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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

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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Faith Korth

Faith Korth picked for Girls State

Faith Korth has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State June 2-8 on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Korth was selected by the Foltz-Zuerlein American Legion Auxiliary Post 80 in Humphrey. She is the...

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Tucker Czarnick, left, of St. Francis, and Gavin Groteluschen, of Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family, run the 4 x 800 relay April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. Courtesy photo

HSF girls 1st, boys 2nd at home invite

Three first place efforts led the St. Francis girls to first place in the St. Francis Invitational while the boys placed second April 23. Lillie Beltz earned a pair of first place finishes in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash, and Kali Jarosz won the...

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Abi Schneider finished second in the discus April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. Courtesy photo

4 1st place efforts lead Bulldogs

Karley Vering, Briley Dohmen, Garret Durkop and the 4 x 800-meter relay all turned in first place efforts April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. The H-LHF boys finished 4th with 70 points, and the girls 5th with 69. Vering won the shot put...

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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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Paul Duesman

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 4:00am

Paul Duesman, 89, of Humphrey, Nebraska, died Monday, April 15, 2019, at CHI Health St. Elizabeth, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Mass of Christian Burial was Tuesday, April 23, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Humphrey, and Father Patrick A. McLaughlin celebrated the Mass. Interment was in the parish cemetery with military honors. Visitation was Monday, from 4-7 p.m., and a Knights of Columbus Rosary was at 4 p.m. and a Vigil Service was at 7 p.m. at the church. Visitation continued on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until service time at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to be directed to the Humphrey Veterans Memorial or St. Francis Church.

Paul William Duesman was born Nov. 1, 1929, in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Victor and Monica (Lubischer) Duesman. Paul graduated from Humphrey St. Francis High School. After attending college at Northeast in Norfolk, and Creighton in Omaha, Paul entered the United States Army during the Korean War, serving from March 15, 1951, until his honorable discharge on Jan. 28, 1953. He then attended St. Louis School of Mortuary Science and after graduation, returned to Humphrey to begin working with his father and uncle in the furniture store and funeral home. On June 21, 1958, Paul was united in marriage to Joan Marie Torczon at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Tarnov, Neb.

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