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City employees have started the process of hanging Christmas lights around the downtown square in Minden. Mayor Ted Griess announced

The Kearney County Board of Supervisors met October 20. Getting right to new business, the board considered forgiveness of 2020

The annual Minden Chamber of Commerce Halloween Kiddie Parade around the square will be held on Friday, October 30. The

The Minden Courier office is moving off the square. There are still lots of ways to contact us and we

The Kearney County Community Foundation is excited to announce plans for an on-line Kearney County Giving Day on November 19,

In order to clear several cases of unresolvable delinquent taxes from the books in the Treasurer’s Office, the Kearney County

The 2020 Nebraska Youth Survey revealed young people love their small hometowns. In January 2020, Nebraska Community Foundation (NCF) began

It’s Time For YOUR “Miss Christmas City Nominations” As part of the Christmas Traditions festivities, the Minden Chamber is asking

Voters in the Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools district will be asked to choose three of five candidates to serve on the

Although the state entered Phase 4 of reopening earlier in the month, Two Rivers Public Health Department Emergency Response Coordinator

Book clubs for adults, teens, and middle schoolers, craft and STEM bags, virtual storytimes, and a storywalk are among the

Voters in the Axtell Community School district will be asked to choose three of four candidates to serve on the

Roger Jones, 80, Minden City Council South Ward, 8 years of City Council, 8 years as Mayor Jack Yant, 74,

Community leaders held another phone conference on September 14 to continue discussions relating to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Kearney

The September 15 regular meeting of the Kearney County Board of Supervisors started with a County tax sale report from

A public hearing to consider the Fiscal Year 2020-21 City Budget was held during a special meeting of the Minden

The Minden Public Schools Board of Education held the 2020-21 budget hearing on September 14. Superintendent Jim Widdifield presented a

A public hearing for the fiscal year 20/21 County budget was opened during the September 8 regular meeting of the

Mayor Ted Griess had two announcements during the September 8 meeting of the Minden City Council. On behalf of the

On September 14, the Minden Public Schools Board of Education considered an operating budget of just over $11 million. While

see September 9 Courier for candidate profiles

Community leaders held a very short phone conference on August 31 to discuss the current COVID-19 situation in Kearney County. 

Voting day for the 2020 General Election is November 3, but early voting begins soon. Whether hitting the polls on

Contractor Phil Baldwin spoke to the Kearney County Board of Supervisors about a possible new subdivision west of Minden during

Minden Police Chief Brad Butler presented a request to purchase dash cameras and body cameras to the Minden City Council

In accordance with the Nebraska Drinking Water State Revolving Fund environmental review process, which is based on the National Environmental