On Feb. 8, Friend Community Healthcare System successfully completed a hail Mary pass to keep its doors open by becoming the first hospital in Nebraska to convert to a rural emergency hospital (REH). …
Exeter. Milligan. Friend. Three towns, each hosting at least one informational meeting about the prospect of consolidating into one school district effective the 2025-26 school year. This …
The Exeter-Milligan/Friend wrestling team showed some of its best wrestling of the season at the District D1 meet Feb. 10. Dayton Kremer earned a spot at the state tournament with his …
On Jan. 12, Gov. Jim Pillen issued an emergency waiver of the maximum federal hours of service requirements for fuel truck drivers. The order, Executive Order 24-1, aims to prevent fuel shortages …
This year, the Patriot Pen Contest challenged junior high students nationwide to write essays about how America inspires them. Friend sixth grader Valerie Spohn won the school’s …
The Friend Community Club will its annual food drive at the Qwik 6 this weekend. The Friend Food Pantry Drive will be at the store from 4 – 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, and 9 a.m. to 3 …
A clock that lived through one of Wilber’s oldest historical events will soon be on display at the Saline County Courthouse. Joe Vosoba, a former Nebraska state senator and attorney, is …
The Exeter-Milligan/Friend girls’ wrestling team saw its season end Feb. 3 at the subdistrict tournament, but Coach Nathan Baber was encouraged by what he saw throughout the year. …
NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 53-135.01, liquor licenses may be auto-matically renewed for one year from May 1, 2024 for the following …
N O T I C E The Saline County Planning Commission will meet on February 20th, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. The meeting will be in the assembly room of the Saline County Courthouse in Wilber, Nebraska. A …
PUBLIC NOTICE The February meeting of the Board of Educational Service Unit 6 will have a remote option available on Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 6:00pm. The link to join is …
N O T I C E The Saline County Variance Board will meet on Tuesday February 20th, 2024, at 6:00 P.M. in the Assembly Room of the County Courthouse. A current copy of the agenda is available for review …
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The next regular meeting of the Saline County Board of Commissioners will be held on February 6th, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in the County Board Room, 2nd Floor, Courthouse, Wilber, …
FRIEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC NOTICE Board of Education Regular Meeting Monday, February 12, 2024 @ 7:30 PM Central Saline County School District 76-0068 501 Main Street Friend, NE 68359-0067 FS — …
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Saline County Board of Equalization will meet on February 6th, 2024, at 9:15 a.m. in the County Board Room, 2nd Floor, Courthouse, Wilber NE. Agenda items for said …
This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Equalization’s January 23, 2024, regular meeting proceedings. A complete set of the proceedings is on file in the Board of Equalizations’ Journal, …
VILLAGE OF EXETER MINUTES JANUARY 10, 2024 The regular meeting of the Exeter Village Board was convened in open and public session on Wednesday January 10, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Exeter Village …
This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ January 23th, 2024, regular meeting proceedings. A complete set of the proceedings is on file in the Board of Commissioners’ …
Paul Frederick Weber was born Nov. 30, 1928, at his parents’ home northeast of Friend. Paul went to his heavenly home Jan. 23, 2024, at Ridgewood Care Center in Seward at the age of 95 years. …
Helen Hier, of Crete, will celebrate her 95th birthday early next month. She was born Feb.10, 1929, in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, in 1929. She and her late husband, Robert, had three …
Dwaine Novak, Sr., of Pleasant Dale will celebrate his 95th birthday early next month. He was born Feb. 8, 1929, in rural Pleasant Dale. To help him celebrate, his children, grandchildren …
Friend-native Jon Schluter is the beard and the baker behind one of Friend’s newest small businesses: Bearded Baked Goods. Schluter said he is excited to see where this …
Fred Kozak of Wilber was named the Saline County Veteran of the Month for January “It was a surprise,” Kozak said. “I didn’t think I would get nominated. …
The Exeter-Milligan/Friend girls’ basketball team bounced back from two straight losses the previous week with three straight wins, defeating Heartland 44-38 on Jan. 25, Pawnee City 48-36 on …
