Next week is South Loup Homecoming Week, and the Callaway junior class will be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts as a fundraiser during the Oct. 2 Homecoming football game.

The Callaway Village Board announced that they have hired a new town marshal. He is 21-year-old Dave Magnuson from Rio Hando, California. He has attended 10 weeks of police academy training and has received certification for police work.

Nebraska corn harvest began last week, with 3% of the crop harvested, although maturity remained behind its typical pace and winter wheat planting also trailed the five-year average. Dry conditions continued to strain the state: Half of topsoil and 61% of subsoil were rated short or very short, while 59% of pasture and range was in poor or very poor condition. Producers had 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 13.

The Callaway Legion Auxiliary’s September meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2026, at the Callaway Legion Hall. We started the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and the Auxiliary Preamble. The secretary then read the minutes from last month. The minutes were approved as read.

Rich Jorgenson of the Jorgenson Well Drilling has announced the sale of his business to Bill Lynch and Tom Holm of Broken Bow. Both plan to move to Callaway at a later date. The new name of the business is Seven Valleys Well Works.

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd, “If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?”

50 YEARS AGO: A carnival against Muscular Dystrophy was held at the Charles Horn ranch with 76 in attendance. There were games, pony rides, and a train ride around the ranch to see the unusual animals; $128 was collected.

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.