Merriam’s Midway Shows carnival on the midway and the Craft Fair in the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home kick off the 77th Annual Czech Days celebration on Thursday, June 18th. The Tabor Bluebirds baseball game with Lesterville will be at 7:30 p.m. in Leonard Cimpl Park followed by the Rich Schild Memorial fireworks display to conclude the first day of the Czech Days celebration.

The South Fork Fire in northwestern Nebraska has burned 39,057 acres by Monday night, June 15, 2026, and was 57% contained according to Watchduty. org. The fire was first reported around 4:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, in the Soldier Creek Wilderness of the Pine Ridge Ranger District within the Nebraska National Forest.

LINCOLN, NE (06/15/2026)- More than 6,200 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2025-26 academic year. The following students from Gregory County were named on the list: Burke: Elly Lois Witt, senior, Dean’s List, College of Education and Human Sciences, communication sciences and disorders.

Commander: 'We have presented here these flags of our country which have been inspected and judged as unserviceable. They have reached their present state in a proper service of tribute, memory and love.

More than 3,900 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the spring 2026 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean’s list. To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

The annual South Dakota State Fire School took place June 1213, 2026 in Watertown, South Dakota. Every year, fire instructors from across the state and nation gather to provide educational opportunities for South Dakota fire fighters. Classes range from oneday to two-day classes. The topics of these courses may cover anything from strategies and tactics, to skills based hands-on courses. Attendees can range from anyone who has just joined a fire department, all the way to fire chiefs or fire marshals. State fire school provides both large and small departments opportunities for members to attend and then bring back any skills or tactics they have learned and teach it to their local departments.