Blair Mayor Mindy Rump has issued a snow emergency for the City of Blair starting at midnight and going through 6 pm Wednesday. During a snow emergency, city code prohibits vehicles from being parked …
more
2/11/25
|
A status hearing for Kierre L. Williams, the Iowa man accused of the December 2023 killing of Fr. Stephen Gutgsell in Fort Calhoun, is scheduled for Wednesday.
The hearing was postponed in …
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
2/11/25
|
2/11/25
|
Sunday's annual Biscuits and Gravy fundraiser breakfast at the Fire Hall for the Herman Rescue Squad is the first of three fundraising events scheduled for between now and mid-April.
While the …
more
Staff reports
|
2/11/25
|
Lutheran pastors and bishops in Nebraska are condemning allegations by former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn that Nebraska’s Lutheran Family Services is a “money laundering …
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
2/11/25
|
About 30 participants on eight teams took part in the second-annual Puzzle Race at the Blair Public Library & Technology Center on Jan. 31.
Members of the Stangl family took home the …
more
2/6/25
|
Concerns are growing that federal funding for one of Nebraska’s largest social service organizations may be eliminated following two tweets last weekend by confidants of President Donald Trump.
…
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
2/6/25
|
Dania Freudenburg started the school year teaching computer science and robotics at Blair High School. But just before the holiday break she took over as principal at Deerfield Elementary School …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
2/6/25
|
Trevor John Collison of Harrison County, Iowa, who was recently detained in Indonesia and faces federal charges of alleged sexual exploitation of a child and alleged possession of child pornography, …
more
By Aaron Hickman - news@enterprisepub.com
|
2/3/25
|
The Nebraska Disabled American Veterans delivered a van to Washington County last Friday that is designed to be used to provide free transportation to local veterans who need to get to certain …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
2/3/25
|
It might seem like Omaha, Neb., would be the last place you’d find yourself stationed while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.
And if you’re thinking about Marine bases, you’d …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
2/3/25
|
Arlington Public Schools wanted to be ready for its first official Unified basketball game next Tuesday, so it put together a practice run Jan. 16. During a varsity high school basketball …
more
By Grant Egger - sports@enterprisepub.com
|
1/31/25
|
Four people from Blair were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries from a Thursday morning crash at Highway 133 and County Road P30 south of Blair.
According to …
more
Staff reports
|
1/30/25
|
After six generations of ownership, the Rhoades family is selling Enterprise Media Group to Alabama-based Carpenter Media Group. The fast-growing, privately held company owns almost 300 newspapers in …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/29/25
|
Fifth-grade students from Deerfield Elementary School and Arbor Park Elementary School in Blair recently took trips to DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to observe, identify and record migrating …
more
1/28/25
|
A 5% increase in service calls to the Blair Police Department in 2024 is a concerning sign for Police Chief Joe Lager, but it didn’t come as a surprise.
Last Wednesday, the Washington …
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
1/28/25
|
The 2024 Red Kettle Drive for the Salvation Army of Washington County received two big assists from area churches, including a $2,000 donation from the Blair Congregational Church and a $1,500 …
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
1/24/25
|
A group has put together the Bob Bair Journalism Scholarship in honor of the longtime journalism teacher at Blair High School who died last June.
Bair, a Dana College graduate, was an English …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/24/25
|
The coldest weather of the season arrived earlier in the week. It caused Blair Community Schools to close on Tuesday, and Arlington Public Schools and Fort Calhoun Community Schools started two hours …
more
1/24/25
|
Two former Blair High School students were among those who performed in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., last Monday as part of President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities.
…
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/24/25
|
First Lutheran Church in Blair received the Washington County Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Community Service Award for the help it gave with recovery efforts following the April 26 tornado that …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/21/25
|
A defense motion asserting that William P. Collins’ rights to a speedy trial have been violated, and that has pushed back the start of his first-degree murder trial for the foreseeable future.
…
more
BY ADAM BRANTING
|
1/21/25
|
Bob Schoby, Nate Larsen and Melaini Sturm were sworn-in as new members of the Blair Community Schools Board of Education at Monday night’s meeting.
In addition, the board was reorganized …
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/17/25
|
The Blair City Council approved annexation of approximately 270 acres of land on both sides of the recently opened south bypass between Highway 75 and Highway 30 during its meeting Tuesday night.
…
more
By Kevin Bumgarner - editor@enterprisepub.com
|
1/17/25
|