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Pictured from left in Danish Oak’s new showroom are Shauna Pursley, Drake Schafer and Dane Schafer. The Hampton business celebrated its 20th anniversary last year and recently expanded next door into the former Smith True Value Hardware Store.

Pictured from left in Danish Oak’s new showroom are Shauna Pursley, Drake Schafer and Dane Schafer. The Hampton business celebrated its 20th anniversary last year and recently expanded next door into the former Smith True Value Hardware Store.

Danish Oak’s latest expansion boosts capacity

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Danish Oak has expanded its operations yet again, acquiring the building next door on main street in Hampton and hiring additional staff to take founder Dane Schafer’s custom cabinet making venture to another level.
It took 900 feet of wire and 400 bulbs to light up Marquette’s Main Street on Wednesday, Nov. 5. With the donations and support received through the Marquette Improvement Repair Fund, the group has more lighting projects planned for the future.

It took 900 feet of wire and 400 bulbs to light up Marquette’s Main Street on Wednesday, Nov. 5. With the donations and support received through the Marquette Improvement Repair Fund, the group has more lighting projects planned for the future.

Shining a light on small town pride

Elizabeth Hunter
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The Village of Marquette became brighter last week as over 400 white light bulbs on more than 900 feet of wire were strung up from the corner of Scotty’s Bar to Cornerstone Bank on Main Street.The lights were installed on Wednesday, Nov.
Tiffany Cure

Tiffany Cure

Judge denies defense motions in Cure case

Ron Burtz
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
With Tiffany Cure of Marquette set to go on trial next month on a charge of first degree murder, Judge Rachel Daugherty has denied a defense motion to suppress statements Cure made during police interviews.
Paul Weishapl, a harm reduction instructor in UNMC’s College of Public Health, photographed at an Omaha sober living facility on Aug. 13. Weishapl has been counting deaths he suspects are drug-related for years and then comparing what he knows to what’s listed on the death certificate. It often fails to mention an overdose.

Paul Weishapl, a harm reduction instructor in UNMC’s College of Public Health, photographed at an Omaha sober living facility on Aug. 13. Weishapl has been counting deaths he suspects are drug-related for years and then comparing what he knows to what’s listed on the death certificate. It often fails to mention an overdose.

Nebraska’s drug death numbers not adding up

News Staff
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Derrek Cocchiarella died slowly, lying in his mother’s bed on a June afternoon in a house full of family. He was napping, they thought. Over four hours, they checked on him often. They didn’t recognize his breath gurgling. They didn’t see the foam forming around his mouth.
Sandra ‘Sandie’ Lundquist will be marrying her fiance Kel French on Dec. 21. The family makes annual trips to Nebraska to visit family and watch the Husker games in Lincoln.

Sandra ‘Sandie’ Lundquist will be marrying her fiance Kel French on Dec. 21. The family makes annual trips to Nebraska to visit family and watch the Husker games in Lincoln.

Lundquist reflects on 40 plus years in education

Elizabeth Hunter
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Every day when R.R. Oehrli Elementary School principal and Aurora grad Sandra “Sandie” Lundquist walks through the halls of her school in Montague, Mich., she looks forward to making a fun and welcoming learning environment for her students and teachers.
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners news

Hamilton County Board of Commissioners news

County discusses pay hike for elected officials

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Hamilton County commissioners discussed a resolution for more than half an hour at their meeting Monday to set salaries for elected county officials for the next four years.
Despite the cold and snow, Shortstack the miniature horse kept his appointment for Come Home to Christmas on Saturday, and was rewarded by a visit to Santa Claus inside Svoboda Benefit Solutions. No word on what he asked Santa to bring him for Christmas.

Despite the cold and snow, Shortstack the miniature horse kept his appointment for Come Home to Christmas on Saturday, and was rewarded by a visit to Santa Claus inside Svoboda Benefit Solutions. No word on what he asked Santa to bring him for Christmas.

Come Home to Christmas, Take 2

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
For the first time in its 7-year history, Aurora’s Come Home to Christmas celebration has had to reschedule most of its events to other weekends.
The Hamilton County, Nebraska Celebrate America 250 Committee started selling its newly published “Our Signature Recipes” cookbook during the Thanksgiving weekend. The books are on sale at the Plainsman Museum. Also available for purchase are America 250-themed t-shirts, bistro cups, stadium cups, stickers and magnets.

The Hamilton County, Nebraska Celebrate America 250 Committee started selling its newly published “Our Signature Recipes” cookbook during the Thanksgiving weekend. The books are on sale at the Plainsman Museum. Also available for purchase are America 250-themed t-shirts, bistro cups, stadium cups, stickers and magnets.

‘Our Signature Recipes’ on sale now at Plainsman

Elizabeth Hunter
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
After cooking up a collection of recipes from residents and families connected to Hamilton County, the Hamilton County, Nebraska Celebrate America 250 Committee has released its cookbook, “Our Signature Recipes.
In keeping with its UNL Extension function, the exterior of the new Extension office building will be “Husker Red” with a stone wainscoting around the bottom. The roof will be a galvanized steel color.

In keeping with its UNL Extension function, the exterior of the new Extension office building will be “Husker Red” with a stone wainscoting around the bottom. The roof will be a galvanized steel color.

Extension building on track for spring completion

Ron Burtz
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
If the current construction schedule holds, the folks who work in the Hamilton County Extension office should be in their new quarters at the fairgrounds well ahead of the county fair next July.
Sandra ‘Sandie’ Lundquist will be marrying her fiance Kel French on Dec. 21. The family makes annual trips to Nebraska to visit family and watch the Husker games in Lincoln.

Sandra ‘Sandie’ Lundquist will be marrying her fiance Kel French on Dec. 21. The family makes annual trips to Nebraska to visit family and watch the Husker games in Lincoln.

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News Staff
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Every day when R.R. Oehrli Elementary School principal and Aurora grad Sandra “Sandie” Lundquist walks through the halls of her school in Montague, Mich., she looks forward to making a fun and welcoming learning environment for her students and teachers.