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Red hot Iowa Western softball riding bats into NJCAA World Series
(Council Bluffs) -- A red hot finish to the season has Iowa Western softball heading to the NJCAA Division I World Series. The Reivers, which will play Monday at 11:00 AM in Oxford, Alabama against Lake Land College, rebounded from a 5-8 start to the season. “We started our season...
Producers to share soil health journeys
The Graze Master Group is holding a no-cost field day and educational event, “Paths to Profitability,” Wednesday, July 24 in Denton, Nebraska. Morning field tours will take place at Brian Brhel’s Denton area farm with Zack Smith, inventor of the Stock Cropper, also presenting. The field day...
Milford band teacher ends on a high note after 35 years of teaching
MILFORD, Neb. (KOLN) - Strive for perfection, achieve excellence, be sure to listen and concentrate. These are the phrases that Mr. Goddard and his students repeat each morning before class starts. “When I first started (teaching), it was, ‘What kind of music can I create?’” said Phil Goddard, band director...
Inaugural Goddard Scholarship awarded to future music teacher
Though he’s retiring, the impact Milford Band Director Phil Goddard has had on students will continue. The senior class of 2024 and the Fine Arts department at Milford High School have begun an endowed scholarship in Goddard’s name that will benefit students who plan to teach. “There are...
Couple grows business in Bennet with home and garden store
BENNET, Neb. (KOLN) - Tailored Life 360 is a hub for gifts in the garden and in the home. The people who created this home in Bennet are a husband and wife who studied horticulture together in college. Now their talents are bringing their business to life. “I transferred in...
Nebraska Supreme Court rejects Bailey Boswell’s appeal, upholds murder conviction
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected Bailey Boswell’s appeal for the murder of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe and upheld her murder conviction. Boswell was sentenced in 2021 to life in prison for her role in the 2017 murder of Loofe, just a few months after her co-defendant and boyfriend at the time, Aubrey Trail, was put on death row for the same crimes. Boswell was spared from the death penalty, which would have made her the first woman on death row in the state.
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