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. Exeter-Milligan 3 - VB (JV) Polk County Quad 4 - 4th Grade Field Trip to Ag Day in York 4 -...

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.

Quilt of Valor Work Day

Stars, Stripes, and Stitches QoV group will be working at the Shelby Legion Post 296 Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Please join us for all or part of the day. *Note: We are meeting the first Saturday, not our usual second Saturday, due to scheduling conflicts.

Christmas Sales Opportunity

Attention crafters, direct sales people and antique dealers: Saturday, December 3rd will be a sales opportunity at the American Legion in Shelby from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $30 for your 8 x 8 space including two chairs. Bring your own table! Additional fee for table rental.

SRC Football Themes

Sep. 30 at Genoa, Pajama Oct. 7 at home vs. Cedar Bluffs, Hawaiian Oct. 14 at home vs. Cross County, Pink-out