Volunteers from communities across Greater Nebraska took an opportunity last month to share their success stories with guests from Canada visiting on a community development tour.
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11/4/23
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By Aubreanna Miller
For the Herald
Wayne High School's English department gained a new staff member this year with a familiar face.
After receiving her degree in secondary …
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11/4/23
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The Wayne FFA Horse Evaluation team earned runner-up honors at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana on Friday (Nov. 3).
Coached by Angie Rethwisch, the team includes Kate …
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11/3/23
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Wayne Volunteer firefighters responded to combine fire just before 3 p.m. on Thurday (Nov. 2).
The combine was in a field six miles south of Wayne and three miles west.
According to Wayne …
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11/3/23
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Wayne Community Schools will once again be holding a Veterans Day Program.
This year's event will be held Friday, Nov. 10, starting at 9 a.m. in the Wayne High School gym.
Members of …
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11/3/23
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Although the weather was not cooperating late last week, volunteers and family members have been making progress in harvesting crops for Laurel producer Joel (Joey) Johnson.
Johnson was …
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By Clara Osten
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11/1/23
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The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident in which a wanted subject died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Dixon County Tuesday night.
At approximately 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, NSP …
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11/1/23
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Recently, AWG Cares provided a grant request in the amount of $3,000 to Providence Medical Center (PMC) Foundation/Oncology Department in Wayne.
The grant request was submitted by Cynthia …
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10/30/23
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From New Jersey, Mary Angers did art even before she started school. As a young girl, she found joy in every form of art. Since then, she has specialized in two forms, oil painting and sculpting. In …
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10/30/23
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Out for a stroll
Staff and residents at Countryview Care & Rehabilitation took advantage of last week's warm weather to take part in a Color Run. Residents, assisted by staff walked the …
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10/29/23
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In 1948 Fred and Martha Rohrke purchased a home in Wayne at 303 East 10th Street.
Early this month three of their children - Joann, Diane and Marlene - came to Wayne and were able to sleep in …
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10/28/23
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Siblings Bill and Julie Claybaugh share a family history in Wayne County that goes back to the 1800s, when ancestors on their mother's side began building a life in the area. Sitting around a kitchen …
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10/28/23
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A small act can make a big difference. Leftover prescription drugs, especially those related to pain management, present risks for overdoses, poisoning or misuse. Take a few minutes and dispose of …
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10/27/23
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October has seen an exciting change at the Wayne Municipal Airport.
Travis Meyer has stepped down from the Airport Authority Board to assume the duties of airport manager. Cale Giese, the Mayor …
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10/27/23
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It’s been a long wait, but the new main entrance of Providence Medical Center (PMC) is complete and ready to be used by patients and visitors on Monday, Oct. 30.
“The new main …
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10/26/23
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New businesses, housing opportunities and everyday people stepping up to help their community have come to Wakefield in full force, explained Megan Weaver, board chair of the Community Redevelopment …
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10/25/23
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Wayne State College, in conjunction with Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture in Omaha and Hausmann Construction in Norfolk, is proud to announce ground was broken Oct. 11 for the college’s new …
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10/22/23
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Pender Community Hospital is expanding services, providing outpatient rheumatology care for patients through telemedicine. Rheumatology services will be available for patients starting Oct. 23 and …
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10/21/23
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By Clara Osten,
clara@wayneherald.com
How to compensate employees, when they get time off and how that time off is handled were among the topics debated by the Wayne County …
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10/20/23
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By Clara Osten,
clara@wayneherald.com
Considerable time was spent on why the city should or should not purchase the property known as the First National Bank Building was held …
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10/19/23
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Wayne State College business communication students and the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)-Collegiate chapter are holding a Wildcat Career Clothing Drive now through Thursday, Oct. 26. …
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10/18/23
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Gather your friends and family as The Wakefield Civic Center is being turned into a rollicking piano bar for one night only, on Thursday, Oct. 26.
The event promises to be a high-energy, all …
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10/18/23
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Volunteer firefighters from Wakefield and the surrounding area responded to a fire at one of the chicken barns owned by Michael Foods.
The fire broke out just before noon and mutual aid was …
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10/17/23
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For more than 50 years, the Claussens have been in the restaurant business. That chapter of the family history will come to an end on Oct. 14 when Julie Thompson officially sells Geno's Steakhouse in …
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10/16/23
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Although it has been more than 40 years since they were Wayne State College students, four members of the Kappa Delta Gamma sorority were back in Wayne to visit the campus and stay in what was once a …
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10/15/23
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