Osceola Speech Results

Osceola speech team competed at Mead last weekend. They placed fifth as a team. Hayden Lavaley- Poetry & Serious CHAMPION, Graci Conkling & Makaliee Pheak - Duet 3rd, Braylon Peterson - Extemp 4th and Sadie Sterup - POI 5th.

Sheriff Hires New Deputy

Deputy Dwayne Harvill graduated from the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center on December 14, 2022 and began his career with the Polk County Sheriff's Office immediately following.

FCCLA Members Present to School Board

FCCLA members Selah Theis and Gracelyn Everingham presented to the school board on Monday.

Auxiliary Fund Raiser Was A Huge Success!

We had a great turn out for our American Legion Auxiliary fundraiser. Twelve difference kinds of soup was served and a wide variety of delicious desserts. Thank you to all Auxiliary ladies who brought food, worked, and to our four middle school students for helping.

Supporting the Parks

The park committee held a 'Festival of Tables' fundraising event on Saturday the for a new park pavilion. The event raised $8,994 for Blackbird Park.

Loving the Gresham Library

The Gresham Public Library had a LOVE-ly Story Hour on Saturday with a story about a little robot looking for the meaning of love, Fruit Loop hearts, and the most amazing robots we’ve ever seen! Thank you to all our visitors for encouraging the love of reading in our youngest patrons.

Shroud of Turin Displayed at St. Vincent’s

OSCEOLA — Starting Saturday a pictorial display of the Shroud of Turin, the burial cloth of Jesus along with a few replicas will be at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church in Osceola. This display will run through Feb. 26 and coincides with the Ash Wednesday service on Feb. 22.

Grace Notes

As is my custom on most Sunday nights, I am sitting at my computer, preparing to write another week’s column. It has been a pretty ordinary day for both Ron and me. We watched our church service together via Zoom. We ate. We napped. We listened to music. We talked.

Covenant Home Clips

Did you know there is actually a “Do a Grouch a Favor Day?” Of course, none of us know any grouches do we? In planning what to do for this special day, I looked up famous Grouches.

Birthday Card Showers

OPEN HOUSE /CARD SHOWER for Carolyn Sipes’ 90th Birthday Sunday, February 26, 2-3:45 p.m. at Good Samaritan Society, 600 Center Dr., Osceola, NE. 68651(Covid masks required in facility). If you're not able to attend, Mom would enjoy receiving cards at the address above.