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DCS Homegrown Harmonies Competes at GINW Gold Rush Show Choir Event

Fourteen teams, hundreds of spectators, and one small but mighty group making a big impression on the stage.  Homegrown Harmonies, Dundy County-Stratton’s High School Show Choir, competed in the Grand Island Northwest Gold Rush Show Choir Invitational on Saturday, February 3rd. Homegrown Harmonies, which consists of 7 students, competed against Class A and B high…

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Nana Beall’s Sweet Treats

Tina Beall’s love of freeze-dried Skittles has led to a unique Dundy County business. Nana Beall’s Sweet Treat takes store bought candies and then freeze dries them, making them into a new type of candy. In the beginning, Tina bought a freeze dryer to start making the tasty treat for herself, and then she started…

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Stratton Mainstay Family Business Closing

 Ending over 70 years of quality business service in Stratton by the League family, League Builders will close their doors in Stratton on December 31. The League Builders Era began when Roy League returned home from the Korean War in 1951 and went to work for the Lionberger Lumber Company.  In 1976, Roy and his…

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DCS E-Sports Provides Activity Opportunity Beyond Athletics

One of the fastest growing school activities in Nebraska is E-Sports and Dundy County Stratton has a team. The Dundy County Stratton Board of Education approved the school joining the Nebraska Schools E-sports Association, or NSeSA, last fall and DCS E-Sports team had their first competition in late November. The NSeSA was formed about four…

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Recall Petitions Filed Against Two Trenton Village Board Members

Following a year and half of contentious issues, including the closure of the El Dorado Nursing home, and the letting go of former Village Clerk Wendy Frakes McKain, two Village of Trenton Board Members, Cindy Borges and Phil McDonald, now face recall petitions. The recall petition has been filed by Richard Frakes of Trenton. Frakes…

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DCS Gets First Round Win

The DCS Tigers Football team won their first round Class D2 playoff football game in Benkelman against Elm Creek 38 to 6 Thursday. The Tigers move on the second round where they are seeded #3.  The 16 teams that won their round games were reseeded for the rest of the playoffs based on their wildcard…

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$370,000 Nebraska Pick 5 Winning Ticket Sold in Benkelman

     One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 5 ticket for the Monday, October 9 drawing is holding a ticket worth $370,000.      The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed that one ticket sold for Monday’s Nebraska Pick 5 draw matched all five winning numbers for the $370,000 jackpot. The ticket was sold at Kwik Stop #24, 1417…

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