Randolph Times

Filling in

McLEAN – A McLean family will be showcasing regenerative farming practices as part of a Practical Famers of Iowa Field Day event.

WAYNE – Wayne State College included 1,154 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Spring 2024 semester.

Digging the dugout

RANDOLPH – The Randolph Public Schools board approved the purchase of additional security cameras for both the elementary and high school buildings.

Peekin’

RANDOLPH – Randolph area students were named on honor lists at area colleges and universities.

10U softball tournament at Plainview

NORFOLK– Reading is a great equalizer for people from all economic backgrounds.

YANKTON, S.D. –The body of a missing Yankton, S.D., man was recovered Sunday from the MIssouri River where he went msising the week before.

A captive audience

HARTINGTON – A Laurel woman wants statements she made to law enforcement to be excluded from her murder trial.

75 Years Ago - June 9, 1949 RANDOLPH – Billy Walz, 16, Randolph youth, was one of eight hostages taken the first of the week by three Minneapolis gunmen, who used seven cars and covered parts of four states in 72 hours, while groups of policemen and patrolmen threw up road blocks and conducted exhaustive search.

Construction zone

RANDOLPH – Randolph’s aging swimming pool has been leading the city’s public works crew into troubled waters and putting swimmers in a holding pattern waiting for opening day.

Randolph’s summer youth baseball and softball programs are off and swinging, with games held nearly every night of the week. Olivia Rayford (above) stretches off base, ready to run during action against Osmond last week. Colton Winkelbauer (left) grabs his glove and heads off into the ballfield in action against Neligh at home last week.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation kicked off the 2024 WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program on Memorial Day weekend with many updates for its third year.

WAUSA – A recent board discussion about Wausa Public Schools partnering with Osmond Community Schools on a junior high basketball cooperative agreement turned into a larger conversation about the future of the rural districts.

HARTINGTON – A judge won’t make a ruling on whether or not a Laurel man suspected of murder can waive his appearance at his own trial until he can fully advise him of his rights.