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Articles from the November 28, 2013 edition


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  • Local residents turn out for "pay it forward" event

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Nov 28, 2013

    The Event Center was filled with excitement the afternoon of Saturday, November 23, as local residents waited in anticipation of the arrival of Caroljo Nagel and the presentation of her new car. News crews and photographers scattered around the ballroom of the Event Center as the side doors opened illuminating the back of the room with sunlight as the silhouette of Nagel passed through the threshold. As she walked towards Blain Schilreff, who has spent the past 35 days collecting donations in... Full story

  • Long awaited underpass project finally moving forward

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Nov 28, 2013

    The City Council voted to move forward with the long awaited underpass project incorporating the use of federal funds at their meeting the night of November 19. The decision came on the heels of a presentation by Dave Schaff of M.C. Schaff and Associates, who are in charge of the design of the project, which made it clear that the project is coming up on a very important deadline. "The gist of it truly is that we are at the point in the programming for the funding agency, Federal Highways... Full story

  • Dix man arrested for making terroristic threats against Potter-Dix students

    Daniel Thompson, Editor|Nov 28, 2013

    A Dix resident was arrested recently for terroristic threats made against students at the Potter-Dix High School in Potter, Nebraska. According to the Cheyenne County arrest affidavit, Charles “Dusty” Smith of Dix, left a threatening message on the school’s answering machine on Friday, November 8, 2013, in which he allegedly threatened to kill “all non virgins and the people that they attend school with”. After the school played back the message for Fred C. Wiedeburg, Chief Deputy for the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office, Smith allegedly c... Full story

  • "Seniors helping Seniors" mentality thrives at Kimball Senior Center

    Sydney Yalshevic, Reporter|Nov 28, 2013

    Despite the sounds of the workers repairing the floor, the 26 seniors at the Kimball Senior Center spent time visiting with each other and settling in to partake of Thanksgiving lunch on Friday November 22. With smiles on their faces and food about to fill their stomachs. Twenty-six is a rather large number of people for the senior center to see, considering their daily average of nine visitors. Despite the somewhat small number of seniors visiting the center daily, everyone stays busy....