News
The Howard County Sheriff’s Office’s (HCSO) absorption of the St. Paul Police Department (SPPD)—officially approved by the St. Paul City Council on August 18th…
By News Staff
Taken from the files of The Wolbach MessengerTen Years Ago, 2016Megan Beck of Wolbach showed the Reserve Champion Pen of Three Market Swine at last week’s…
By News Staff
A memorial was recently made by Leroy and Lila Studley in memory of Betty (Rother) Ondracek to the Wolbach cemetery.Steve and Gayle Grossart recently made a…
By Michael Happ
St. Paul school leaders voted last week to increase the district’s property tax asking authority by six percent, with the decision coming amid the board’s…
Sports
The twenty-fourth Howard County Medical Center (HCMC) Foundation Health Partners Golf Tournament, the foundation’s longest- standing annual fundraiser, took…
After making their first state tournament in program history last season, the Centura softball team has once again formed a co-op with Central Valley High…
Centura’s run through the Nebraska American Legion Class C State Baseball Tournament came to an end last Wednesday at the hands of the eventual state champions…
It went down to the wire in Centura’s firstround meeting with Creighton/ Bloomfield/ Wausa.The visitors on the scoreboard, Creighton/ Bloomfield/ Wausa, threw…
Opinion
I have a dream (no, not that famous one).It’s about a great idea for a movie. Its superhero would be Larry the Cable Guy, a truly funny guy from Nebraska who…
Earlier this month, while visiting with my transplant doctors in Omaha, one of the practitioners commented that my blood pressure seemed to be a bit high.She…
Well, it now appears that we will have a third, substantial candidate on the ballot to become the next governor.Last week, former Nebraska State Senator Brett…
Some folks, I see, are criticizing Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen for embarking on a trade mission to the Far East at a time when the state budget is bleeding…
Obituaries
Houston James Harrison, of Julesburg, Colorado, passed away on August 7, 2026, in Julesburg, at the age of fifty- eight.Funeral services were held on Saturday,…
Lori Ann Kunze, 62, of Grand Island, a very special daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Lori was a…
Corrine Rose Nekoliczak, 95, of St. Paul, formerly of Greeley, died peacefully Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at Brookefield Park Skilled Nursing and…
Raymond L. Hill, of St. Paul (formerly of Scotia), passed away on July 14, 2026, at the Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul at the age of eighty-seven.A…