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Osceola Girls Take Home District Runner Up Plaque

Osceola Girls Take Home District Runner Up Plaque

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Osceola Girls Take Home District Runner Up Plaque

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
OSCEOLA - Osceola hosted district track again, and came out as girls’ runner up. They will send nine girls to state, including two relays. Two additional girls will get to go as alternates.
Above: The fifth graders at Osceola do a wax museum each year where they tell about a famous person. PCN photo by Rick Holtz.

Above: The fifth graders at Osceola do a wax museum each year where they tell about a famous person. PCN photo by Rick Holtz.

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5TH GRADE WAX MUSEUM

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
OSCEOLA — History came alive in Osceola on Friday as the fifth-grade class unveiled their wax museum.The community was invited to hear from the historical characters directly. The class was tasked with selecting a person, researching that selection and then bringing that person to life.
Baumert Wins Award for Bacon

Baumert Wins Award for Bacon

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Baumert Wins Award for Bacon

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
KEARNEY - The NAMP (Nebraska Association of Meat Processors) holds an annual convention and with that a competition. Hunter Baumert, eighth grader at Osceola Public Schools, entered his bacon this year and won!Baumert is the son of Joe and Sarah Baumert.
Gregg Wieseman watches as Lincoln North Star takes on Omaha Westview during the second half of a first-round Class A game during the Nebraska high school girls state basketball tournament at Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena on March 5. Photo by Nikos Frazier, Omaha World-Herald.

Gregg Wieseman watches as Lincoln North Star takes on Omaha Westview during the second half of a first-round Class A game during the Nebraska high school girls state basketball tournament at Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena on March 5. Photo by Nikos Frazier, Omaha World-Herald.

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Superfan Makes His 50th Trip to Boys State BB

Mike Patterson
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Chances are you’ve seen Gregg Wieseman at the boys state basketball tournament. At least if you’ve been to one of the games in the past 50 years.Wieseman, 65, again is making his annual 75-mile trip from Osceola to Lincoln for the boys tourney, an event he has watched every year since 1975.

Meeting Notice

Staff Report
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETINGPublic notice is hereby given that the Osceola Public Schools Board of Education, School District #19, Polk County, will meet in regular session on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025, at 6:00 PM at the Middle/High School Media Center located at 565 Kimmel Street, Osceola,...
Kristina Morrow (pictured) programs the computer (at the left) and this machine quilts out the pattern. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow.

Kristina Morrow (pictured) programs the computer (at the left) and this machine quilts out the pattern. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow.

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QUILTS 2 LOVE IS A LABOR OF LOVE

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
If you’ve walked around the square in downtown Osceola recently, you may have noticed the old flower shop has a new business on the door. Quilts 2 Love is a new unique business run by Kristina Morrow.Kristina came to Osceola in rather a unique way also.
Shelby-RC cheer/dance (above) and Osceola cheer and dance team (below) competed at state competition at the Heartland Championships in Grand Island. Photos provided.

Shelby-RC cheer/dance (above) and Osceola cheer and dance team (below) competed at state competition at the Heartland Championships in Grand Island. Photos provided.

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CHEER/DANCE PLACE AT COMPETITION

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
GRAND ISLAND - Osceola and Shelby-Rising City cheer/ dance teams took part in the Heartland championships in Lincoln on Sunday, January 12th. Both teams did very well bring home two trophies for first.
Janna Roberts, Osceola Cheer and Dance Team. Photo provided.

Janna Roberts, Osceola Cheer and Dance Team. Photo provided.

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Roberts One of State Finalists for Cheer/Dance

Staff Report
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Osceola Cheer and Dance Team (OCDT) is proud to celebrate Janna Roberts, a senior at Osceola High School, for her outstanding achievements through the Heartland Championships.
Above: The Osceola Public School system has 9 (NINE!) sets of twins. Pictured are High School Twins (back row): Dylan and Ashton Merry, Max and Maggie Fritton, Charisa and Savanna Boden, Melinn and Janna Roberts, and Blaire and Myah Sanley. Elementary Twins (front row): Houston and Nixon Hinkle, Gianna and Jericho Battle, Sarah and Brantley Carnes, and Eliza and Evelynn Leeling. Can you tell which are identical and which fraternal? Photo provided by Osceola School.

Above: The Osceola Public School system has 9 (NINE!) sets of twins. Pictured are High School Twins (back row): Dylan and Ashton Merry, Max and Maggie Fritton, Charisa and Savanna Boden, Melinn and Janna Roberts, and Blaire and Myah Sanley. Elementary Twins (front row): Houston and Nixon Hinkle, Gianna and Jericho Battle, Sarah and Brantley Carnes, and Eliza and Evelynn Leeling. Can you tell which are identical and which fraternal? Photo provided by Osceola School.

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SEEING DOUBLE IN OSCEOLA

Beth Sparrow
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Do you think you are seeing double in Osceola? Well, you might be. Osceola Public Schools has NINE sets of twins this school year.We talked to one of these sets of twins, Janna and Melinn Roberts, about being twins.They said a few times they have communicated telepathically.