Young readers invited to write to authors

Young readers in grades 4-12 are invited to write a personal letter to an author for the Nebraska Letters about Literature (LAL) contest, a state reading and writing promotion program.

Looking Back

1 YEAR AGO - 2023Patty Wolfenden is Sandhills Someone Special 5 YEARS AGO - 2019Mary Johnson is Sandhills Someone Special Thanksgiving week and weekend snow and ice storms dump almost a foot of snow in Mullen, most rural areas lose power 10 YEARS AGO - 2014Birth: Orrin Otto to Nolan and Laura...

Church Calendar

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:00 a.m. Confessions, 10:30 a.m. Mass.ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHAdult 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.MULLEN METHODIST CHURCH11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship. Jr.

Sandhills Calendar

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 1:00 American Legion Auxiliary, Village meeting room MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 7:00 EMT business meeting, Ambulance garage TUESDAY, DECEMBER 176:00 Hooker County Area Republican Party, Village of Mullen meeting room7:00 Mullen Volunteer Firemen training, Firehall WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER...

Gudmundsen earns Outstanding Animal Care Award

North Platte - The Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory has been awarded the Outstanding Animal Care Award by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Monday afternoons are for cards

They gather around tables on Monday afternoons for fellowship, to see people they don’t normally run into anywhere else and for their cognitive health.Oh, and to play cards.Every other Monday a group of women (they do have one man who subs) get together to play 500.

Cindy Pearman is back at KoKo’s Palace

by Cindy Pearman 2024 at KoKo’s Palace for Pampered Pets has been a year full of many changes.I, Cindy Pearman, have moved from retirement to full time employment as of June 2024. Truthfully I’m happy to be back!!!