Owen Reitzel | Editor Behind those police, ambulance, or fire calls are unseen heroes that lead those agencies to the problem and those would be the telecommunicators or dispatchers to the emergencies.National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW), observed...
Features
Spring Means New Baby Calves on Area Farms
Although farmers have their calves at various times throughout the year, the months of February through April seem to still be the most popular times. Calving season is a critical period for farmers as it is an essential process for sustaining the cattle population....
Canistota to hold joint city/school election Tuesday
Jerry Bertelson | School Board Candidate, Timothy Buseman | School Board Candidate, Kaitlyn Killoran | School Board Candidate, - Jeff Merrill | School Board Candidate, Brad Jensen | City Council Candidate || Troy Schwans | Managing Editor Voters that reside in the...
Fendrich Drone Solutions to offer new way to spray fields
Carla Snyders | NCP Writer A new way of spraying fields has made its way to the area.Salem native Adam Fendrich has recently launched his new business, Fendrich Drone Solutions. Fendrich offers the use of a drone to spray herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide.The...
17th Annual Chili Cookoff Draws Big Crowd
Although the weather last week caused some rescheduling of the 17th Annual Chili Cookoff in Bridgewater, the event was its usual success! Everyone was happy to get out of the house after a few days of nasty weather as was evidenced by the big crowd. The winners were...
Strong spring storm pounds this area
STREET CLEAN-UP CREWS BUSY AFTER SPRING STORM Street clean-up crews were busy loading up snow from the streets on Tuesday morning in Salem after a powerful spring storm dumped a significant amount of snow across the region. Troy Schwans | Managing Editor According to...
Emery Fire Department holds annual supper
EMERY FIRE DEPT. PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE SUPPER Darin Kayser from the Emery Fire Department mixes batter for pancakes at the annual Emery Fire Department’s Pancakes and Sausage Supper. (Photo/Owen Reitzel) Owen Reitzel | Editor On Tuesday, March 19 the Emery Volunteer...
Local man chosen for historic space mission
Troy Schwans | Managing Editor For nearly two decades it has been a goal of NASA and of the US Government to send humans to Mars. NASA has had a select team of scientists and engineers preparing for a journey that was thought to happen sometime in the 2030’s, but it...
Bridgewater Community Chorus presents“My King is Known By Love”
2024 BRIDGEWATER COMMUNITY CANTATA MEMBERS Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Bridgewater Community Cantata will be doing two presentations of “My King is Known by Love,” one on Palm Sunday and one on Good Friday. Please see the article for times and...
Big East Conference Honor Band held in Salem
BIG EAST CONFERENCE HONOR BAND Salem hosted this year’s Big East Conference Honor Band where select students from the Big East Conference schools practiced throughout the day with Guest Conductor Tessa Begum culminating in a concert Monday night in the McCook Central...