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News
This week, in conjunction with Go Big Give, the Howard County Medical Center (HCMC) Wellness Center will open its doors to the public for the first time.…
In early April, the St. Paul Pump & Pantry’s longtime staple, Cinnabon, was removed to make way for the convenience store’s newest endeavor: Scoops.…
By News Staff
A memorial was donated in memory of Bev Newquist to the Wolbach Community Center from Ruth Imus.
By News Staff
Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger
Ten Years Ago, 2014
Monday, May 5th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Wolbach tornado…The tornado…
Sports
By Michael Happ
Christopher Thomas saved one of his best performances on the track this season for the perfect moment.
Last Monday afternoon, Thomas won a gold medal at the…
By Michael Happ
St. Paul boys, girls both place third at last week’s LouPlatte Conference competition
The St. Paul Wildcats were forced to weather a pair of storms at last…
By News Staff
WILDCATS DUAL CARDINALS
The St. Paul Wildcats’ tennis team capped off its regular season last week by hosting Crete High School.
On the courts at Grand…
By Michael Happ
The Central Valley links crew may not have come away with any hardware from last week’s St. Paul Invite, but the Cougars still managed to hold their own in a…
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EF3 tornado tears through Howard, Greeley counties “I don’t know what we’re going to do,” noted Chad Jacobsen as he picked through the remnants of his fourteen-year home just west of Elba on Saturday morning. “We might just doze this thing down and farm it.” For now, he added, “it’s clean-up.” Dozens of reported tornadoes wreaked havoc across Iowa and Nebraska on Friday, April 26th, ripping across the eastern and central portions of the Cornhusker State and causing a great deal of damage, but no casualties.
Apr 30, 2024 - 20:52
The Wolbach Senior Citizens met on April 24th, with three tables of pitch played. Winners were Paul Nielsen winning high, Roxanne Mostek receiving low, and Dick Peetz, receiving traveling. The groups next meeting will be on May 29th at 2:00 p.m. at the Wolbach Community Center.
Opinion
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
What a week!
As a rule of thumb, I cringe when I see a writer use an exclamation point or when a stray one gets published in one of my newspapers, but I think…
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
Term limits claim thirteen Nebraska state senators while two are leaving for other reasons. That’ll mean fifteen new faces in the nation’s only one-house…
April 24, 2024 - 07:49
In 2021, the last special session of the Nebraska Legislature lasted thirteen days and cost the state $105,436.
Do the math, that’s $8,076.92 per day.
Then…
April 24, 2024 - 07:49
No matter who you are, I think everyone, at one time or another, has had the type of day where nothing seems to go your way.
Let’s just hope that, when that…
Obituaries
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
Teresa Renee Morris, 51, of Grand Island, died on Thursday, April 25, 2024, surrounded by her family, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.…
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
Harold Rother, of Wolbach, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at the Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, at the age of eighty-four.
Harold was born on March…
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
Naomi C. Schipman, 70, of Worms, died on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Grand Island Regional Medical Center in Grand Island.
Memorial services were held on…
April 30, 2024 - 20:52
Joyce K. Everett, 82, of Grand Island, formerly of St. Paul, died on Monday, April 22, 2024 at The Heritage at Sagewood in Grand Island.
Joyce chose to be…