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*Editor’s Note: Last week we investigated a proposed staffing mandate that if passed would have a hugely negative impact on rural nursing homes. In part two of our series we see who has taken up the fight to protect our long-term care, and why.

The 34th Annual Kolbo Family reunion was held at the Callaway Senior Center in Callaway on Sunday, Oct. 8. Hosting were daughters of Janice Loghry, Mitzi Graham, and Dawn Hiatt and families. A covered dish dinner was served to 32 family members.

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s 2023 Clean Diesel Rebate Program is now accepting applications for agricultural irrigation pump diesel engine replacements. Applications must be submitted to NDEE by Dec. 7, 2023, to be considered.

With a population of just under two million, it isn’t hard in Nebraska to find just one, maybe two degrees of separation with a good chunk of the state’s residents. This follows the six degrees of separation theory in which it is believed using the “friend of a friend” connection that in six steps or less you can make a connection to anyone on the planet.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider fee increases to several nonresident big game permits when it meets Oct. 13 at Fort Robinson State Park. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Mountain Time in the Buffalo Soldiers Barracks at the park located just west of Crawford at 3200 West Hwy. 20.

The 10th annual Callaway Fall Kids Carnival is scheduled this year for Saturday, Oct. 28, from 11:00 a.m.

As of October 1, there are four males, one female, and no others in Custer County Jail. Hunter Lyle Eller - Booked Sept.

The following calls were received by Custer County dispatch between Sept. 29 - Oct.

No matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life. Breast Cancer Awareness Month, held in October every year, aims to promote screening and prevention of the disease, which affects 2.3 million women worldwide.