Family

Duane and Janet Cady have a new great granddaughter! Sawyer Monroe Maser was born October 17 to AJ and Britni Maser of Alliance. Sheryl Noteboom visited her daughter, Mindi and Jason Veurink and family at Platte last week.

The saying goes, “newer isn’t always better,” and while I typically tend to agree with that, newer might be better when it comes to glucose monitoring technology. In recent years we have seen rapid development and uptake of new types of glucometers, leaving fewer and fewer patients with diabetes using the old standby fingerstick method of blood sugar monitoring.

Lincoln-Women have a one in eight chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On average, 310,720 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States; approximately 1,770 of those are Nebraska women.

Jean Burge Dan and Sheri Tinant were in Hastings over the weekend for the wedding of their grandson, Turner Tinant to Mattison Hogrefe in an outdoor ceremony. Turner is the son of Deon and Michelle Tinant, and also grandson of Lyle and Sharon Larson.

NCDHD is here to help with vaccinations while Avera St. Anthony’s clinics temporarily pause services. All NCDHD clinics are walk-in—no appointment needed! We offer clinic every Thursday in O’Neill from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at our office, 422 E. Douglas St. All vaccines are available for those two months and older, including flu and COVID-19 vaccines for everyone six months and older.

Due to the hurricanes that have impacted the south, there has been an IV fluid shortage. Melissa Williams at Cherry County Hospital said, “Yes, we have currently suspended all elective, non-urgent surgeries.

ACTIVITIES Cards/Board Games/Pool available daily. Men’s coffee group daily at 9:30 a.m.

Competing measures on abortion to appear on November ballot, along with proposal for paid sick leave. Nebraskans will vote on six ballot issues during this fall’s general election, including competing initiatives on the issue of abortion.

Lincoln — In 2024, a total of 35 cases of Pertussis, also called Whopping Cough, have been reported in Nebraska compared to 13 reported in 2023. With a recently confirmed case of pertussis in a student residing in the Two Rivers Public Health Department region, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services emphasizes the importance of taking preventative measures to protect young individuals and communities from pertussis.

Menopause is one of those things that, let’s face it, will ultimately affect everyone with previously functional ovaries. Unfortunately we don’t talk about it enough, which makes it a topic riddled with misinformation. So… what is menopause?