Frances Jane (Wait) Hegener passed away July 22, 2022, just five days after her 95th birthday and four days after her 74th wedding anniversary. She was married July 18, 1948, in Seward, to Wilmer …

Berdine M. Linke, 92, of Lincoln, passed away July 23, 2022. She was born April 14, 1930, in Seward County, to Ferdinand and Minnie (Schulz) Schultz. Berdine was a bookkeeper at Colin Electric …

France Day 10 - July 23 Reims to Paris We left Luxembourg this morning and headed to Reims for two stops. One was a museum that houses the room where it happened, as Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, …

France Day 9 - July 22 The 35th Infantry, Bastogne and Luxembourg American Cemetery We’ve been following the 134th Infantry 35th Infantry Division in its march across Europe. Today we …

France Day 8 - July 21 Lorraine to Sugar Loaf Hill Today didn’t have as much on the agenda. This morning started at the Lorraine American Cemetery. Among the graves we visited was …

France Day 7 - July 20 We started the day at Flavigny Bridge, a site where the Americans took the bridge and then were annihilated by the Germans. Two plaques adorn the bridge, one on each side. …

Day 6 - July 19 We spent most of today in the bus, traveling from Caen to Nancy (pronounced non-SEE as far as I can tell). We did make two amazing stops though. Our first was in Amiens, where …

Bluejays will soon have a new place to flock before and after school. Lacey Koch and Katie Langner have announced the creation of the Jays Club Before and After School program, which will serve …

The Staplehurst Livestock 4-H Club hosted its annual fishing contest at Independence Landing at the fairgrounds in Seward July 13. Ginny Koranda, the organizational leader for Staplehurst …

Amy Jo Schultz was born June 4, 1969, in McCook, to William J. and Pamela (Orvis) Morse and passed away unexpectedly July 15, 2022, in Seward, at the age of 53 years, 1 month and 11 days. Amy was …

Carley June Roth was born July 27, 1941, on a farm near Milford, to Lawrence and Bernice (Klopfenstein) Hauder. Carley passed away July 12, 2022, in Lincoln, at the age of 80. Carley accepted …

Donna Marie (Berg) Wurst was born April 30, 193,5 and joined her husband in heaven on July 12, 2022. She held many roles in her life and loved them all. Daughter, sister, wife, mother, …

Day 5 - July 18 Today was just hot – it hit 105 in St. Lo, which was where we were for most of the day. I should be used to it. After all, I’m from Nebraska. We started out with …

Day 4 - July 17 Today we headed out to Mortain and Hill 314, so named because of its height above sea level. After a short walk thorugh the trees, we came to a chapel at the top of the hill which …

Day 3 We started today at Arromanches with a look at mulberries. Not the fruit, the bridges. Mulberries were portable bridges the British built to help offload equipment from the ships to the …

Day 2 We’re not back to the hotel yet (just leaving Bayeux) and it’s been a full day already. We started out this morning at Utah Beach. Utah was one of the beaches used for the …

Day 1 We got on the bus and headed out, I think going north out of Paris. We arrived on Bastille Day, so not much was going on. I’m told there were fireworks in Caen (where we stayed) last …

City of Seward residents are being asked to conserve water this morning, July 15, after a water main break was discovered around 7:30 a.m. City Administrator Greg Butcher said the break happened …

Day 1 in France - After arrival in Paris, we spent part of the day at Monet's gardens in Giverny. They were lovely and a welcome reprieve from the many hours spent in a plane. :) Check our website …