Career Fair
On Thursday, Feb. 23, over 200 Syracuse High School students attended a Career Fair hosted by the Syracuse FFA Chapter.
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Dakota Wesleyan signs two Otoe County players
Dakota Wesleyan football and head coach Ross Cimpl ink 35 signees on National Signing Day. Tiger football signed 15 athletes from here in South Dakota, nine from Nebraska, three from Wyoming, two from California and one from Minnesota, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Maryland and Utah. The 2023 DWU Tiger recruiting class totals 10 different states across the board.
Public Records
Arrest Feb. 26: Adam Bock, Nebraska City, suspicion of third-degree domestic assault.
Palmyra News
March, it’s MARCH! I suspect Spring is just around the corner. There will be several locations having fish fry’s during the Lent season.
Area College Track Athletes
USD: Summit League Championships, Vermillion, SD, February 24-25 Meredith Clark, 1st Shot Put, 49’01”; 6th Weight Throw, 61’08.25” Lauren Meyer, 6th Triple Jump, 39’01” (personal best) UPCOMING: USD: NCAA Championships, Albuquerque, NM, March 10-11 Doane: NAIA Championships, Brooking, SD, March 2-4 Iowa Western: NJCAA Indoor National Championships, Topeka, KS, March 3-4 Dakota State University: NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships Brooking, SD, March 2-4
Syracuse boys’ team wraps up at subdistrict final
When it comes down to the end of the season, teams oftentimes have a little bit “more” to give than usual. But the Syracuse boys’ basketball team couldn’t respond when Auburn hit seven three-point shots in the first half on its way to a 31-15 lead at halftime.
Recipe for cooking disaster?
Last week was a busy one for me. The Murdock Methodist Church had the privilege of having a young woman tell about her journey through Stage 4 lung cancer last Sunday.
LINDA C.BLACK HOROSCOPES
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (02/24/23). Reap a bountiful harvest this year. Disciplined practices build to realize your long-term dreams. Springtime animates imaginative possibilities, motivating the redirection of your summer research. Joint ventures earn extra autumn profits, before changes reorient your creative communications. Invest and save for the future.
S-D-A Random Acts of Kindness
S-D-A Elementary School started Random Acts of Kindness Week off with a special activity over lunch recess. Students and staff wrote or drew a kind act they were going to do on a slip of paper, and the papers were combined to form a long paper chain of kindness.
MARILYN A. NEELS
Marilyn A. Neels, age 92 of rural Dunbar, NE passed away Thursday; Feb. 16, 2023 at Good Samaritan Home in Syracuse, NE. She was born on November 5, 1930 in Nebr. City, NE; the second child of Sterling J. and Caroline E. (Heng) Kreifels. She was raised on the family farm near Paul, NE, attended country school and later attended Nebr. City High School where she graduated with the Class of 1948. Following her graduation, she worked for Harvey Risk River Construction for a few years. She was united in marriage to Orlin V. Neels on May 5, 1955 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Paul, NE. Marilyn and Orlin raised their family south of Dunbar. She was a loving housewife and homemaker and was very involved in the day-to-day duties of the family farm. She is survived by her husband of 67 years Orlin Neels; children: Ed (Sharon) Neels, Dean (Barbara) Neels, Richard (Diane) Neels, Mary (Jack) Frary, Ann (Todd) Boellstorff, Nancy (Jeff) Reed and Marla (Tim) Rowe; 24 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, in-laws Hans and Frieda Neels, beloved granddaughter Brandy Neels, and siblings and spouses: Francis “Pat” and Irma Kreifels, Jean and Don Wurtele, Joyce and Norman Kempkes, John and Janet Kreifels, Marcene and Allen Burr and Carolyn and Bob Lechner. Funeral Services will be held Monday (2/27) at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paulinus Church in Syracuse, NE. Fr. Ryan Salisbury will celebrate the Mass and burial will follow in Park Hill Cemetery at Syracuse. The family will greet friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday (2/26) at St. Paulinus Church followed by a Prayer Service/Rosary at 7 p.m. Memorials may be given to St. Paulinus Church in Syracuse or the Dunbar Fire Department. Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes. com. Gude Mortuary in charge of the arrangements.