Go to main contentsGo to search barGo to main menu
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Laurel Advocate

Leaderboard (below main menu) securechecking
Leaderboard (below main menu) bankofhartington
LCC students earn spots in State Band
LCC students earn spots in State Band
LAUREL – Several Laurel-Concord-Coleridge band members qualified for State Band this year. 01/31/2024 12:00 AM
Laurel native honored for her work at NECC
Laurel native honored for her work at NECC
NORFOLK – Never underestimate the importance of a smile from a teacher – at any age. 01/31/2024 12:00 AM
Local FFA students compete at District meet
Local FFA students compete at District meet
NORFOLK – Several LCC FFA students took part in the District Livestock Judging contest held at Northeast Community College, Thursday, Jan. 25. 01/31/2024 12:00 AM
New construction planned for early childhood facility
New construction planned for early childhood facility
LAUREL – A new childcare facility in the works for Laurel will be built new instead of renovating. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM
Snow fun
Snow fun
Elizabeth and William Kneifl had fun climbing a snow mountain near their house. They were later joined by their siblings, Walter (back) and Genevieve (front) as they decided to go sledding. The snow and cold couldn’t keep these area kids from being outside. The recent snowfalls were all that was needed to give area kids a chance to finally get out and have some fun in the white stuff. From sledding to climbing the huge mountains of snow to building a tunnel, or maybe building a snowman or having a snowball fight, whatever the activity was, the kids had a ball. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM
Schutte reaches a big milestone at Concordia
Schutte reaches a big milestone at Concordia
SEWARD – A Laurel native continues to make a name for himself on the college basketball court. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM
LCC Bears stumble against tough area opponents
LCC Bears stumble against tough area opponents
WAYNE – After returning to the court after a couple of weeks off thanks to Old Man Winter, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge ran into a couple of good basketball teams in Battle Creek and at Wayne Jan. 19 and 20. 01/24/2024 12:00 AM
Lawyers look to move murder trial
Lawyers look to move murder trial
01/22/2024 03:53 PM
Digging out
Digging out
Trevor Pederson works to clear snow from the sidewalk.   false 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Making the move
Making the move
LCC School Board approves switching to new conference 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Don’t anger the underground supervolcano
Don’t anger the underground supervolcano
There’s a supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park called the Yellowstone Caldera that last erupted in a big way approximately 640,000 years ago. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Legislative bill would put governor in charge of History Neb.
Legislative bill would put governor in charge of History Neb.
LINCOLN – History Nebraska, formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society, would become an agency under the governor’s control under a proposal from State Sen. Steve Erdman. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Another historic Laurel building is being demolished
Another historic Laurel building is being demolished
Another building with a long history is being demolished. This one is the old lumberyard on the north side of First Street. Older people may remember it as Great Plains Supply Co. Although this building was erected 110 years ago, a lumberyard has occupied that site since the beginning of the town. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Les Bohlken retires after 37 years driving for TMC
Les Bohlken retires after 37 years driving for TMC
DES MOINES, Iowa – After 37 years with TMC and as one of very few drivers to achieve more than four million safe miles, specialized driver Les Bohlken retired at the end of 2023. 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
1944: Huddleston, Paulsen elected to guide Commerce Club
1944: Huddleston, Paulsen elected to guide Commerce Club
Jan. 3, 1929 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
1974: New pet food processing plant to hold open house
1974: New pet food processing plant to hold open house
Jan. 20, 1949 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
1994: Felber leads Lady Bears to big win
1994: Felber leads Lady Bears to big win
Jan. 3, 1979 01/17/2024 12:00 AM
Cedar County sees drought improvement in 2023
Cedar County sees drought improvement in 2023
LINCOLN – Drought remained the main weather concern for 2023, but those conditions are easing in Cedar County and in northern areas of the state. 01/10/2024 12:00 AM
Genslinger to present faculty trumpet recital
Genslinger to present faculty trumpet recital
WAYNE – Spirited emotion underscores Michael Genslinger’s faculty trumpet recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in the Peterson Fine Arts Building’s Ramsey Theatre at Wayne State College. 01/10/2024 12:00 AM
Public invited to help revise state wildlife action plan at area meetings
Public invited to help revise state wildlife action plan at area meetings
NORFOLK – Be a part of the process to update Nebraska’s state wildlife action plan, which outlines conservation efforts and priorities for Nebraska’s most vulnerable plant and animal species.   false    01/10/2024 12:00 AM
LCC Lady Bears fall to Cedar, top Winnebago
LCC Lady Bears fall to Cedar, top Winnebago
LAUREL – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge dropped a girls’ basketball game to Cedar Catholic here on Jan. 4 to open action in 2024 then traveled to Winnebago on Jan. 5 to take on the Lady Indians in a Lewis & Clark Conference match up that was all Lady Bears, winning 70--   false 01/10/2024 12:00 AM
Leaderboard (footer) donmiller
Leaderboard (footer) bankofhartington
Download our app!
App Download Buttons
Google Play StoreApple App Store
Read Cedar County News e-Edition
Cedar County News
Read Laurel Advocate e-Edition
Laurel Advocate
Read The Randolph Times e-Edition
The Randolph Times