Zoe Gaghagen, Blue; Capri Sayer, Blue; Tate Weatherwax Weatherwax, Purple; Shalissa Bigham, Blue; Austin Woods, Purple; Tayley Becker, Purple; Dierks Sayer, Blue; Brenna Deterding, Purple; Ellie Weatherwax, Blue; Aislyn Koch, Purple; Brynn Baily, Purple; Natalee Holste, Blue. Champion: Aislyn Koch.

Early Saturday morning, the Gosper County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a residential fire at Johnson Lake, where one residence was engulfed in flames and the fire was spreading to a neighboring residence.

CURTIS - It's been a whirlwind summer for Jeff Paben, who begins the 20242025 school year as a firstyear administrator at Medicine Valley.

Every year in Hastings, hundreds of people celebrate Kool-Aid and its inventor, Edwin Perkins. Yet despite Hastings being over 100 miles away, Edwin’s story has roots in our little corner of Southwest Nebraska, too.

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Thursday to Monday morning houseguests of Gary and Brenda Davis were grandkids, Bronson and Bentley Arnold of Kearney and Dylan, Ansley and Taylor Petr of Hastings.

Shafer Family Reconnects at Methodist Cove for the 55th Annual Shindig! Over 130 members of the Shafer clan gathered for the 55th year in a row to celebrate their connections to each other and Robert and Velma Osborn Shafer of Edison. Host for the July 31-Aug 4 event was the Billy Shafer family.

reunion } Twenty-seven Tidyman cousins gathered at Curtis on Sunday, July 28th. A picnic lunch and much visiting, but forgot to take any pictures.

Draft Horse Obstacle Course 1st Adam Altmaler 1:38 2nd Ty Barnes 1:42 Log Skid 1st Larry Jurgens 40.6 2nd Malloree Barnes 44.13 Women Driving 1st Jessica Deterding 2nd Heather Barnes Men’s Driving 1st Adam Altmaler 2nd Don Carter Youth Obstacle 1st Hayley Boon 1:26 2nd Dallee Barnes 1:34 Log Skid...