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Canistota Students Perform “Peter and Wendy”

On Saturday, April 6, Canistota students performed “Peter and Wendy”. Pictured here are: Hatti Strang (Tinker Bell), Michael Richardson (Nana), Obadiah Church (Michael), Croix Taylor (John), Lily Buseman (Wendy) and Lily Montgomery (Mrs. Darling). “PETER AND WENDY”...

Insights from your McCook Central School Board

Board bulletin -The Negotiations Committee met with the McCook Central Education Association, and contracts have been approved by both groups for the 2024 - 2025 school year.-McCook Central conducted its first E-Learning Day on Monday, March 25th. The E-Learning day...

Letter to the editor

On February 20, 2024 I became unresponsive for an unknown amount of time. Because I didn’t answer my phone four times Sue Rinehart came to find me on my living room floor. That’s when I woke up. Jim Julson came about two minutes later. The Bridgewater Ambulance took...

Jobs my dog thinks he was hired for

Carla Snyders | NCP Writer As the owner of a very spoiled lap dog, I thought I would share a few jobs my dog thinks he was hired for. He doesn’t know he is a dog by the way, he just randomly runs around and barks his demands at me as we go through our days. He is...

How to care for potted Easter lilies

Garden to go Donna Rumbaugh | Extension Master Gardener Did you get an Easter lily for the Easter holiday and now you are left wondering what to do with it? Many people think that once the flowers fade away and the leaves start to turn yellow and wilt away that the...

Does change bother you?

Paws for thought Joyce Tieszen Tegtmeier | Correspondent At bedtime, our cat Bela lies on my legs. At some point each night, I need to reposition myself and roll over. Bela is profoundly affected by the change when I roll over, because it abruptly forces him out of a...

You’ll never guess

You, Me & Jesus Sue Schmidt | Correspondent Light of the World, The Resurrection and the Life, The Bright and Morning Star, Alpha and Omega; these are a few names of grandeur given to our Lord and Savior. There is no end to Jesus’ attributes: loving, forgiving,...

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...