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LV TeamMates ready for Big Give, May 7th

The Logan View Chapter of TeamMates Mentoring is excited to be participating in the Fremont Area Big Give again this year on Tuesday, May 7th.  The donations received through the FABG have …

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Max Bures goes the distance for Oakland-Craig.

Knights Host 2024 EHC Track Meet

The O-C boys finished as runner-up and the girls ended the meet in 7 th place at the 2024 EHC Track Meet held on Saturday in Oakland. The girls’ relay teams once again had strong showings. …
River Wallerstedt strokes in a 52 in Tekamah-Herman.
Knights strike season best at Oakland Golf Club
On Monday, the O-C JV golfers played in windy conditions at the Tiger JV Invite in Tekamah. The Knights had three players earn medals with Oliver Johnson leading the team with his score of 53, good …
Raider linksmen post seasons best at NBC
Logan View JV’s competed in the Wahoo JV Invite on Monday, April 22nd. The Raiders posted a team score of 427 to finish in 5th place.  LV won three individual medals led by Trenton …
Klausen, Gramke, and Ray top their field in JH track
The O-C Junior High Track Invite was held on Monday in Oakland. The meet was originally scheduled for the previous Friday, but was moved to Monday due to inclement weather conditions. In the …
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Kade Wyatt Smith was welcomed into this world by his parents Colton and Elizabeth Smith of Craig on March 19 th at the Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. Kade Wyatt weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and …
Darlene Deupree of Lyons, is turning 99 on March 30 th . Her family, daughters Carole Blankenbeckler (deceased) and Merlene Paul (deceased), son Jim Deupree of Omaha, daughter Bev and John Gustafson …
Ruby Adelina Staplton was born on January 3 , 2024, 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Parents are Sarah Alford and Trey Staplton of Norfolk, and grandparents LeRoy and Linda Alford of Lyons.
Warren “Dennis” Blankenbeckler of Lyons, Nebraska will be celebrating his 80 th birthday on Jan. 13 th . His children Lori and Tim Kleinschmidt of Spokane, Washington, Jim and Karen …
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  I want to thank Jason Redding-Geu for the 4 plus years where you did a great job working for the people of our community on our local newspaper, the Lyons Mirror-Sun. I know I am not the …
Members of the Lyons Property Development Committee (LPDC) worked with the Lyons City Council to place LB840 on the May 14, 2024 ballot. Community members have probably been hearing people talk …
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble …
Will you help us? We are writing on behalf of Relay For Life of the Burt County Area. What started as one or two people’s vision for Burt County grew to span 12 years!! This event has been …
I have heard it said, over a number of years, and at several different churches, that Christianity is only one generation from dying out. With that in mind, I find it sad that a (hopefully small) …
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As you likely discovered on the front page of this edition, Jason Redding-Geu is no longer working for the Oakland Independent and Lyons Mirror-Sun.  His departure is met with mixed …
Who hasn’t wanted to have more time each day?  Unless you are staring at the clock hoping the work or school day would be over soon, you have likely found yourself wishing for a bit more …
Quietly walking into the Baptist Church in Oakland shortly after services started, a young man sheepishly looked at the floor as he found his way to the back pew.  His attentiveness was obvious, …
“I’ve got basketball practice and then musical rehearsal tonight.” Surely our home was not the only to hear these words shared at least once over the last couple of …
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