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Funeral services for Alice J. Rittscher, 80 of Clearwater, will be 10 a.m., Saturday, March 30, at Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater, with Rev. Peter Jark-Swain officiating. Burial will be...

Sunshine Week is March 10 through 16, and this year, there's an even greater need for you to get involved.Sunshine Week annually celebrates freedom of information laws in every state. It also salutes...

The 2024 headliner for the Clearwater Rodeo concert will "set Clearwater's world on fire." Nashville artist Nate Smith will perform at 10 p.m., June 29, on Clearwater's Main Street. Luke Mills will...

Summerland wrestlers scored 101 points at Friday's Southern Valley Invitational, finishing sixth overall. Sutherland won the invite, with 169 points, followed by Chase County, 166.5; Sedgwick...

Kierra Bearinger, a 2020 graduate of the last senior class of Clearwater High School, and Kirsten Krebs, a 2021 Elgin Pope John High School graduate, have been named winners of the Schuchardt Family...

A memorial service for Joel Christopher Pruden, 62, of Ewing, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 at the Full Gospel Church in Ewing, with Pastors Mark Hoffman and Mike Durre officiating. A...

Attorney General Mike Hilgers is now fighting prison reform measures he supported not too long ago as a state senator. That's politics. In the Attorney General 's office. Imagine that! Not hard to...

Their low, rumbling bellow first cuts through the silence of the Sandhills. Next comes the crunch of pointed hooves, trudging their way through tall prairie grasses. Then, the oohs of the...

"For it's a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September And the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame..." -- September Song I decided it was time to get...

When you think of Colorado, do you envision majestic mountains thrusting toward the heavens? Ski slopes carrying skiers down a slippery path? Clear, cool lakes and wild flowers? Me, too. Yet, last wee...

An open letter to Colorado. It's fitting that I am writing this on the 22nd Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, the day that hatred manifested itself openly on American soil. I am writing abou...

A memorial mass for Bill Koenig, 58, of Ewing, was held Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in rural Ewing, with Fr. John Norman officiating. Burial was at St. Patrick's...

John Heaston opens the door to a brick warehouse next to Johnny's Cafe in South Omaha and walks through rooms holding his life's work. "It's kind of a hot mess," says the 52-year-old longtime...

Oh, what a night! I've been at Memorial Stadium for some of the sweetest victories (and saddest defeats) in history. I was there in 1978 when the Huskers and Tom Osborne defeated Oklahoma. I've...

Tim Hickele ventured into Clearwater, late Tuesday morning, in search of the village's park, hoping to set up camp after venturing from Ewing. Hickele wasn't pulling a recreational vehicle into the An...