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Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu, Platte Center preschoolers, are battling leukemia. A Red Cross blood drive will be held May 8 in their honor at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. Courtesy photo

Port buddies
Some friendships run a little deeper than others. Although Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu don’t fully understand what they are going through, they know they are buddies — port buddies. The two preschoolers at Platte Center Elementary School have...
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Emerson Krings, a senior at Humphrey St. Francis, signed a letter of intent last week for track at Southeast Community College. The SCC track team and Coach Phillip Duncan welcomed Emerson to his signing. Pictured, front row, left to right, are his mother, Ashley Krings, and Emerson. Back row, Emerson’s father Steve Krings, and SCC coach Duncan. Courtesy photo

Emerson Krings heading to SCC for track
Emerson Krings is heading to Southeast Community College. He earned the Walter Scott Pathway Scholarship, and will be in the auto collision repair program at SCC Milford. He also will be a member of the track team, which is based out of the Lincoln...
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St. Francis made itself at home, winning the Flyers Invitational Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are Tyson Wietfeld, Carson Wessel, Matthew Brockhaus, Andrew Kosch, Jacob Keller, Wyatt Brandl and Jett Dunn. Courtesy photo

Flyers win home invite
The St. Francis golf team participated in its own invite Thursday held at Steepleview Golf Course. Under windy conditions the Flyers were able to shoot a team score of 371 to finish 3 strokes ahead of Howells-Dodge and finish 1st overall in the 10-...
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Dani Bayer, a registered nurse at Columbus Community Hospital, puts on personal protective equipment Nov. 19 before entering the room of a COVID-19 patient. CCH photos

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Janet Eisenmenger, a medical lab technician at Columbus Community Hospital, works in the laboratory on Nov. 17. Eisenmenger is the microbiology supervisor and has had the responsibility of implementing COVID-19 testing at the hospital during the pandemic.

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Cara Wieser, a registered nurse at Columbus Community Hospital, works on a computer in the emergency department on Nov. 16. A recent surge in COVID-19 cases has put a stress on health care workers.

On the frontlines

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 4:00am

Frustrated and fatigued are two words that health care workers use to describe how they are feeling as COVID-19 cases surge.

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Additional concrete has been added to the RCUT (Restricted U-Turn Crossing) at Highway 81/91 to help truckers maneuver through the turn-arounds and at the intersection. Here workers smooth out the fresh cement in the right turn lane from Highway 81 onto Highway 91. Democrat photo

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The RCUT is designed to eliminate right-angle crashes by implementing U-turns on Highway 81.

Learning curve

Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:00am

A few tweaks are being made, and then the RCUT will be complete.

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The RCUT (Restricted U-Turn Crossing)

Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:00am

The RCUT (Restricted U-Turn Crossing) at the intersection of Highways 81/91 is essentially complete. The RCUT has been in use for a few weeks, but recently, striping was added to the right turns and concrete added to the turn-arounds to give vehicles more room to turn. This is an aerial view of the RCUT, showing how traffic flows and the elimination of left turns. For the story on the RCUT, turn to Page 3. Photo by Dan Ellsworth

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Hunter safety

Wed, 11/18/2020 - 4:00am

Vernon Schaecher, age 90, has taught hunter safety for more than 30 years. Over the past 30 years he has taught hunter safety to his son, Dale Schaecher, and grandchildren, including Ashley Sass and now his great-grandchild Cyris Sass, age 12. Gene Werner has also dedicated more than 25 years to teaching hunter safety as well. On Aug. 15, hunter safety field day was completed in Lindsay, teaching all aspects of safety with firearms in real life situations. After all boys passed the field day a blue rock shoot was held to complete the course to give the boys an opportunity to practice aim and proper safety. Pictured, above left, from left to right, Vernon Schaecher, Cyris Sass, Braxton Busselman, Dylan Luetkenhaus, Nate Fowlkes and Gene Werner. Above right, front left to right, Vernon Schaecher, Dale Schaecher, Ashley Sass and Cyris Sass. Courtesy photo

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