Volunteers from V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign War) Post 5537 and American Legion Post 94 are proposing a new veterans memorial at the Kearney County Courthouse to honor all deceased veterans from the county or with strong ties to the county. Jon Dorn, Sergeant of Arms for the V.F.W. Post 5537, and Mat...
Members of the United Methodist Church in Minden joined with volunteers from Nebraska and even as far away as California for a mission trip to Honduras earlier this summer. Pastor Paul Blanchard of the United Methodist Church in Minden organized the trip. Blanchard has been on numerous mission trips...
An Axtell graduate studying to be a radiologist, a communications course offered in London, and an exchange student program, all came together last spring to create a wonderful reunion story. Shafer Fox, a 2012 graduate of Axtell High School, enrolled in a class offered abroad and while in Europe tr...
The Minden City Council held its first meeting for the month on July 7 in the council chambers with a full council present with Lathan Thompson, Ted Griess, Teresa Sumstine and Larry Evans. The council...
Data released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau indicated that sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 18.6 percent in May. This is the highest rate...
The Minden Public School Board of Education met on July 8 for its monthly board meeting in the C.L. Jones Media Center. The first order of business for the board was a training session for about an hour...
The Minden Public School District is being sued by the widow of Robert Honomichl, a Minden city employee, who died last year while cleaning out a lift station last year. Trina Honomichl of Minden filed...
The Minden Opera House (MOH) has announced its entertainment lineup for the 2014-15 Season Shows. With one of the area’s favorite performers on the schedule, along with a big band and dance, a dynamic...
District Champions! That’s a moniker that can be applied to the Kearney County AgVenture Juniors baseball team. The District B5 tournament was held in Central City on July 11-16 and AgVenture outlasted...
The First Bank Senior Legion baseball team began its 2014 district tournament on July 18 at Cozad by taking on Gothenburg. First Bank was able to post a 6-3 win in seven innings to advance to the next...
The Minden Country Club hosted the 2014 Junior Golf Program beginning June 5 and running once a week through July 3. Steve Exstrom and Eric Christensen served as instructors providing lessons in swing...
The First Bank Senior Legion baseball team resumed action on July 3 traveling to Holdrege to face the Holdrege Seniors before the 4th of July holiday. Holdrege was able to down the visiting First Bank...
AgVenture completed the regular season portion of their schedule with an 8-1 win at Gothenburg on July 7. Heading into the district tournament AgVenture sports a 13-10 record. AgVenture led 1-0 after one...
