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It was 25 years ago that a Halloween night tornado ripped through Oconto, leveling a good share of the town including the fire hall. The next June a fundraiser BBQ was hosted by the Oconto fire department to raise money to rebuild. The event was a huge success, and 25 years later it still is.

Reviewing and updating school policies is one of those parts of the school board’s job that is not glamorous, or sometimes even fun, but it is necessary. The policy committee of the Callaway Board of Education has devoted hours to that task, said Superintendent JD Furrow, and at the board’s June 9 meeting some of those were approved on second reading and others on first reading.

Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play, We all did things together, even went to church to pray. When we did weekend trips depending on the weather, No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.

The month of June includes two American holidays that seem to be slightly obscure and confusing to a lot of us. After recently discovering that I may not be the only one to not fully understand the meaning of these two observed holidays, it seemed like a good idea to inform myself and the public on the meaning behind them.

The Callaway Good Life Center Board invites everyone to a Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, June 28, from 7-10 a.m. at the Community Center. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, fruit, coffee and juice will be served with proceeds going to the New Building Fund.

This is to the person who cut off my flowering Iris, the day before I was going to cut them and take them to the cemetery to put on my husband’s grave. He had replanted them in four different places. First here in Callaway in 1961, then when we moved to Palmer in

Southeast Community College has announced its newest cohort of 30 students in the Walter Scott Jr. Career Pathway Scholars program. The scholarship program is for students pursuing technical education in construction, manufacturing and transportation and provides full tuition and fees plus room and board for up to four semesters at the SCC Milford Campus.

Many of our nation’s veterans returned to civilian life at the end of their military service without any fanfare or even much acknowledgment of the sacrifices they had made. In recent years, many organizations and individuals have made an effort to finally give these men and women the honor they so deserve.

Custer County Salvation Army presented $8,250 in funds Monday, June 2, to Custer County communities with swimming pools, local food pantries and Prairie Pioneer Center. Checks for $500 each went to Broken Bow, Ansley, Arnold and Callaway to be used for their summer swimming lessons.

Custer County Sheriff Dan Osmond reports the following individuals were incarcerated in the Custer County Jail as of June 9, 2025. Anthony Paul Elder – booked May 5, serving sentence for possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony.