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Board of Ed approves 2024-25 budget

If the 2024-25 Oakland-Craig budget looks familiar, that’s because relatively nothing has changed.  And that’s good news for everyone. Required public hearings were held by the …

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Knights put up 65 on the North Bend Tigers

Sylas Nelson ignited the spark early in the game with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
The Knights hit the road on Friday night and rolled up some big numbers offensively to go along with some stingy defense over the last three quarters to beat North Bend 65-21. In the opening …
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Meyer crosses first at Wisner-Pilger meet
Dawson Meyer’s championship run in the boys’ varsity division led the way for the OC cross country runners competing in the Wisner-Pilger Cross Country meet.  Dawson’s was an …
Junior Whitni Webster and Freshman Josie Peterson look over a putt against Skutt.
Webster and Anderson lead Oakland-Craig against Skutt
Oakland-Craig hosted Skutt Catholic in a girls’ golf dual on Tuesday afternoon at Oakland Golf Club. The Knights were led by juniors Whitni Webster (52) and Emma Anderson (53). Skutt …
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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 …
Jerry and Elaine (Geisler) Holmberg of Norfolk were married on Aug. 23, 1964, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lyons.  The entire family celebrated with a trip to Branson, MO.  Family …
Brittney (Petersen) and Mike Creekmore welcomed daughter June Mary Creekmore to their Elkhorn home on May 23 rd .  June Mary weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth.  She …
The family of Gary and Jo Ina Slaughter of Lyons would like to announce their 50 th wedding anniversary. Gary and Jo were married in Holdrege on June 3, 1974.  After moving out of state the …
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This letter has been sent to the Burt County Zoning Board and the Burt County Commissioners.  I own PID #425300300 in the Craig Township. I also own land in Otoe County Nebraska, so I have …
My family and I moved from Phoenix to a suburb of Chicago. Quite a change. A trip to the city was a trip to a concrete wonderland with majestic buildings and architecture to satisfy every taste. One …
Dear Editor, Thank you for this opportunity to thank those Burt County citizens who worked on the ‘No Wind’ float for the Burt County Parade. You all did a great job and it is very …
It appears to me that wind turbines will soon be built in Burt County, and our Zoning Board and County Supervisors are tasked with the duty of setting the standards for the implementation of this …
  I want to thank Jason Redding-Geu for the 4 plus years where you did a great job working for the people of our community on our local newspaper, the Lyons Mirror-Sun. I know I am not the …
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As the story goes, the marble slab used to sculpt one of Michelangelo’s statues of David sat unused for 35 years as several different artists deemed it unusable for sculpting.  Standing …
Just over a decade ago, the three-piece combo progressive rock band Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  If you don’t know who Rush is, don’t worry about it.  …
As students return to school this week, I find myself excited about three aspects of the school year that have me excited. A Need for Structure To say that I am merely ready for school to …
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