Eclipse mania reigns for two-minute
solar spectacle Monday
By Lasondra Aurand
“Welcome Pike Valley and All Eclipse People”
That was the sign that greeted more than 200 Pike Valley elementary and high school students and patrons in Tobias, Nebr. Monday morning when they arrived... + continue reading
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City asks county to reduce landfill bill for Republic Hotel block
By Deb Hadachek
The buildings are gone, but the bill remains.
Belleville City Manager Neal Lewis repeated a plea to Republic County Commissioners Monday to reduce a landfi ll... + continue reading
By Fred Arnold
The City of Belleville began work on a series of widesweeping changes Monday that would crack down on owners of commercial properties who are in violation of local ordinances.
Council members voted in separate motions to contract with the... + continue reading
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Monday’s eclipse is first in Kansas in 99 years
The first solar eclipse to come to the area in 99 years will take place on Monday afternoon. The Great American Eclipse, as it's being called, will cross 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina. Kansas and Nebraska are two of the states... + continue reading
By Cynthia Scheer
The history of several of Republic County's stone houses is unknown, and many locals say the people who would know anything about them are gone.
Such is the case with the stone house Margaret Lachman refers to as “the original homestead.”
To read more... + continue reading
Tobi Wilber - Grand Champion Market Goat
Natalee Bray - Reserve Champion Market Goat
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Sports
First row - Dick Brennenstuhl, Bob Butler, Joe Spurney, Coach Bob Feasel, Dick
Skelton, Shorty White, ?
Second row - ?, Phil Kersenbrock, Francis Esslinger, Tommy Swierski (sp?), Chuck... + continue reading
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By Fred Arnold
This is the ‘Ally column.’ Last week I said goodbye to Telescope intern Ally Brunner. She is moving on from our office at 1805 N Street, heading to the University... + continue reading
Youth
Forty-eight 4-H members from the River Valley District traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday, August 7. After spending two full days of sightseeing and learning, the group traveled back home... + continue reading
