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Chamber hosts open house for Natalie’s Beauty Bank

A ribbon cutting and open house for Oakland’s newest business, Natalie’s Beauty Bank on Oct. 10 th at 2 p.m. The Vault Event Center at 212 N. Oakland Ave. Natalie Dixon, a 2016 …

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Lady Knights fight uphill battles to capture the Boone Central Invite championships

Briary Ray (right) returned after an ankle sprain benched her for a few games.  Sister Hilary is ready to back her up in the match against Boone Central.
In Saturday’s final at the Boone Central Volleyball Invite in Albion, the Knights dug themselves an early hole and Coach Becky Rennerfeldt called a timeout with her team trailing Columbus …
Mia Thomsen continues to be a strong presence at the net.
Lady Knights hit the road for busy week of Volleyball
A rematch with North Bend, a first ever trip to Omaha Concordia and a familiar invite in Tilden marked a busy calendar week for the Oakland-Craig Lady Knights.   North Bend When …
Leading the defense with 7 tackles, Nolan Magnusson left nothing on the field against the Braves.
Knights and Braves combine for nearly 1,000 yards in football shootout
The Knights went on the road to begin district play Friday night and fell to an undefeated Battle Creek team 45-38. In the high-scoring affair, both teams finished the game with over 450 yards of …
Medals earned at Clarkson-Leigh and at home
The Knights hosted Bergan on Monday in Girls Golf at the Oakland County Club. O-C’s Emma Anderson and Bergan’s Avery Ridder each ended with a 47 and tied for the individual medalist …
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Brian and Terri Mentink of Lyons, Nebraska are very happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Cassidy Lea Mentink to Alexander Robert Price, son of Jerry and Mary …
Jerry and Elaine (Geisler) Holmberg of Norfolk were married on Aug. 23, 1964, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lyons.  The entire family celebrated with a trip to Branson, MO.  Family …
Brittney (Petersen) and Mike Creekmore welcomed daughter June Mary Creekmore to their Elkhorn home on May 23 rd .  June Mary weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 inches long at birth.  She …
The family of Gary and Jo Ina Slaughter of Lyons would like to announce their 50 th wedding anniversary. Gary and Jo were married in Holdrege on June 3, 1974.  After moving out of state the …
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This letter has been sent to the Burt County Zoning Board and the Burt County Commissioners.  I own PID #425300300 in the Craig Township. I also own land in Otoe County Nebraska, so I have …
My family and I moved from Phoenix to a suburb of Chicago. Quite a change. A trip to the city was a trip to a concrete wonderland with majestic buildings and architecture to satisfy every taste. One …
Dear Editor, Thank you for this opportunity to thank those Burt County citizens who worked on the ‘No Wind’ float for the Burt County Parade. You all did a great job and it is very …
It appears to me that wind turbines will soon be built in Burt County, and our Zoning Board and County Supervisors are tasked with the duty of setting the standards for the implementation of this …
  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 …
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Hanging for what seemed forever on my parents’ refrigerator was a newspaper clipping from 1987 of a dapper looking young man whose Voice of Democracy Speech had just won first place in …
Driving the students to school on Monday morning I was reminded of last week’s column.  Several people commented on last week’s opinion.  The feedback is always appreciated. …
As the story goes, the marble slab used to sculpt one of Michelangelo’s statues of David sat unused for 35 years as several different artists deemed it unusable for sculpting.  Standing …
Just over a decade ago, the three-piece combo progressive rock band Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  If you don’t know who Rush is, don’t worry about it.  …
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