Auxiliary Meeting
News Staff
Shelby Legion Auxiliary meeting and work day Tuesday March 28 at 1:30 at Legion Club in Shelby.
Bring volunteer hours.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
News
The Birth of Highway 92
Bob Greenwall
Highway #92 was born early in 1939, announced with a large promotional map in the paper proclaiming it to be “fastest, shortest, safest...built for modern vehicles.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Library News
News Staff
by Beth Sparrow
Library Board
We are saddened to report the loss of another assistant librarian. She had to quit for personal reasons. So if you know someone wanting a little money and to get out of the house for a few hours, please send them to apply.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Res-Q Shoppe
Lee Braasch
Our March weather has been a roller coaster with two or three days of cold weather, and then 60-degree weather. We are thankful for the small rains and snow squalls as we need all the moisture we can get. It seems like all the fronts go around us.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Library News
News Staff
Join us tomorrow, Friday, March 24 from 2:00—4:00 for a book signing! Local author Alena Mentink will be at the Osceola Public Library with copies of her latest novel, A Bargain to Keep. The first in a series of historical romances, A Bargain to Keep takes place right here in Osceola!
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Free Yoga Class for Beginners coming to Osceola on Friday
News Staff
The Polk County Health Dept, Four Corners Health Dept., and Polk County Senior Services are hosting a Free Yoga Class For Beginners. The class is Friday at 1 p.m. St Vincent Catholic Hall, Osceola.
This is an opportunity to learn about Yoga, or get reacquainted with Yoga.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
School Board OKs $112k for Scoreboards
Rick Holtz
STROMSBURG — The indoor sports experience will look a little different next year at Cross County.
On Monday the Cross County Schools Board of Education approved a plan to install two new scoreboards in the main gym. The cost of the project is $112,000.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Cross County is sending five students to the state competition. Ella Pinkleman and Revin Nyberg qualified for Duet Acting. Mason Lindburg qualified for Entertainment Speaking. Addie Linn qualified for Informative Speaking. Ava Cramer qualified for Extemporaneous Speaking.
Area Students Qualify for Speech State
Rick Holtz
Polk County speech teams are heading to Kearney for the State speech meet this week.
Cross County (C1) and Shelby-Rising City (C2) will compete on Thursday, while High Plains (D1) and Osceola (D1) will compete on Friday. All competition will take place at Kearney High School.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The High Plains Speech Team win the D1-4 Speech District on March 8. All nine team members have qualified for the State competition. High Plains School photo
High Plains Wins District
Rick Holtz
FRANKLIN — High Plains is the District Speech champions.
High Plains speech team competed on March 8 at the D1-4 District at Franklin High School. The Storm finished with 230 points, edging six other teams for the title. Osceola finished third at the district with 170 points.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Cross County Robotics team 5155A (consisting of Dane Holtzen, Brett Williams and Andrew Dubas) has been invited to Vex Robotics World Championships in Dallas Texas. Cross County Schools photo
CC Robotics is Heading to World Championships
Beth Sparrow
OMAHA — Two Cross County teams, 5155A (Dane Holtzen, Brett Williams and Andrew Dubas) and 5155E (Sam Haug, Marshall Johansen and Talon Carter) qualified to compete at state VEX robotics at Omaha North High School last weekend. There were 48 teams competing at the high school level.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
