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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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Audrey Fuchs

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 4:00am

Audrey Fuchs, age 87, of Columbus, Neb., died Saturday November 11, 2023 at the Meridian Gardens in Columbus.

Immediate family funeral services were Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at the McKown Funeral Home. Interment is in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Madison Memorials may be directed to the Azheimer’s Association or the donor’s choice.

Audrey Marie was born April 17, 1936, in Fairview Precinct, northwest of Madison, Neb., to Jesse and Marie (Huddle) Chittenden. She graduated from Madison High School in 1954 and received her Bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in library science from Wayne State College.

She was united in marriage to Allen Fuchs on April 12, 1958 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Battle Creek, Neb. They became the parents to four children, Sandra, Randy, Richard and Robert.

Audrey taught rural schools in Madison County, and at Humphrey St. Francis and Lindsay Holy Family for a number of years. Her last years in education were as a librarian at Humphrey St. Francis retiring in 1999.

She and her husband, Allen, live and farmed southwest of Audrey Fuchs

Madison their entire married life. Allen passed in 2006. Audrey later married Glenn Wedekind.

Daughter, Sandra (Steve) Gabel; 3 sons, Randy (Barb) Fuchs, Richard (Teresa) Fuchs, and Robert (Ann) Fuchs; 5 grandchildren, Sean Gabel , Hannah (Jared) Curry, Ryan Fuchs, Carey Fuchs and Eric Gabel, sister: Donna Nelson Audrey was preceded in death by her parents: Jesse and Marie Chittenden, husbands: Allen Fuchs and Glenn Wedekind, sister: Ardyce O’Neill, brother: Vernon Chittenden.

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