Boyd County, NE

There was a whole lot of shakin’ going on in Boyd County last week. The U.S. Geological Survey said a spot just north of Anoka — located 37 miles north of O’Neill — was the epicenter of two earthquakes. The first rattled the area at 10:25 a.m. Friday, and the...

MONOWI — Built in 1903, the Monowi Tavern has seen faces from around the world come through its doors. It's a building that is owned and operated by a population of 1, but a building that is taken care of and loved by a few people from the Boyd County area.

The U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake occurred in Boyd County Friday morning. According to the USGS, a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was observed around 10:30 a.m. 10 kilometers northeast of Anoka in Boyd County near the Nebraska-South Dakota border. The USGS said the earthquake had a depth of approximately 5 kilometers. It added the earthquake occurred in a sparsely populated area, with Sioux Falls, S.D. and Sioux City, Iowa experiencing weak shaking.

SPENCER, Neb.–(KOLN/KGIN-TV June 4)–Two earthquakes were reported at the Nebraska/South Dakota border on Friday. The first quake registered 3.7 on the Richter Scale and happened happened just before 10:30am five miles north of Anoka in Boyd County. A 3.1 tremor later happened just before 6 Friday evening in the same area.

There was a whole lot of shakin’ going on in Boyd County earlier this week. The U.S. Geological Survey said a spot just north Anoka — located 37 miles north of O’Neill — was the epicenter of two earthquakes. The first rattled the area at 10:25 a.m. Friday, and the...

On April 27th, the Saint Mary's Cardinals competed at the Boyd County Invite in O'Neill. Cardinal medalists for the girls were Emma Otte, sixth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 14.57, Lorissa Reiman, fourth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:07.84, Faith Williamson, second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:36.77 and Kaylin Gaughenbaugh, third in the 800 with a time of 2:49.08. Hannah Gleason placed fifth in the mile with a time of 6:59.89. The 4X100 meter relay team of Otte, Joslyn Eby, Hope Williamson and Delaney Wohlert placed fourth with a time of 57.62 and the 4X400 meter relay team of Faith Williamson, Mya Hedstrom, Reiman and Alissa Brabec placed first with a time of 4:31.02. The 4X800 meter relay team of Brabec, Hope Williamson, Reiman and Faith Williamson placed first with a time of 11:08.09.

O’NEILL, Neb. — Niobrara-Verdigre claimed a pair of runner-up team finishes in the Boyd County Invitational track and field meet, held Tuesday in O’Neill, Nebraska. Summerland won the boys’ title with 123 points, beating out the Cougars (98) and O’Neill St. Mary’s (83). For Niobrara-Verdigre, Gunner Vargas had a hand...

HARTINGTON - Things may have not gone the way the Hartington-Newcastle girls basketball team would have envisioned or hoped for, but the 2020-21 season still left with plenty of positive feelings. Yes, a 45-40 sub-district semifinal defeat isn’t an ideal way to end, but a team full of freshmen and...

The Lady Cardinals played a couple of close games this past week. On Tuesday, Feb. 9 the Boyd County Spartans came to town. The game started close with the Spartans putting up 11 points in the first and the Cards right behind with 10 points. the second quarter the Cards only managed an additional five points while the Spartans could only muster up seven additional points. At the half, the Cards trailed 15-18. The Cards played catch up in the third when they put up two more points than the Spartans and took the lead in the fourth with three more points than the Spartans could put on the board. At the buzzer the Cards had the 37-35 win.

The St. Mary’s Cardinals played host twice this last week when the Boyd County Spartans came to play on Tuesday, Feb. 9 and West Holt Huskies made their way from Atkinson on Thursday, Feb. 11. Against the Spartans, the Cards came out fighting, and never looked back. They started the...