BUNCO & Senior Center

BUNCO at the Civic Center in Osceola, Tuesday, January 16 at 1:00p.m. Senior Center Staff Meeting at the Center on Friday. January 12 at 9:00 a.m.

Donations Requested

Osceola is hosting three sites for the Shelby-Rising City basketball league. The boys and girls basketball teams, along with the Osceola Youth Sports program will be hosting the concession stand for these games and are asking for donations of bottled pop, Gatorade, water, candy bars, and chips!

Osceola Honor Roll Released

FIRST SEMESTER Superintendent’s List: Seniors: Matt DeMers, Kale Gustafson, Hayden Lavaley, Emma Recker, Taylin Sanley, Kenzie Tonniges, Rori Wieseman Juniors: Charisa Boden, Savanna Boden, Bransen Lavaley, Kelby Neujahr, Janna Roberts, Liam White Sophomores: Graci Conkling, Braylon Peterson,...

Smith Makes Dean’s List

HASTINGS - Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its fall 2023 semester. For the semester, 347 students from 20 states and 10 countries were named to the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.

Library News

The City of Osceola will sell miscellaneous surplus library equipment at the Osceola Public Library at 131 N Main St. Cash sale only, “first come, first serve”. Computer monitors, keyboard, rolling carts, wooden shelf, office chair and pictures. Prices range from $2.00 to $15.00.

Osceola Legion Auxiliary

American Legion Auxiliary Unit #91 will meet on Thursday, January 18th, at the Osceola Legion Club at 7:00 pm. Plans will be made to finalize our January 28th soup fundraiser. Pearl Laycock is hostess.

Mission in Kenya

I would like to express my appreciation to the Stromsburg and Polk UMC for granting me the time off to embark on a vacation and mission work in Kenya. I also extend my heartfelt appreciation to the Stromsburg UMC for their generous donation to the Tumbuni Community Center in Kenya.

Grace Notes

Devotional Reflections by Caroline Russell Snow—It’s an inevitable part of winter, occurring not only in Minne-SNOW-ta,butinmanyotherareasof ourcountryaswell.AsIwritethis(on a Sunday night), southeast Nebraska andthesurroundingareasaregearing up for a significant amount of snow and wind.

Covenant Home Clips

The Christmas decorations are put away for another year. “It seems so plain,” one resident sadly stated, experiencing the after Christmas blahs. December was packed with so many fun and out-of-the-ordinary activities, that January seems a letdown in ways.

Representing You

NEBRASKA SENATOR The crisis at our nation’s southern border is unprecedented. It’s the worst it’s ever been in our country’s history. There have now been over 6.8 million encounters at the southern border since Joe Biden became President. This does not include the 1.