Wood River teen faces battle with scoliosis with courage and determination.

Three challengers ousted incumbent Central Nebraska mayors in Tuesday's elections, with two taking the reins of city governments in turmoil. Voters in Hastings, Burwell and Wood River all approved the turnover.

BioFuel Energy's Pioneer Trail ethanol plant in Wood River has resumed production after a previously scheduled shutdown of the plant, said Dan Simon, the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer.

On a night when defense dominated the proceedings, Grand Island Central Catholic got just one big play. And for that night, it was enough.

Grand Island Central Catholic took an opening round victory in the Class C-1 football playoffs as the Crusaders downed Wood River 14-6. Central Catholic (8-1) survived being outrushed 189 yards to 119, outpassed 133-108, having fewer first downs and being forced into nine punts.

Even though Grand Island Central Catholic and Wood River didn't meet up during the regular season this year, the two teams are far from unfamiliar with each other.

When the final curtain came down on Wood River Rural High School's production of "Cinderella" for the district's elementary school students on Thursday, the audience's excitement was palpable.

Class C-1 No. 3-rated (Omaha World-Herald) St. Paul won two matches in straight sets to claim the Wood River Triangular Thursday night.

Class C-1 No. 9-rated (Omaha World-Herald) Kearney Catholic downed Class C-1 No. 10 Wood River in the consolation finals of the Lou-Platte Conference Tournament in straight sets 25-17, 25-17, 25-19 Thursday night.

Freeze warnings were out Tuesday morning for Central Nebraska following a weekend where area rainfall was nearly 2 inches at some locations.

All it takes is a drive from tiny Sarpy County (241 square miles) across Nebraska to Cherry County (5,961 square miles, slightly larger than Connecticut) to see there's no such thing as one-size-fits-all when it comes to Nebraska's counties. That doesn't just go for the size of those counties; it goes for the size of their boards, too. Stand before the county board in Hall, Buffalo or Adams County, and you'll face seven people.  Head east to Hamilton County, and you'll see just three. That could change next month, when Hamilton County residents vote on whether to increase their board's size to five members.

Running back Taylor McTavish and an experienced offensive line have proven to be a winning combination for Wood River.

That will need to continue to be the case for the Eagles this week if they are to earn their biggest win of the season.

Wood River hosts Minden in what for all intents and purposes is the championship game of Class C-1's District 8.

Class C-1 No. 10-rated Wood River improved to 13-2 on the season with a 25-19, 25-16 victory over Hastings St. Cecilia in the St. Cecilia Tournament championship match Thursday night.

Alex Egger of Wood River is one of the four University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who play the school's oldest mascot, Herbie Husker.

Wood River breezed past Loup City 25-9, 25-15, 25-18 in a battle of Lou-Platte Conference foes Thursday night in area high school volleyball action.

Wood River defeated guests Doniphan-Trumbull and Blue Hill to win the Wood River Triangular Thursday night in area high school volleyball action.

Two men were taken to St. Francis Medical Center after a motorcycle collided with a bicycle near Wood River Saturday morning.
 

Recycle a can to build a home. That's what thousands of people have joined together to do through Cans for Habitat.

Grand Island's quest to build a year-round household hazardous waste facility is expanding beyond the city.

Most tractor pulls involve one tractor pulling and a lot of people watching. Wood River's Bohemian tractor pull requires a lot more work.

St. Francis Medical Center has announced that the Primary Care Clinics in Cairo and Wood River will be closing. The last day they will be open is Sept. 30.