Minden hosted the June 12-13 Nebraska Department of Education Culinary Skills Workshops in the high school. School Food Service employees from across the state attended the continuing education course. “The class size was about 30 people. All nutrition staff from Minden attended, not just supervis...
A whole new kind of show is coming to the Minden Opera House. July 5 will be Kids’ Night at MOH with magic, music, and fun targeted at families with young children. The cast of performers for the event includes beat-boxer D-Wayne, magician Jeff Quinn, and musical performers The String Beans. With ...
The June 11 meeting of the Minden Public Schools Board of Education marked a transition in leadership of the district. Both Superintendent Dr. Melissa Wheelock and her successor James Widdifield were in attendance. Two agenda items addressed the matter of the upcoming change of superintendent. The f...
The Kearney County Board of Supervisors had a lot to discuss at the June 5 meeting. Getting straight to business the board reviewed an update to the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District Multi-Jurisdictional...
More than 4,000 athletes and coaches from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will soon travel to Seattle, Washington for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. Among the competitors will be Upland...
Mayor Ted Griess paid tribute to Chris Klahn at the June 4 Minden City Council meeting for his work in taking the reins at the cemetery since Ralph Layton’s retirement. He also noted Ryan Hurst and his...
Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of American forces reclaiming Attu Island from the Japanese in the only WWII battle fought on American soil. The assault is often referred to as ‘The Forgotten Battle’,...
Health Services Board of Trustees had quite a bit of new business to discuss during the May 30 meeting. Chairman Dick McBride told the board he had received a note from the Treasurer’s Department asking...
The Aurora Cooperative Juniors got back in the win column on Wednesday when they hosted the Overton Bandits at Ollie Bjorklund Field in warm and windy conditions in Minden. Kearney County moved its win...
The Kearney County Aurora Cooperative Juniors hit the road on June 12 traveling to Wolbach to take on Palmer-Wolbach-Greeley (PWG) in a league contest. PWG got six runs in the first three innings and held...
The Kearney County First Bank Seniors hosted and fell to Palmer- Wolbach-Greeley 10-1 on June 15 at Ollie Bjorklund Field. First Bank falls to 2-9. There was no scoring through two innings but PWG broke...
The Kearney County Aurora Cooperative Junior Legion baseball team hosted Palmer-Greeley-Wolbach (PWG) in league action on Friday at Ollie Bjorklund Field. PWG was able to complete the season sweep of Aurora...
The Kearney County First Bank Seniors had four games scheduled in a five-day span the second week of June and they came away with one win and three losses to run their record to 2-8. A slated doubleheader...
