Polk County News

06/05/2026

Plan A of outside looks good with the weather forecast.
Plan B tonight is at the Legion with vendors in the Viking Center.
Come to Stromsburg tonight!

Freedom Road Show (Columbus NE) returns to Stromsburg!! During the band's intermission, Chamber Awards and the HS Scholarships will be presented. We welcome The Green Cow Beef and Bo's West Saucy food trucks to town! Register now for the co****le tournament- two divisions, one for the competitive players and one for the rest of us!!

06/04/2026

FYI

NOTICEConcerns on the assessed valuation of taxable property will be heard by the Polk County Board of Equalization on June 23rd, 2026between the hours of 9:05 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse.Debra S. GirardPolk County Clerk

06/04/2026

Three of our girls were on the CCC all star softball team. Unfortunately we didn't know until it was too late. Our deepest apologies to the girls.
Mady won the home run derby. Mady and Adrienne (Cross County Community Schools) were on team green and Danica (Shelby-Rising City Schools) team silver. Pics from CCC Softball.

06/03/2026

Thanks to Pure Nebraska for visiting our county. If you haven't visited the art gallery, you should. No charge to visit, but you can also purchase art there.

The former Carnegie library in Stromsburg is now Konst Art Gallery, and it features work from dozens on Nebraska artists.

06/03/2026

Athletes of the YEAR!
We picked a male and female athlete of the year for the 25-26 school year. We then picked a male and female honorable mention. See who they are this week!

Brodey SpurlingHigh Plains’ Brodey Spurling was one of the top three-sport athletes in the state. He will be following his love for the game of basketball to Doane University next fall. He averaged 15.7 points and 6.5 rebounds and was top 10 in most all of the other categories.He won a pair of sta...

06/02/2026

CRC volleyball all stars from Saturday. PCN photo by Ken Kush.

06/01/2026

Crossroads Conference all star basketball from yesterday.
Fun games.

05/31/2026

Estate sale, jobs and more. Check out our online classifieds (free)

Karen Gestrine Estate Sale:  Friday, June 5th and Saturday June 6th from 11 AM to 5 PM.  Household items, bedroom sets, lift and regular recliners, sofas and much more. 251 Nebraska Street in Osceola

05/30/2026

CRC vs. Goldenrod basketball is tomorrow (Sunday) in Osceola! See your favorites one more time. Girls at 3 PM and boys at 5 PM.
Concessions will be available.

05/30/2026

Rebels game tomorrow is canceled.

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Tomorrow's games with Ravenna have been CANCELED.

Our next game will be our lone wednesday night game this year as Doniphan Trumbull Giltner come to town.

Juniors start at 5:30PM
Seniors start at 8PM

Make sure you are following our page to get any announcements as soon as we release them.