Weekly newspaper in Humphrey, Neb., serving northern Platte County, Neb.

Community leaders, project partners, and residents gathered Thursday to celebrate the official ribbon cutting of the Lindsay ...

Democrat photo Community helps buy new rescue unit, which shows what makes town special The images of Creston will be ...

Archangels earned the Crofton Holiday Tournament title with a 59-52 win over Wynot Dec. 30. After a slow start to the game ...

Humphrey Public School is calling its third bond issue focused solely on the academic needs of all students in the district.

The Humphrey-Lindsay girls ran their win streak to three Monday afternoon, downing Shelby/ Rising City 67-18 win in the ...

The years seem like they’re written on a Magic Slate. If you’re of a certain age, like I am, you remember the Magic Slate. It was a piece of stiff cardboard, covered with dark wax paper on one side, ...

The Loup Power District Board of Directors approved a 7.28 percent retail rate increase at its December meeting. The increase comes amid increasing wholesale power costs, material price increases, and ...

Melissa Braun’s claim with the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission (NEOC) has been dropped because of the lawsuit against Archangels Catholic High School. Braun’s attorney Kathleen M. Neary, of ...

The welding curriculum at Humphrey Public School received much-need equipment last week. A donation, provided by Farm Credit Service, American Welding Society and Strobel Energy, was able to purchase ...

Yanqi Xu is examining the agricultural industry in Nebraska as a part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Zach Panther hadn’t yet figured out his future: whether to pursue college ...

Angie Hanson started the morning the same as every other work day. She took her 1-yearold son, Garret, to day care, gave him a kiss and a hug, told him she’d see him later that day, then headed to ...