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Pope John Alumni Basketball Tourney Starts Friday Night

The annual Pope John Alumni Basketball Tournament will be played this weekend at St. Boniface gymnasium. Basketball action begins Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and will continue all day Saturday. There will be eight teams consisting of classes from 1970 to 2011. Also part of the... [Read more...]

Q125 Steering Committee Hears New Ideas for 2014 Celebration

Representatives of various groups and organizations offered their thoughts as to activities which could take place when Elgin celebrates its’ 125th birthday in 2014. The Q125 steering committee, which has been meeting for some time now, led a lively discussion Tuesday night,... [Read more...]

Nothing Like Some Polka Music

Nothing Like Some Polka Music

The Elgin Community Center provided hot soup and more last Wednesday night during their open house. The center has received a recent “facelift” and they wanting to showcase some of the improvements made so far. The Verdigre area Polka band “Just Because”... [Read more...]

Local News

Elgin’s Q125 to be Special — Spinning Tales

By Dennis L. Morgan Publisher Two years can seem like a long time to some. But for organizers of Elgin’s Q125 celebration, two years doesn’t seem long enough. Q125 organizers met Tuesday night at the Elgin Community Center to begin, in earnest, with... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off

Poulsen to be Inductged into EPS Hall of Fame

Elgin Public Schools is proud to release the name of the recent inductee to the Elgin Public School Hall of Fame. Jeremy Poulsen, a 1999 graduate of Elgin Public School, will be inducted Tuesday, February 7, at the Elgin Public-Pope John Basketball game. Poulsen... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off

ECF Fund Drive Surpasses $13,000

Donations continue to come in to the Elgin Community Foundation campaign. According to foundation member Anne Parks, a total of $13,165 has been received in recent donations. New donations were received from Joan Wilson Meis of El Dorado, CA in memory... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off


Births

Anna Marie Stuhr

Brian and Clarissa Stuhr and Reese welcome their newborn daughter and sister, Anna Marie Stuhr. Anna was born on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 7:15 am at Boone County Health Center in Albion. She weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 19 1/2” long. She... [Read more...]

January 20, 2012 | Comments Off


Local Sports

Ewing Boys Top Wolfpack

EWING — The difference between winning and losing is sometimes hardly discernible. Such was the case Friday night when the Wolfpack lost to Ewing 48 to 45 in boys basketball action. In a battle of two evenly-matched teams, Ewing rode the three-point... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off

Wolfpack Wrestlers Bring Home Medals Saturday

NELIGH — In a season marred by injuries, the Elgin Public-Pope John wrestling team had just three compete at the Neligh-Oakdale Invitational Saturday. “Injuries continue to be a concern,” Coach Doug Jones said about the team at it enters the final... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off

Wolfpack Girls Edge Ewing by Two

EWING — Depending on when you stepped into the gymnasium Friday night, one might have thought the Wolfpack girls had their basketball game under control. However, if you arrived in the final moments of the game you would have seen a tense thriller which... [Read more...]

January 26, 2012 | Comments Off


Deaths

Marvin Pelster

Marvin S. Pelster 1938 - 2012 Marv Pelster, age 73 of Dalton, NE  passed away Monday evening, January 16, 2012 at the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. Marvin Sylvester Pelster, the son of Leonard Lawrence and Cyrilla Catherine (Henn) Pelster... [Read more...]

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