Kearney County Health Services (KCHS) C.E.O. Fred Meis reported during the February 26th KCHS Board meeting that Dr. Doug Althouse has signed a letter of agreement to return to Minden. Dr. Althouse was a physician on staff at KCHS from August, 2009 to June, 2013 when he left to take a position at Pr...
When the curtain opens on the Minden Community Players (MCP) production of the musical Oliver!, the audience will be transported back in time to the rough and tumble streets of London in 1850. Once there, they will follow the steps of the poor orphan boy Oliver as he stumbles through a series of unf...
The Minden City Council met on Wednesday, February 26 and held a public hearing on the one and six-year road plans. The council unanimously passed Resolution No. 1613 which approved the one and six-year road plans with one amendment to the six-year plan. Several projects on the one-year plan were ca...
A quieter, calmer lunchroom at East Elementary in Minden resulted in happy students, relaxed teachers, and a well-deserved award for Minden Public Schools staff member and paraeducator Ashley Osterbuhr. Her innovative approach to help students remember to use good manners, especially talking quietly...
Central Nebraska’s heralds of spring have returned to the Platte River valley. Officials at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary announced that sandhill cranes arrived in the area around Valentine’s Day. On a recent outing to the Platte River at Rowe Sanctuary, hundreds of sandhill cranes could be seen g...
The Minden City Council approved a letter of agreement for professional services with Olsson Associates for a Municipal Water System Study during their regular meeting on Monday, February 17. The services...
The Kearney County Board of Supervisors approved the One and Six-Year County Road Plans during their regular meeting on February 18. The Board went into a public hearing session in the Courthouse Assembly...
The election filing deadline for May’s primary election for incumbent filings is past and non-incumbents and delegates must file by March 3. At the local level, a few incumbents did not refile for...
The newest of three judges appointed to the 10th Judicial District, Judge Tim Hoeft was sworn in as a county judge in December 2013 and has already had a couple court days in Kearney County Court. Hoeft...
The election filing deadline for May’s primary election was February 18 for incumbent filings and is March 3 for non-incumbents and delegates. The following have filed since February 5th listing in The...
The Minden Whippets girls basketball team still has unfinished business to attend to and Friday night’s Class C1-5 district final was just another step toward their ultimate goal of lifting the Class...
The Minden Whippet boys basketball team lost a heart-breaker on Feb. 25 in the semifinals of the Class C1-10 subdistrict to Kearney Catholic which ended its 2013-14 season. The Whippets raced out to a...
In arguably the toughest D-1 boys’ subdistrict in the state, Axtell and Wilcox-Hildreth faced off in the first round at Kearney Catholic on February 24. The Falcons prevailed on this night 42-29 ending...
Minden Whippet senior Quin Rutt will go down in the annals of Minden Whippet wrestling history following his Class C 160 pound state championship. Rutt, a two-time state qualifier, becomes just the fifth...
The crowds that stood in line to get into Kearney High got what they paid to see — a battle between the top two teams in Class C-1 when the No. 1 ranked Minden Lady Whippets took on the No. 2 ranked...
