Editor’s Note: In continuing our historic accounts of McCook County towns, we now feature Spencer. The following article was written in 1892 and was printed in the January 27th issue of a Salem newspaper of that same year. Please enjoy this article and watch future...
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Bridgewater-Emery earns “Superior Play” and “Superior Ensemble” at State One-Act Play Festival
B-E’s CAST AND CREW HAS SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND AT STATE ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL RIGHT: Bridgewater-Emery High School’s One-Act Play cast and crew earned a “Superior Play” award at the State One-Act Play Festival and was also recognized with a “Superior Ensemble” award for...
McCook Central preschool and kindergarten screenings planned
The McCook Central School District in cooperation with the Cornbelt Educational Cooperative and Head Start is pleased to announce a preschool screening scheduled for March 11 and 12, 2025 for all children ages 3 to 5 years old.If you have a child between the ages of...
Montrose preschool and kindergarten screenings planned
The Montrose School District, in cooperation with the Cornbelt Educational Cooperative and Head Start, is pleased to announce a preschool screening at the Montrose Elementary School scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 2025 for all children ages 3 to 5 years old.If you...
Bingo Saturday at Salem Legion
Frank J. Brune American Legion Post 140 in Salem will be hosting Bingo this Saturday night, February 15, starting at 7:00 p.m.This is a very family-friendly event, and it supports your local American Legion.It will be a prepay format of 15 games/1 card for $15.00....
Salem American Legion Auxiliary to Meet Feb. 20
Salem Unit 140 of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting Thursday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Post Home.The Unit will be draping the Charter for our member Patricia Huls who was our Past Unit President, District President, and State...
Schedule now for upcoming Freeman blood drive
It takes less than one hour to donate blood and in that one hour, blood donors will do more than most will do in a lifetime – they will save lives. Just one blood donation will help save the lives of up to three different hospital patients in your community.Every two...
Blagg on Iowa State University fall Dean’s List
Student News Abigail Blagg, a senior Agricultural and Life Sciences Education major from Salem has been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2024 Dean’s List at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Students named to the...
Do you like guessing games?
Paws for Thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent Weighing in at just over 7 pounds, Marble’s black and white, short-haired body is lithe and muscular. When she leaps to my desktop, she lands so softly it’s as if she floats.Marble’s meal habits might explain...
Love doesn’t make the world go around. . .
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer Love is what makes the ride worthwhile! Sometimes, expressing how you feel to someone you care for is hard. When you are lucky and have spent over 40 years with the same person, I think love evolves over time and means something different...