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SCAMMED

Gerri Peterson
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Consumers lost a record $304 million to scams last year, according to the Federal Trade Commission. And the scams aren’t slowing down in 2021. The Hooker County Sheriff’s Office has reported that they have recently received many calls from community members reporting scams of a wide variety.

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Sandhills Calendar

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
MONDAY, MARCH 22 7:00 EMT training meeting, Ambulance garage THURSDAY, MARCH 25 7:00 Hooker County Historical Society, Old Hotel TUESDAY, MARCH 30 8:30-12 12:45-4:30 Drivers Examiner, Hooker County Courthouse

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Church Calendar

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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.

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Looking Back

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
1 YEAR AGO - 2020 Mullen Public Schools to be closed for two weeks, with parents encouraged to prepare for a prolonged closure due to COVID-19 Mullen boys basketball team places 4th at State Basketball Obituaries: Gaylord Porath, Tad Wright 5 YEARS AGO - 2016 Katie Coble qualifies for State...

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Mullen News

Betty Brown
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Kenny and Sharilyn Bader and Annette VanDommelin of Tacoma, Washington, went to Valentine Thursday for a doctor appointment. They enjoyed shopping at all the shops along Main Street also.

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COVID-19 a year after the first confirmed Nebraska case

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Lincoln - As of Tuesday, March 9, the latest statewide total of COVID-19 cases was 203,587; as a reminder, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed one year ago, March 6, 2020. To date, a total of 157,722 Nebraskans testing positive for COVID-19 have recovered.

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CSA Extension office update

News Staff
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Thedford - Here are a few updates from your Nebraska Extension office serving Blaine, Grant, Hooker and Thomas counties. County fair season is upon us. The Central Sandhills Area county fairs will begin in July and run through the second week of August.
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