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Jeri Edis accompanied Bob and Peggy Marsh as they traveled to Ravenna to cheer on Jenna Marsh at her track meet Thursday. After the meet, they went on to Kearney to run errands. On their way home to Mullen, they were caught in the detour maze due to the fires surrounding the Anselmo-Dunning area.

Mullen News

by Jordyn Phipps Alice Phipps spent Easter weekend with the Sestaks at Bridgeport. She also got to see her granddaughter Erin McMullen and her family from Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

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by Julie Pfeiffer, Librarian New books that have recently arrived at the Hooker County Library: Countdown by James Patterson Collateral Damage by J.A.

Looking Back

1 YEAR AGO - 2022 Obituary: Rose Barner 5 YEARS AGO - 2018 Friday the 13th blizzard pounds area with 14-18” of snow Obituary: JoAnne Macke 10 YEARS AGO - 2013 8 kids attend Kindergarten Roundup Birth: Kelsey Allaena to Jim and Crystal Wiese Engagement: Amber Brader and Samuel Zimmerman 25 YEARS...

Sandhills Calendar

MONDAY, APRIL 24 7:00 EMT training meeting, Ambulance garage TUESDAY, APRIL 25 8:30-12 12:45-4:30 Drivers Examiner, Hooker County Courthouse 7:00 Hooker County Area Republican Party, Village of Mullen meeting room THURSDAY, APRIL 27 7:00 Hooker County Historical Society, Old Hotel MONDAY, MAY 1...

Church Calendar

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 a.m. Confessions, 10:30 a.m. Mass. ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Adult and Children Sunday School classes - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship 11:00 a.m., 2nd Sunday - 12:00 Fellowship Dinner - open to the community. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Jr. High and Sr.
Gerri Peterson with her Better Newspaper Contest awards last Saturday in Lincoln. Amy Johnson

Gerri Peterson with her Better Newspaper Contest awards last Saturday in Lincoln. Amy Johnson

Tribune wins three Nebraska Press Association awards

Lincoln - Winners in the Nebraska Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest were announced Saturday night, April 15 at an awards banquet at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln. More than 2,544 separate entries were judged by members of the West Virginia Press Association.

Registration open for the 2023 Nebraska Ranch Practicum

Lincoln - Ranchers interested in learning about the latest cutting-edge research in range livestock production from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are encouraged to register for the 2023 Nebraska Ranch Practicum offered by Nebraska Extension.
Nearly 30 kids participated in the Mullen Commercial Club’s Easter egg hunt that was held last Wednesday, April 5 in the basement of the Assembly of God Church thanks to the covering of snow that was on the ground this year for the event. Gerri Peterson

Nearly 30 kids participated in the Mullen Commercial Club’s Easter egg hunt that was held last Wednesday, April 5 in the basement of the Assembly of God Church thanks to the covering of snow that was on the ground this year for the event. Gerri Peterson