Laurel Advocate

YANKTON, S.D. – A support group for people with restless legs syndrome will meet in Yankton.

July 9, 2009

Area residents flocked to the Dixon County Fairovertheweekend.TheFairstartedFriday and wraps up Wednesday night. (right) Alex Uthof of Ponca, Brooke Hansen of Laurel, and Maya Brummels of Coleridge, wait with their cattle for the showmanship portion of theopencattleshowtobegin Sunday.(below) Onedrivergetsalittlehelpfromatrackofficial during the Power Wheels demolition derby Saturday. (middle, right) Naomi Badley, 8, Laurel, snuggles with a baby pig in the petting zoo Saturday. (bottom, left) Brooke Hansen, Laurel, leads her animal at Sunday’s Dixon County Fair open class show.

SIDNEY – Brodie Mitchell and Alexys Hurt sat at a table inside a cozy coffee shop just off Interstate 80, sipping specialty drinks and discussing their decision to pursue a health care career.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture’s Poultry Photo Contest is currently accepting entries from poultry-raising 4-H and FFA members.

July 15, 1954

WAYNE – In conjunction with the Wayne Chicken Show, Wayne State College will present five planetarium shows on Saturday, July 13. Admission is free and open to the public, but free-will donations are accepted.

July 11, 1984

July 6, 1939

July 10, 1969

CONCORD – The Haskell Ag Lab Family Field Day will take place Wednesday Aug. 7.

June 26, 1969

WAYNE – Wayne State College included 1,154 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Spring 2024 semester. Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for the semester. An asterisk (*) denotes a 4.0 GPA for the term.

If you haven’t been by the school lately, there is a change in the outdoor scenery. 

June 28, 1989

June 27, 1979

July 2, 1964

LAUREL– For the first time in several years, the Laurel Advocate will be raising its news stand rate, as well as its annual subscription rates.

July 2, 1959

CONCORD – It may seem early to some, but the Dixon County Fair is right around the corner.

In an interview recorded on May 28, 2004, Lauren Johnson told this writer that he had met up with another Laurel soldier somewhere between Omaha Beach and the French city of St. Lo.