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Nebraska minimum wage will see an increase to $12 an hour next week 12/27/2023 12:00 AM

Sounds of the Season

Sounds of the Season

Season Wausa Public Schools held its 2023 Elementary and High School Christmas Concert on Dec. 19 to the delight of a packed school gymnasium crowd. Freya Corbin, Aaron Smith and Levi Wamberg (above), wearing reindeer antlers, jingle bells as they perform. Ben Barta (left) plays the trumpet. Hayden Frevert and Rhett Kraft (below left) have fun performing with kazoos. Ainsley Dawson (below right) plays the violin. Mason Nipp, Abram Wynia, Jacob Schindler, Lane Murray, Kyson Doerr and Gaven Schreiner (bottom) have a fun time while performing. See more photos on Page 6. 12/27/2023 12:00 AM

Peace on Earth

Friends, A blessed Christmas to you and your family! May we pause this day to consider and give thanks for all that our great God has done for us. 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Peace on Earth

Dear Osmond Community, Many Christmas’ ago, my uncle had an idea. He thought he would stir things up a bit when it came time for me and my cousins to open up our presents. So what did he do??? He hid them! He had us cousins search around Grandma and Grandpa’s house, following clue after clue. I don’t remember all of the places we looked, but I do remember digging through Grandma’s cleaning closet at one point. We took quite some time to find our gifts! 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

The Christmas Wreath

The Christmas Wreath

Oh! Christmas wreath upon the wall, Within thine ivied space I see the years beyond recall, Amid thy leaves I trace The shadows of a happy past, When all the world was bright, And love its magic splendour cast O’er morn and noon and night. 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Merry Christmas from Deb Fischer

Merry Christmas from Deb Fischer

In 1946, a new tradition was born in Nebraska’s Christmas City. A Methodist minister and a drama teacher in Minden put their heads together to dream up a new Christmas pageant. Their play, which would come to be called the “Light of the World” pageant, brought the Christmas story to life with color and excitement. 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

NEBRASKA TIMELINES . . .

NEBRASKA TIMELINES . . .

Schommer was presented by the News as a “professional Santa Claus of international experience,” who for 16 years had played the role in Omaha and Paris. 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Seeing Santa at the Brandeis Store

Seeing Santa at the Brandeis Store

By 1900, many department stores across America featured a live Santa Claus during the holiday season. Children typically sat on his lap and whispered their Christmas wishes into his ear. The Omaha Daily News on Dec. 18, 1909, published an interview with an Omaha man, Gust Schommer, “who plays Saint Nick at the Brandeis stores.” 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Campus Notes

Kopp receives doctorate from Baylor College 12/20/2023 12:00 AM

Sons of the American Legion receive award

Sons of the American Legion receive award

OSMOND – Osmond's Sons of the American Legion Squadron 326 re- cently received a continuous member certificate from the national organization commemorating its 10th year in service. 12/20/2023 12:00 AM