Governor Supports Multi-State Challenge to Biden Administration’s Student Loan Cancellation Program

LINCOLN — Thursday, Nebraska and five other states filed a challenge to the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Cancellation Program.

Get a Flu Shot in October

The Polk County Health Department will be giving flu shots in the senior/community centers at the following locations. Please REGISTER for an appointment at the location of your choice. Bring your Medicare card.

Annie Jeffrey Health Fair October 4th

Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health Center is always taking precautionary steps to protect our patients, community members and staff from the exposure and spread of any illness including COVID-19.

Area Students Nominated for Believers & Achievers

Area students have been nominated for the Believers and Achievers program for the 2022-2023 school year.

Wheeler Wins Football Contest For Week Four

Dean Wheeler of Osceola is this week’s Polk County News Football Contest winner! He only missed two entries. Runner-up also missing two was Dennis Koinzan of Stromsburg. They both missed the upset games of Texas versus Texas Tech and Oklahoma losing to Kansas State.

Governor in favor of voter ID

Gov. Pete Ricketts said Monday that Nebraskans should be required to show photographic identification before voting, even though he acknowledged there have been few cases of voter fraud in the state. “The time to try to correct your system is not after you discover there’s fraud,” he said.

FROM THE FILES of The Shelby Sun

TEN YEARS AGO September 27, 2012 Shelby-Rising City had 13 sets of twins attending school in grades K through 12. Pictured were three sets of first graders.

HUSKY ACTIVITIES

September 28 - No School, P-T Conf. 29 - GO at Centura 10 AM 29 - SO at Milford 5 PM 29 - VB vs. Palmer 5:30 PM 30 - FB vs. Twin River at Genoa 7 PM October 3 - SB Subdistricts TBA 3 - FB (JV) vs.

Shelby Senior Center Contest

Starting Monday October 3rd, a photo will be posted somewhere in Shelby. The first person who correctly identifies the photo will win a free meal at the Senior Center. The photo will be posted on Facebook and the first correct comment will win.