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BYGONE YEARS IN OSMOND . . .

BYGONE YEARS IN OSMOND . . .

Dec. 8, 1892. . . 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

First filing deadline coming soon

First filing deadline coming soon

OSMOND - The first filing dead - 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Randolph board votes ‘no’ on basketball co-op; Bremer adds comments

Randolph board votes ‘no’ on basketball co-op; Bremer adds comments

(By Trisha Benton, Randolph Tiems, and Regina Lorenz, Osmond Republican) RANDOLPH – The Highway 20 Hawks will be flying the coop - or the co-op nest at least – at the end of this season. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Every Monday – Al-Anon meets at St. Joseph’s Parish Center, Pierce, 6:30 p.m. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Back in the “Olden Days”

Back in the “Olden Days”

I was excited recently to discover, online, the really old issues of the Osmond Republican that are not available here at the newspaper office. The bound copies of the Republican go back to early 1900s, and the earliest ones don’t have all issues available. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Commissioners approve changes to big game permit application periods

Commissioners approve changes to big game permit application periods

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved changes to big game permit application periods at its meeting Jan. 19 in Lincoln. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Debra Y. Grothe

Debra Y. Grothe

ELGIN – Private family funeral services for Debra Y. Grothe, 64, of Elgin will be held at the Park Center Congregational United Church of Christ in rural Elgin. Pastor Kate West will be officiating. Interment will be held at the Park Center Church Cemetery in rural Elgin. Pallbearers will be Nate Gerdes, Kash Grothe, Jason Strobbe, Loren Gerdes, Gaylen Gerdes, and Donald Gerdes. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Debra passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at her residence in rural Elgin. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Debra was born on Oct. 26, 1959, in Osmond to Leonard and Lois (Hoestji) Gerdes. She attended grade school in Osmond and graduated from Osmond High School. She then attended college in Norfolk and then later Wayne State College. She graduated from Wayne State and received two master’s degrees. Debra worked as a school teacher for 35 years. She taught in Palos Verdes, CA, and also worked at Disneyland. She later moved back to Nebraska and started at a small school house in Laurel. Deb later moved on to Lynch, Niobrara, Petersburg and Randolph. She married Steven “Steve” Lee Grothe on June 28, 2014, at the Grothe homestead in rural Elgin. After she retired, Debra worked part time at the Ten West Cattle Feedlot in rural Elgin. Debra enjoyed fishing, taking care of animals, poker runs, spending time with her husband, dancing, and having friends and family get togethers. She loved her husband and all the time that she spent with him. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM

Move Snow

Dave Carlson uses a skid loader 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Deep freeze

Winter weather continues to wreak havoc in Wausa area 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

TeamMates of Wausa plans to honor its mentors as it continues to grow

TeamMates of Wausa plans to honor its mentors as it continues to grow

WAUSA – The TeamMates Mentoring Program of Wausa was established in 2001 with a handful of mentor-mentee matches; in 2024, that number is at 37 and still growing. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

Wausa man preparing to celebrate 100th birthday next week

Wausa man preparing to celebrate 100th birthday next week

WAUSA – Gerald “Gerry” Schumacher is getting ready to mark a major milestone in 2024. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM

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