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HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL'S 2020 royal homecoming court includes front row (l-r), Tanley Andersen and Kylee Workman; back row (l-r), Ryan Tempel, Aiden Johnson and Dusty Anderson. Not pictured is Katie Swan. This year's king and queen will be crowned downtown Saturday on the stage following the annual Corn Festival parade....
Corn Festival plans, swimming pool drawings and a change to the current golf cart ordinance topped agenda items at the Haxtun Town Council meeting Monday night, Sept. 14. The Council continues to meet at the Haxtun Community Center to allow for social distancing practices. With a full board minus member Craig McCarty, Mayor Brandon Biesemeier opened the meeting with roll call and pledge of allegiance. Skipping ahead to the lone discussion item on the agenda, the swimming pool, board members...
Fleming voters will be tasked with a number of decisions when it comes time to vote this November. Both the Town of Fleming and the Frenchman School District have questions for voters on the ballot in the upcoming election. The Frenchman Board of Education ballot question is asking voters who live within the school district boundary to approve the collection of additional mills on property taxes. The District is asking to continue collecting up to two mills annually for seven years. In 2000, the local school district successfully passed a bond...
Farmers and ranchers are no strangers to hard times. Producers regularly experience fluctuating commodity prices, trade disruptions and extreme weather events that make their already challenging jobs even harder. The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic disruptions have only compounded the situation, increasing farmers’ stress. But misconceptions about “toughness,” perceived stigma around seeking help, isolation and lack of mental health services in rural communities mean rural residents are often reluctant to discuss the hardships they face...
Haxtun School District has received more than $280,000 in COVID-19 relief funds over the past six months and during the most recent Board of Education meeting, District Bookkeeper Lynda Firme gave board members a breakdown of how those funds have been spent. All CARES and ESSER dollars must be spent by Dec. 31. The CARES Act aids state and local government entities navigating through the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to CARES Act funds, the Haxtun School District received addition...
As winter approaches, their hair has gotten a little long. They are in bad need of new shoes, to compensate for their sore feet, legs and back. They’ve been given about every drug available to help them keep going until the end of the rodeo season. It would be nice to have a fresh replacement, but that’s not possible. The only solution is keep on abusing them. Sounds cruel but that's just the way it is. What’s that you say? “How horrible a way to treat a horse that has given so faithfu...
Some time ago, certain someone in my household returned home from a morning walk with an injured cat. Said cat allowed us to claim her, though we all know cats can never be owned. Two years later, she has accomplished something no other cat has achieved at our place; she manages to stay inside most of the time. The fact that she gets by on just three legs is really just a poor excuse on our part. The problem is that we let her get too close to us, including her ability to vocalize expressions we...
With the cool weather that blew through recently and with fall and winter approaching its time to start focusing on preserving our garden’s goods. Humans have been preserving foods since ancient times. In order to survive periods when hunting was light and crops failed, hunters and gathers learned to preserve their food. There are many ways to preserve fruits, vegetables and meats to store them for longer periods of time. Freezing When the temperature began to drop, ancient people used those t...
14 years ago Oct. 2, 1925 The Haxtun Harvest Fairfield News - Mrs. Gene Peterson entertained a number of her friends at dinner Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ahnstedt, Howard James, Wil Smith and Francis Ahnstedt. Daily News - Dr. Kinzie and Ira Kyger are in Wyoming at present enjoying a hunting trip. Ford Community News - Mr. and Mrs. Hackett enjoyed a pleasant visit from Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Fisher of Fleming Sunday. Mrs. Fisher is an old friend of the family. The showing of the...
Rodney Kent Rahe passed away on Aug. 15, 2020 at the age of 76. He was born to John and Hilda (Stahr) Rahe in Julesburg on Dec. 4, 1943. Rodney was baptized into the Christian faith and reaffirmed his faith through the rite of confirmation at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chappell, Neb. He attended a rural school north of Chappell through the eighth grade and then began high school in Chappell. After his parents moved from Nebraska, Rodney graduated from Haxtun High School. In 1968, Rodney...
