Commentary

Bekah Mead

Bekah Mead

More than just a milestone

Bekah Mead
Monday, December 23, 2024
December 25th, 1994; that is where my story began. A sudden interruption of Christmas dinner ending in the sweet baby cries of my parents’ greatest Christmas gift, ever!Exactly 10,950 days since then I finally reached the ripe age of 30. I have mixed emotions about it.
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Troubling trend

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Talk about bah, hum-burglers!I think there should be a very special naughty list on Santa’s radar for folks who prey upon the goodwill of others this time of year.
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Hampton a model of civic cooperation

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Hampton School Supt. Holly Herzberg said it best: “If you live in Hampton and there’s a need and there’s a project, you’re going to find people to support it and get it done.” That statement, made at the Nov.
Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson

Pardon the interruptions

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Pardon me, but all this talk about pardons is already a bit much, setting the stage for a tit-for-tat start to the new year.
Ron Burtz

Ron Burtz

Our cross-cultural Thanksgiving

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Our whirlwind five-day trip to my sister’s home in western Illinois for Thanksgiving turned out to be the perfect warm-up to our celebration of Christmas.
Readers write

Readers write

Community losing sense of family

News Staff
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Dear Editor:I’ve lived in Hamilton County for 68 of my 69 years. I now live across the road from my childhood home. I can remember back when our neighbors all worked together to harvest hay, silage, corn and milo.
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A growing tradition

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
The weather was chilly Saturday, but the vibe on the downtown square was heart-warming.That was the unanimous consensus of anybody and everybody you talked to enjoying the annual Come Home to Christmas celebration.
Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson

A giant Husker letdown

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
What a disappointment.While the ending of Friday’s Nebraska/Iowa game was a gut-punch for Husker football faithful, something before the regular season finale is what many are still talking about, for all the wrong reasons.
For more than 40 years, Rod and Kathy Worrell faithfully covered the news in the Ainsworth area, and owned other weekly newspapers in Valentine and Gregory, S.D. But until recently, they had little prospect of selling the two Nebraska papers. (Courtesy of Rod and Kathy Worrell)

For more than 40 years, Rod and Kathy Worrell faithfully covered the news in the Ainsworth area, and owned other weekly newspapers in Valentine and Gregory, S.D. But until recently, they had little prospect of selling the two Nebraska papers. (Courtesy of Rod and Kathy Worrell)

When presses go silent, we all lose

News Staff
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
A week ago, Rod Worrell wrote a newspaper headline he hated to type:“Ainsworth Star-Journal to Cease Publication on December 25.” A similar headline proclaimed the impending demise of the Midland News of Valentine. Worrell and his wife, Kathy, own both newspapers.