Barlow named state champion
The Pope John Crusaders speech team brought home one medal, a gold medal, from the Class D2 State Speech Competition held Friday at Kearney...
ECF Scholarship fund drive now underway
Every year, when Spring beckons, seniors begin to count down the days to graduation.
At the same time, Elgin and area residents donate to the...
PJ Development Dinner set for Sunday night
The 38th annual Pope John Development Dinner will be held this Sunday, March 24.
Werner Hall in Petersburg will be the site for the annual...
Summit Carbon Solutions to answer questions
Summit Carbon Solutions has announced plans to host a series of open houses to allow citizens to come and ask questions about a proposed carbon...
EPS earns more medals at Riverside
The Elgin Speech Team competed in their final regular season meet on Wednesday.
The team traveled to Riverside for a nineteen-team meet featuring approximately 300...
Waterbury leading effort to bring Eagle alumni home
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...
February Is Heart Month
February is heart month. Here are 2 area individuals, Dave Jochum and Patricia Beckman, who have been affected by heart disease. They both attend...
Wemhoff stepping down as EPPJ football head coach
ELGIN — For the past three seasons, Greg Wemhoff has directed the Wolfpack football program. Three times leading the team to the state playoffs.
There...
LaVern Nissen, 96
LaVern W. Nissen, 96, of Petersburg, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family.
A Mass of Christian Burial was...
BCHC Foundation Gala Music Oozed Of Nostalgia
By Dennis Morgan, Publisher
Those oldies but goodies. They’ve stood the test of time.
On Saturday night in Albion, the sounds of yesteryear once again filled...
Spinning Tales — The Future As Seen Through The Eyes Of “Millennial Girl”
So what does the future hold?
I think I got a glimpse of what is coming years from now following a two-night conversation with a...
The Things We Never Forget
It was alumni weekend in Elgin with graduates from Elgin High School and St. Boniface High School coming home to renew old friendships and...
Can Rights Ever Be Equal?
By Lynell Morgan, Co-Publisher
Never a dull moment when it comes to the national news front. In the headlines early this week is the confederate...
What Is This? Bizarro World? II
Lynell Morgan
Co-Publisher
This inspiration for my writing this week isn’t local but it has implications across the board.
Beginning last week, a national story was breaking...
Spinning Tales — Dwyer’s Mule Deer Buck Antlers Story
By Dennis Morgan
Publisher
There are two types of people who live in every community, big or small.
There are the natives and there are the newcomers.
Natives...
