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The Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference (MNAC) has released the names of the all-conference basketball selections for boys and girls basketball for 2025. The South Loup girls’ team has one selection, while the boys’ team has three players named to the list.

Last Thursday it was the lunar eclipse and now today (Thursday the 20th) it is the Vernal Equinox, also called the Spring Equinox. As most know, this is the time when the number of minutes of daylight equals the number of minutes of darkness, at least on the equator. For those of us in this area of Nebraska, because we are a long way north of the equator, the “equinox” was Monday the 17th at which time the sun rose at 7:49 A.M. and set at 7:49 P.M.

Custer County Sheriff Dan Osmond reports that as of March 17, 2025, there were eight males and one female incarcerated in the Custer County Jail. Anthony Paul Elder Booked Feb.

The following cases have been reported as closed by the Clerk of the Custer County District Court for the month of February 2025. Feb.

This National Ag Day, the Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) honors the state's farmers, ranchers and those who work in agriculture for their tireless efforts to feed, clothe and fuel the world. Agriculture is the lifeblood of Nebraska, with nearly 90% of the state dedicated to farming and ranching.

Want to be part of a group that is active in helping others and improving life in Custer County? “We’d love to have you join the Custer County Salvation Army,” said chairman, Julie Toline. “All you need is an interest in assisting others.

The Callaway American Legion Auxiliary’s monthly meeting started at 6:30 p.m. at the Callaway Legion Hall on March 10, 2025. President Jane Lashley called the meeting to order. Chaplin Joyce Brestel started the meeting with a prayer. We then followed our President with the Pledge of Allegiance, sang the Star Spangled Banner and recited the Auxiliary Preamble. The meeting began with the secretary reading the minutes of our Feb. 10 meeting. MaryAnn gave the financial report and everything was good.

I would guess not many of you pay much attention to the information at the top of the front page of this paper. Of course, it lists the date of the publication and how many pages are included - but it is the sometimes overlooked numbers at the left-hand side of that header that I want to focus on today.

The Callaway Public Schools administrative team got a nod of approval from the school board at the March 10 regular board meeting, as the contracts for High School Principal/Activities Director Heath Birkel and Elementary Principal/Special Education Director Brittany Jesseph were renewed for the 2025-26 school year. Both administrators also unanimously were given a raise.

* In this Humorous Prose, “Donald Trump Vs. the Lawn Flamingos” by Braxton Anderson, Trump proves once again that no crisis is too small to inflate into a personal epic and no golf cart is too golden to weaponize.