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As we look forward to a new year, we reflect on the stories that defined our region in 2025. Articles in this list - and the rankings - are based on page views from summerlandadvocate.com. 1. Hometown Hero: Summerland freshman uses SkillsUSA training to save infant's life As an eighth-grade student, Taelyn Nilson learned CPR and won a state title in Job Skills Demonstration at the Nebraska SkillsUSA Middle School Conference. In December 2024, Nilson used those skills to save the life of an... Full story

During the Ewing Veterans Day program, Chris Dierks and his brother, Tom, received accepted a Gold-Star emblem from Legion Auxiliary president Kathleen Jorgensen. The emblem will be installed at the grave of Mary Sanders, great-grandmother of the Dierks brothers. Her sons, Sylvester and Leo, were killed in action at the battle of Marne, France, within one hour of each other, during World War I, on July 19, 1918. Sylvester died at age 25; Leo was 24. Mary received news of Leo's death via...

Ewing graduates are invited to the 2025 alumni bash, sponsored by the Class of 1983. The event will be Saturday, May 24, at St. Dominic's Hall. All Ewing graduates may attend. Bring your own drinks will start at 5, with dinner at 6 p.m. The meal will include brisket, ribs and burgers, prepared by Chris Dierks. Tickets will be available soon at The Ewing Bank for $15 each....

The summer season begins with the 2025 edition of Ewing Summer FunFest. Activities are slated for Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26. Qualifying for the Hole-In-One Contest, sponsored by KBRX in O'Neill, will tee off this weekend, from 5 p.m. until dark, at Summerland Golf Course. Golfers will have two last chances to test their luck for the contest on May 23 from 5 p.m. until dark and May 24, from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday events begin with the Summerland Booster Club 9-Hole Golf Tournament....

Ewing graduates are invited to the 2025 bash, sponsored by the Class of 1983. The event will be Saturday, May 24, at St. Dominic's Hall. All Ewing graduates may attend. Bring your own drinks will start at 5, with dinner at 6 p.m. The meal will include brisket, ribs and burgers, prepared by Chris Dierks. Tickets will be available soon at The Ewing Bank for $15 each....
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES March 14, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on March 14, 2022, at 7 p.m., at the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published March 9, 2022, in the Summerland Advocate. An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman James Ramold called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Kane Fry, Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, and James Ramold. Absent was B...

Gloria Dierks 1932 - 2021 A funeral mass for Gloria Dierks, 89, of Ewing was Monday, Dec. 27, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Ewing. The Rev. John Norman officiated. Burial followed in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery. Gloria died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, in Lincoln, after a brief illness. Arrangements were entrusted to Biglin’s Mortuary of O’Neill. Visit www.biglinsmortuary.com to leave online condolences. ~~~ Gloria Lee Zoeller was born in Wamego, Kansas, on Sept. 10, 1932, to Henry and Violet...

Merton L. "Cap" Dierks spent years serving as an advocate for agriculture and rural Nebraska issues, including education, wind energy development and the right to life. The longtime Ewing resident and former Nebraska legislator, died Friday, Oct. 22, from complications following a stroke, at Arbor Care Center, in O'Neill. Dierks was 89. His love of rural Nebraska began at birth, at his family's ranch, comprising six sections near Goose Lake, in southeastern Holt County. The ranch included a sod...

ML "Cap" Dierks 1932 - 2021 A funeral mass for former State Sen. ML "Cap" Dierks, 89, of Ewing, will be Friday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing, with Rev. John Norman presiding. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery with military rites provided by the Ewing American Legion Sanders Post 214. Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, with a parish rosary at 7 p.m. Cap died Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at the Arbor...