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Garage Sales August 8-9

News Staff
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Osceola city wide garage sales will be Friday August 8th and Saturday August 9th. Contact Kerri Klein or Brittney Senff Becker to get on the list. Deadline is July 31. Then get ready to shop for back to school or that college student. Lists will be available.
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Covenant Home Clips

News Staff
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The last week of July—already! My, how quickly time does fly. Now we’re entering the “Dog Days of Summer” when the hot sun and high humidity hits. Yet, as the farmers tell us, we need these days to get a good corn crop. The corn thrives on the humidity and heat, increasing the production.
Anniversary Card Shower

Anniversary Card Shower

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Anniversary Card Shower

News Staff
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
50th Anniversary Card Shower The family of Mike & Pat (Patty Kluthe) Recker would like to honor their parents on their 50th Wedding Anniversary by showering them with cards of good wishes and a special memory. Cards can be sent to PO Box 177, Osceola, NE 68651.They were married at Sts.

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Immunization Clinics

News Staff
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The Polk County Health Department will have an immunization clinic at the Polk County Health Department, Stromsburg, NE, on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. An appointment is required.
Dave Shram sells comic books and collectible cards from his shed in Osceola. He also attends Comic-Con in Omaha. Photo by Rick Holtz.

Dave Shram sells comic books and collectible cards from his shed in Osceola. He also attends Comic-Con in Omaha. Photo by Rick Holtz.

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Love of Comic Books Continues After All These Years

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
OSCEOLA — Dave Shram has been dealing in comic books for nearly 40 years.Opening his first comic book store in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1986, he moved to York and opened Dave’s Cards and Comics in 1991. His business has moved to an extension of his Osceola home.
Above: Nelson’s Food Pride grocery store owner Julie Johnson stands in the aisle with Swedish goods at her family’s grocery store in Oakland. She tries to know the name of every customer who enters. “That’s small-town business,” she said. “Somebody has a birth and we hug them, and they have a death and we hug them.” Photo by Jerry L Mennenga for the Flatwater Free Press

Above: Nelson’s Food Pride grocery store owner Julie Johnson stands in the aisle with Swedish goods at her family’s grocery store in Oakland. She tries to know the name of every customer who enters. “That’s small-town business,” she said. “Somebody has a birth and we hug them, and they have a death and we hug them.” Photo by Jerry L Mennenga for the Flatwater Free Press

Grocery Goliath: Small-Town Nebraska Grocery Stores Disappear as Dollar General Booms

Natalia Alamdari
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
OAKLAND — If you drive down U.S. Highway 77, you won’t see the grocery store that has managed to keep afloat in this town for more than 100 years. It’s five blocks off the highway, on Oakland’s main drag.What you will see is a bright yellow sign, beckoning highway drivers to make a pit stop.
Above: Emily Triplett and Tasha Weller check in two ladies for the garden tour.

Above: Emily Triplett and Tasha Weller check in two ladies for the garden tour.

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OSCEOLA’S 2ND ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
OSCEOLA - On Saturday, 120 people gathered for Osceola’s second annual garden tours. This is a community event fundraiser for the Osceola Community Action Group.This year four gardens were featured followed by a garden party luncheon.

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Hamm Case Moved to District Court

News Staff
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
CENTRALCITY- On Wednesday, July 16th Jonathan T. Scheerer- Hamm’s case was bound over to district court at the preliminary hearing.The county judge must have found sufficient evidence for probable cause, which is why it’s bound over to district court.