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Wolfpack begin state tournament play tonight

District championship sets up first round game against 23-3 Centura For the second year in a row, fans of Wolfpack basketball will be heading to...
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Elgin Rescue awarded $200,000 grant towards purchase of new ambulance

Elgin Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have plenty to smile about, so too, the community of Elgin. They received notification that they are the recipient of...
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Way Out West 4-H Club Grows Leaders

By Jane Schuchardt  Special to The Elgin Review  The Way Out West Club, 27 years strong this fall, is on-the-ground, local proof that  4-H, the largest...
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Miller’s music students top 1,000

NOTEWORTHY – a perfectly-pitched word to describe Patricia “Pat” Miller, formerly of Elgin. She is worthy of a standing ovation because of how notes,...
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PJCC school is like ‘family’ as Kuhlman readies for 49th year

Editor’s Note: This continues a series of monthly articles celebrating pride in our town and its surroundings shown through the experience of residents and...
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Dream becoming a reality for Simonsen with cedar canoe

Though, by design, his prized creation has no keel, even-keeled best describes Jens Simonsen as he speaks eloquently about a dream come true.  Simonsen, who...
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Schmitt announces retirement

By Jessie Reestman Staff writer Mike Schmitt was fourteen years old when he first began working summers in the field of construction, watching, learning and developing...
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2022 Letters to Santa

Letters to Santa, 2022 Students from Elgin Public Elementary and St. Boniface Elementary schools shared their Letters to Santa with the Elgin Review. Here are...
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Sehi creates “Christmas Joy” at ‘The Cookie Zone’

There are cookies, the ordinary kind like chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin. And then there are COOKIES, the works of art that bring even...
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Mrs. Claus keeps putting sparkle in children’s eyes

While parents anticipate ear-to-ear smiles and the perfect photo shoot with Jolly Old Saint Nick, sometimes the little ones melt down with tears or...
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The story behind the story

It was 5:45 a.m. as, one by one, the kids loaded the bus prepared to travel to Giltner, Nebraska to compete in the District...
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Kluthe sworn in as new Ward I City Councilman

Meeting for the first time since the general election, the oath of office was read to new representative Leigh Kluthe at Monday night’s Elgin...
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98 years and still going strong

Generation after generation has made the journey to St. Boniface gymnasium on Thanksgiving Day to continue a tradition which has now reached 98 years....
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Santa coming December 7th

By Jessie Reestman Staff writer Santa to make his first visit to Elgin. The wait is over as Santa is scheduled to arrive for his annual visit...
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Knights make donations to food pantry

The Elgin Knights of Columbus Council 2411 and Neligh Knights of Columbus Council 7550 made check and coat presentations to the Antelope County Food...
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Schools observe Veterans Day 2022

The annual Veterans Day program was held Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at the Elgin Public School gymnasium. Guest speaker this year was...
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Matt Sands opens truck repair business south side of Elgin

To grow a business, you need to be able to expand. And that’s exactly what Matt Sands did earlier this year. With great mentors in Dale...
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Shop The North Pole begins Friday night

It’s an event which collectors of fine arts and crafts mark on their calendars as it’s going to happen this Friday and Saturday. Shop The...
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The November 16th issue of the Elgin Review

Due to a problem at the press plant in Iowa, this week’s Elgin Review will likely not be arriving until THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th.  Elgin residents...
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Calligrapher Laurie Zavodsky finds ‘home’ in rural farmhouse

Amazingly Beautiful Calligraphy. That’s the letter-perfect ABC’s of Laurie Ann Zavodsky’s passion and life’s work. Tucked away in a well-lit corner of the Zeger farmhouse basement southeast of...