By Tyler Dahlgren Her first year as an administrator in Nebraska reaffirmed to Dr. Evelyn Browne why she made the rather uncommon move from a district she was very fond of in New Jersey to the foothills of a favorite vacation spot in the western-most part of the Heartland. “For the last eight or nine years, my husband and I have visited the Sandhills, and the rural lifestyle was something we were...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren For one day, St. Paul's football field transformed into a grade-schooler's play day paradise as students and staff celebrated the school year under some highly-anticipated sun at the school's "Healthy Summer Days" program on Wednesday. The event originated 11 years ago under P.E. teacher Nancy Harrington, who retired last year, as a way to instill healthy habits in kids headed...Read More

Their classmates filled the stands and lined each side of the track, holding signs high into the spring air and cheering as loudly as they could. On the Ashland-Greenwood track, the competitors wore brightly-colored shirts and waited for the sound of the starter gun with looks of determination. After crossing the finish line, and, in most cases, even before, those focused expressions gave way to...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren During her first year as a school counselor, Winside’s Andrea Hinrichs found herself fixating on a possible disconnect between parents of students in the small, northeast Nebraska district and the issues their children could very well deal with every day. Issues that, while sometimes uncomfortable to talk to about, endlessly flood daily newsfeeds. Issues like cyberbullying,...Read More