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Craig Community Foundation awards $8,000 in scholarships for leadership and service

The Craig Community Foundation is proud to announce this year’s scholarship winners. Those receiving $1,000 scholarships are seniors Karley Eriksen, Madison Enstrom, Blayr Keller, and Tate …

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Victorious!  Lady Knights win first their ever State Championship

Lady Knights get it done in Lincoln securing a Class C2 State Basketball Championship over the weekend.  Congratulations to coaches Scot Guzinski, Chris Johnson, and Eric Mlinar and team members (front from left) Carolyn Magnusson, Briar Ray, Bailey Pelan, Adi Rennerfeldt, Emma Anderson, and Sabrina Rost; back from left, Naomi Gahan, Brinley Burton, Brylee Ahrens, Marysa Moseman, Hilary Ray, Sonya Guzinski, and Mia Thomsen!  Read more on the amazing feat inside.
In spectacular fashion, the Lady Knights showed grit, determination, poise, and good ol’ fashion ballhandling to earn the big trophy as the Nebraska Class C2 State Champions.   …
Congratulations to Dakotta Erickson for qualifying to compete at the Junior High Nebraska State Track and Field Meet with her throw of 92'1" this year. This is a state all-class junior high track meet, held in Gothenburg on Saturday, May 17th, and she will throw at 11 a.m.
JH Cougars host East Husker Conference Track and Field
Dakotta Erickson won the 8 th grade girls’ discus competition to lead the LDNE JH Cougars at the EHC East Division JH Track and Field Meet in Lyons on Friday. Her throw of 84’8” was …
Putting for the Cougars in the Logan View Invite is Gavin Hardeman.
Cougars golf season winds down with East Husker Conference competition
LV Invite Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Senior Gavin Hardeman led the Cougars with his 87 at the Logan View Invite on Tuesday at the Elkhorn Valley Golf Club in Hooper. Hardeman finished 22 nd overall. …
Selk strikes gold thrice, JH Knights capture a total of 9 gold medals
O-C JH tracksters hauled home nine individual gold medals at the EHC East Division Track and Field meet in Lyons on Friday. 8 th grader Chloe Selk was tops in three events, claiming gold in the …
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A card shower has been requested for Margene Swanson on her 80 th Birthday, May 3rd.  Cards and well-wishes can be sent to 306 N. Osborne Ave., Oakland, NE 68045.
Join us in celebrating Fran Anderson’s 80th Birthday. Let’s shower Fran with love and memories from family and friends on her 80th birthday, April 9. Send your heartfelt wishes, …
An open house is planned for Mary Pat O'Hern Ruge of Decatur as she celebrates her 80th birthday on November 10th at the Decatur Senior Center from 1-3 p.m.  Born Nov. 11, 1944 in Sioux …
Brian and Terri Mentink of Lyons, Nebraska are very happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Cassidy Lea Mentink to Alexander Robert Price, son of Jerry and Mary …
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Dear Editor, Congratulations to Oakland native Neil Moseman, recently appointed as the Nebraska State Director of Rural Development. Neil has a strong resume in his work for Nebraska and the …
Letter to the Editor   Dear Editor, Renewable energy has been a hot topic for Americans for quite some time. While I do believe that we need to find a legitimate way to renew …
I am responding to the letter to the editor last week regarding the opportunities for farming wind and sun, in Nebraska. The letter mentioned Pierce County adding $6 million in new business activity, …
Dear editor, Last month I met up with my landlord at the Northeast Nebraska Farm and Equipment Show in Norfolk. Outside of the helpful sessions on cash rent and upcoming weather trends, we were …
Congress originally extended the current Medicare add-on payments for our nation's emergency medical services (EMS) through December 31, 2022, when the review of the congressionally mandated Medicare …
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Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is …
As the world prepares to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth- the only begotten son of God, I find myself in reflection of the importance of that truth in my own faith in God. Easter …
Two significant births took place in the late 1960s, your editor, Curt Hineline was born in Oakland, California in 1968.  And the Oakland and Craig school districts consolidated in 1969 and the …
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