Are we better or worse?
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:00am
Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about well-being, according to recent poll
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Joe Grabowski among new members joining St. Francis Foundation Board
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:00am
CHI Health St. Francis Foundation recently welcomed four new members to its board of directors, including Joe Grabowski, of Cairo. Grabowski began his three-year term at the beginning of the hospital’s fiscal year 2025.
Wood River Volunteer Fire Department forms auxiliary
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:00am
For the first time since the mid-1990s, the Wood River Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department now has an auxiliary, according to department president Jenie Maloney.
Gibbon Homecoming royalty announced recently
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 12:00am
Members of the 2024 Homecoming Court at Gibbon High School were recently announced as part of the week-long Homecoming celebration. Queen candidates are, left to right, Kimberly Hernandez, Brooke Sell and Madelyn Holcomb; and king candidates are, left to right, Tyler Weismann, Isac Tamayo and Ryder Fries. The GHS Homecoming King and Queen crowning will be done after the Homecoming football game this Friday night. (–courtesy photos)
Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy steams through Clipper Country
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 12:00am
Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 traveled through Gibbon, Shelton and Wood River on Sunday, September 1, as part of its eastward leg of the “Heartland of America Tour,” which began on Wednesday, August 28, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and continued across Nebraska, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The eight-week tour concludes in late October. Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. Big Boy No. 4014 was delivered to Union Pacific in December 1941. The locomotive was retired in December 1961, having traveled 1,031,205 miles in its 20 years in service. (–photo by Steve Glenn)