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Angry birds compete at Trivia Night The third annual St. John Parent Teacher League Trivia Night was another success this year as 28 teams competed against each other for bragging rights at Harvest Hall at the Seward County Fairgrounds Jan. 20. Teams dressed in a variety of themes including Angry Birds team, modeled after the popular game application for I-pads and phones. Each team wrote the answers to 10 questions in 10 rounds with themes like sports, movies, history and food. Read the Full Story
Helmer talks about visiting Atacama Desert Seward area residents got a taste of just one of the 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, a book written by Patricia Schultz. Concordia University Professor Joel Helmer presented information about a trip he took to Chile in 2007 where he visited the Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth. The purpose of his visit was to attend the Geography in the Americas Conference in La Serena, Chile. Prior to the conference, he joined a group of people for a week-long trip to the Atacama. Read the Full Story
A celebration of hats Helen Warning Johnson of Geneva shakes hands with members of her audience at Seward’s Lied Senior Center as she sings tunes to go along with the variety of hats she brought in honor of hat day Jan. 20. Read the Full Story
Eagle girls win two on hardwood The Milford girls’ basketball team picked up a big win over Elmwood-Murdock Jan. 20, defeating the Knights 43-28 and improving to 13-2 on the season. “This was a really, really good win for us,” Coach Phil Stauffer said. “I was happy with how the girls stuck to our defensive plan the whole game.” He said Madison Millikan played especially well on defense. The Eagles played man-to-man defense for most of the game, and Millikan drew Elmwood-Murdock’s best player. Read the Full Story
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Bryce Rolenc recorded his 100th career victory en route to the 126-pound championship at the Plattsmouth Invitational Jan. 21. Rolenc and his Seward teammates finished fourth in the team standings behind...

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The Milford wrestling team opened an exciting week of wrestling hosting the Fairbury Jeffs Jan. 17 and finished the week participating in a very tough David City Invitational that hosted 16 of the toughest...

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Centennial’s boys’ basketball team got a solid win over Heartland after a tough loss against Hastings. The Broncos defeated Heartland 44-23 Jan. 20. “It was a good win. We were able to do some...

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Seward is one big step closer to adding a new hotel to its community. Shane Baack of Seward has been working with Cobblestone Inn and Suites for the past 18 months. He addressed the Seward City Council...

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A traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Seward County landed an Iowa man in jail for possession of marijuana for the second time in a little more than two weeks. A trooper stopped an eastbound 2011 Jeep for...

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With the public hearing for the county’s one and six year road plan coming, Seward County Highway Superintendent Russ Daehling said residents and farmers have some concerns about traffic along Waverly...

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Mad Scientist, Robert Zook entertains a group of children and parents at the Seward Civic Center on October 22.

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