 for Reese Kemp’s detailing business, Kemp Legacy Detailing. But we have to plead 'senior momment' because we forgot to put the story in along with the picture.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Lewiston Homecoming
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Ayden Hunzeker (r) was crowned homecoming queen and Taven Porcher (l) was crowned homecoming king
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Death of the Dial Tone: Nebraska’s dwindling pay phones draw lots of curiosity, few calls
Kevin Warneke
Lane Handke called his wife, Cathleen, the other day to tell her he was bringing home the shelves they needed to finish their cabinet. The call cost him 25 cents.Then, the Pierce physician phoned a friend in Omaha just to say hello. This call cost him an additional eight quarters.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Liver Disease
Dr. Kent Niss Pawnee County Memorial Hospital
We have discussed liver disease in the past, but I would like to bring this topic up again as it is extremely important and seems to have much more of a role in risk for heart disease than previously thought.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Confessions of a Homeschooler Pt. 3
Reagan Connelly
In my previous columns I aimed to explain why my family and other families have chosen homeschooling over public schooling, and to dispel the stereotype that children who are homeschooled don’t actually learn.But there is one final stereotype I’d like to tackle: homeschoolers are weird.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025