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Young Bulldog Girls Lose 24-43 to Sidney in District Final

The Auburn Bulldog girls’ basketball season ended Friday night, Feb. 26 in the C1-8 district final at Kearney. Auburn lost 24-43 to Sidney. Coach Grant Cole’s Comments “The girls gave a great effort and competed hard. We were right in the game for...

Auburn Cheerleaders Retain C-1 Non-Tumbling State Title

The Auburn High School (AHS) Bulldog cheerleaders are adding another accolade to the school’s trophy case. Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, the unit achieved its fourth consecutive Class C-1 non-tumbling state championship. It is the group’s fifth Class...

Bulldog Boys Double Score on Thunderbirds in Regular Season Finale

By Cooper Weeks Entering their last regular season game of the 2020-2021 season, the Auburn boys basketball team had a record of 19- 0. The only team the Bulldogs still had to play in the regular season were the Thunderbirds of Johnson County...

Peru State Cheer Team Gets Its First-Ever Win

Although it was one of the coldest Valentine’s Days ever, it turned out to be a pretty hot night for the Peru State competitive cheer team. On senior night in the Al Wheeler Activity Center with wind chill outside at least 20 degrees below zero, the...

Fire Destroys Auburn Automotive Business; Other Building Sustains Smoke, Water Damage

Saturday night in downtown Auburn went differently than most people would expect and the effects are still easily visible. Onlookers gathered in the municipal parking lot on the east side of Cafe Metro to watch a long-time business become consumed...

BPW Produced Power to Avoid Rolling Blackouts

AUBURN BPW was one of the few utilities in Nebraska not having an interruption of service because of the extreme cold weather experienced in parts of the United States during the week of Feb. 15. Unit 7, which is pictured, can produce about 5...

News

Peru Community Town Hall Set March 9; Every Other Month Meetings Planned

The Peru community and surrounding areas are invited to a Town Hall on March 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Peru State College Performing Arts Center or by Zoom video conference.

Slight Decrease In New Nemaha County COVID-19 Cases Feb. 21-27

Eight new coronavirus (COVID-19) afflictions were reported from Nemaha County from Sunday, Feb. 21 through Saturday, Feb. 27. That is two fewer incidences than during the week of Sunday, Feb.

February Was Much Colder, Slightly Drier Than Normal

February 2021 averaged 12.7 degrees below normal, the coldest since 1989. The maximum temp was 63 degrees on February 23rd, just seven days after the month’ minimum temperature of -32.

Sports

Young Bulldog Girls Lose 24-43 to Sidney in District Final

The Auburn Bulldog girls’ basketball season ended Friday night, Feb. 26 in the C1-8 district final at Kearney. Auburn lost 24-43 to Sidney.

Coach Grant Cole’s Comments

Unbeaten Bulldog Boys Seek Third Straight State Title

The Bulldogs finished off the 2020-21 regular season with a 74-37 victory over Johnson-County Central to complete an unbeaten regular season.

By Cooper Weeks

Bulldog Boys Double Score on Thunderbirds in Regular Season Finale

By Cooper Weeks

Obituaries

MARILYN KAY KNIPPELMEYER

Marilyn Kay (Behrends) Knippelmeyer was born June 28, 1944 in Auburn, Nebraska. She was one of three children born to Orval and Ora (Gerdes) Behrends.

EDWARD “BUS” HALL

Edward “Bus” Hall, one of five children of Garlan “Fat” and Ella W. (Kerns) Hall, was born February 13, 1946, at Tushla Hospital in Auburn, Nebraska.

DOROTHY C. NIEDERMEYER

Dorothy Christine (Grube) Niedermeyer was born January 22, 1929 on the family farm outside Johnson, Nebraska.

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