Primary Election turnout expected to be low

There’s not much anticipation locally in the May 14 Primary Election. Just one race is contested as challenger Joe Ott goes up against incumbent Ron Pfeifer for a seat on the Platte County Board of Supervisors District 4. All other local races...

Christina Brandl celebrates as she exits the Humphrey High School gym Saturday after Commencement Exercises as a member of the 2024 graduation class. Democrat photos

Self-value, appreciation

Love yourself, surround yourself with people who value you, appreciate your time here because life is short. Senior speakers Alivia Schemek and Abilyn Schneider gave their fellow graduates uplifting messages Saturday afternoon during Commencement...

The Central Community College-Columbus esports Call of Duty: 4x4 team won the national championship. Pictured, left t right, are Jackson Peabody, CCC esports head coach Lucas Lumbra, Ayden Veik and Caleb Smith. Not pictured is Ethan Bryant. Courtesy photos

Veik helps lead CCC-C esports team to tit

Central Community College won its first team national championship as the esports Call of Duty: 4x4 squad defeated Blinn (Tex.) College, 3-1, April 23. Team members are Ethan Bryant, Jackson Peabody, Caleb Smith and Ayden Veik, of Humphrey. Bryant...

Emerson Krings raced to a win in the 300-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 43.97. Democrat photos

Flyers, Bulldogs turn in top efforts at H-LHF invite

Emerson Krings and Isabel Preister turned in first-place efforts to lead St. Francis at the Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Invitational May 1. The Bulldogs received a pair of second-place efforts from Garett Durkop and the 4 x 800-meter relay team. Krings...

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American Comedy Festival will prove to be magical

The magic returns to the Johnny Carson Theatre stage with the Great American Comedy Festival’s family Comedy Magic Show Thursday, June 13, in Norfolk. The Comedy Magic Show begins at 7 p.m. and will feature three world-class magicians, Lucy Darling...

Schneiders tutors for SMART program

Ten Peru State College students are currently serving as tutors for the Nebraska SMART (Success Made Accessible Through Rural Tutoring) tutoring program through the Nebraska State College System. Nebraska SMART is a free virtual tutoring program for...

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Murphy's Law

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 5:00am

Being a bachelor isn’t what it used to be.

My wife has been out of town for the better part of a week traveling for work, leaving me home alone with our two dogs and cat.

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Letter to the Editor

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 5:00am

On Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, I experienced some pins and needles discomfort across my chest as I was unloading soybean meal at Lindsay Co-op Feed Mill.

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Murphy's Law

Wed, 10/04/2017 - 12:00am

When I first heard Colin Kaepernick was going to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem, two thoughts went through my mind almost simultaneously.

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Wed, 09/27/2017 - 5:00am

One hundred and thirty years is a long time. The Humphrey Democrat begins its 130th year of continuous publication with this issue. I am but a small, small, cog in...

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