Kinney stays ‘sharp’ as the ‘College Knife Guy’
By: Jane Schuchardt
Editor’s Note: This continues a series of monthly articles celebrating pride in our town and its surroundings shown through the experience of...
City budget hearing to be September 4
It’s budget time and Elgin City Clerk Kristin Childers has announced the date and time for the 2024/2025 budget hearing.
It will be held Wednesday...
Elgin schools open their doors to students
Elgin schools opened their doors for the new school year last week. (Right) On Wednesday, the sidewalks at Pope John were busy as students...
Elgin Veterans Club Steak Fry is August 26th
Legion Commander Gary Hoefer announced Tuesday the date for the annual Veterans Club Steak Fry.
The event will be held Monday, August 26, at 7...
Elgin FFA qualifies four national finalists
Chloe Henn & Samantha Durre were selected from a pool of 35 teams as a top 10 national finalist. Their division is Plant Science,...
Bargain Box celebrating today with open house
Time flies when you’re doing good….well, perhaps that isn’t exactly how the saying goes but it definitely is true for the Elgin Bargain Box.
The...
New educators begin teaching this week at Elgin schools
Five new teachers will be educating students this year at schools in Elgin. At Elgin Public Schools, Ahlona Landauer will teach Spanish and JH...
Brothers in Baseball
Blake and Max Henn both played for the O’Neill Irish Senior Legion Team this year. The team finished up their season at the Class...
4-Hers busy at county fair
The Antelope County Fair is underway. One of the first events was the small animal show. Elgin youths Hannah and Chris Hemenway both showed...
Schindler presented McAuliffe Prize
Louise Schindler of rural Elgin, having completed a long career in education at ESU#8, was presented the Christa McAuliffe Prize for Excellence in Education....
Elgin Rescue 5K Color Run
Buoyed by the success of the event last year, Elgin Rescue will again ‘color’ the town.
As a fundraiser for a new ambulance, a 5K...
Bloodmobile in Elgin August 13
The date for the next Red Cross Bloodmobile in Elgin has been announced. The bloodmobile will be in Elgin on Tuesday, August 13 from...
Building permit for Elgin Livestock Sales approved
Some meetings take in excess of an hour, sometimes two, depending on what’s on the agenda.
Then there are those meetings which are over as...
Sports maintenance motion approved
Calling it a safety issue, the District #18 Board of Education approved an expenditure of just under $9,500 to repair the wenches used to...
