Ramona Irene Anderson, 92, of North Platte, went home to her heavenly maker on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Ramona was born on October 25, 1928 in Arapahoe, NE to Willard M. and Irene Houghtaling Baxter. She grew up in Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School with top honors in 1947. While in school Ramona was involved in about every activity: music, choir, band, drum majorette, acting, cheerleader, GAA, class officer and class plays. She was voted most peppiest girl. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE, where she studied voice and music. She met her future husband at Wesleyan.

Gary A. Remmenga, 53, of Minden passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at Bryan East Medical Center in Lincoln. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at Minden United Methodist Church with the Rev. Peter Choi officiating. (Nebraska Husker attire preferred). The service will be live streamed to the church’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Interment was held following services at the Minden Cemetery. Visitation was held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 4, 2021 at Craig Funeral Home in Minden. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be given in Gary’s honor to the family for later designation. Craig Funeral Home in Minden is in charge of the arrangements.

Richard L. Wolzen, son of Edwin (Swede) Wolzen and Glenva (Martin) Wolzen was born February 25, 1947 at McCook, Nebraska and passed away on September 27, 2021 at his home in Belleville, Kansas at the age of 74 years, 7 months and 2 days.

Mary was born on November 1st, 1939, to Jay and Doris (Meisner) Ruppert, in Quick, Neb., and passed September 28th, 2021, at the age of 29 and a half. (She quit counting after that!) Mary attended grade school in Quick.

Eldon C. Booker, 97 years of age, of Holdrege, Nebraska, died on Sunday, October 03, 2021, at the Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege.

A Funeral Service for Verle L. Johnsen was held on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Wilcox, Nebraska, with Pastor Nathan Abel officiating. Interment followed at St. John’s Cemetery, south of Wilcox.

Dale Edward Allen, age 80, of Bartley, Neb., passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Saturday, September 25, 2021. He was born on the family farm in Frontier County, Neb., what is now Trail 7 at Medicine Creek Reservoir, to Clarence and Eleanor (Anderson) Allen. Dale attended rural school and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1960.

Imagine yourself in a blizzard so thick and cold and blinding that you could not see your hands right in front of you. Such blizzards were common 150 years ago on the upper great plains. Without much for houses and trees, the wind blew the snow with such force that the little ice crystals were more like little knives making it hard to keep one’s eyes open even if there was something to see. Thus, to get safely from the house to the barn, farmers often hung a rope between the two, to not get lost. It was literally a lifeline. Otherwise, one wrong turn and perhaps nothing would stop you from wandering across the frozen prairie.

Nebraskans continue to tell me their top priority is relief from local government property taxes. Since taking office, addressing this issue has been my number one priority. This budget cycle—thanks to the support of farmers, ranchers, homeowners, and small businesses—we will deliver historic amounts of property tax relief.

09/27/2021 Jacob Putnam of Oxford: Child Abuse, Preliminary Hearing October 22, 2021 @ 1:30 P.M. Rowdy Baxter: Sexual Assault of a child; Sexual Assault of a child; Preliminary Hearing October 22, 2021 @1:30 P.M.