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Three Oakland-Craig speakers place at state speech

The Oakland-Craig speech team was represented by seven speakers at the Class C1 State Speech Contest. Three of which came home with medals. River Wallerstedt was the state-runner up in Entertainment …

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Benne continues to heat up the court at Briar Cliff

Junior Kennedy Benne helped lead the Briar Cliff Chargers to their first Great Plains Athletic Conference title.  Kennedy is the daughter of Dale and Stephanie Benne and a 2020 graduate of Oakland-Craig.
Freshman Year, 2020-21: Kennedy appeared in 26 games for the Cliff scoring 268 points. She grabbed 103 rebounds and dished out 63 assists. Her 97 steals rank third in a single season in program …
Logan View Senior Trap Shooters Theo Windhusen and Jacob Havins work hard hitting their targets during the second week of action on the Jr/Sr High School trap shooting circuit.
Young shooters hit their targets for Logan View
The Logan View Trap Shooting Teams are entering into their third week of competition this week. The Junior and Senior teams have been working hard each week to improve their skills and that hard work …
Logan View hits the track season running
On Friday, the Logan View track and field teams traveled to Seward to face stiff competition at the Concordia University Indoor Meet.  Coming home with individual top-six finishes were the boys …
Kara Selken presses inside against the Lady Raiders.
Successfully fun Lady Knights season comes to an end
Averaging just over 54 points per game, the 2023-24 C2 Oakland-Craig Lady Knights proved to be a formidable foe over its 22-game season. Capturing some signature wins while dropping some …
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Kade Wyatt Smith was welcomed into this world by his parents Colton and Elizabeth Smith of Craig on March 19 th at the Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. Kade Wyatt weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and …
Darlene Deupree of Lyons, is turning 99 on March 30 th . Her family, daughters Carole Blankenbeckler (deceased) and Merlene Paul (deceased), son Jim Deupree of Omaha, daughter Bev and John Gustafson …
Ruby Adelina Staplton was born on January 3 , 2024, 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long. Parents are Sarah Alford and Trey Staplton of Norfolk, and grandparents LeRoy and Linda Alford of Lyons.
Warren “Dennis” Blankenbeckler of Lyons, Nebraska will be celebrating his 80 th birthday on Jan. 13 th . His children Lori and Tim Kleinschmidt of Spokane, Washington, Jim and Karen …
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