Scott Nicholson Journalist Profile

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- More help, less hype

Jan 15, 2025 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! As the Wild Card round of the 2024 NFL season winds to a conclusion, the stage is set for the Divisional Playoffs, and I personally feel like we are in store for one of the most-competitive brackets in recent history. On the AFC side, the Chargers, Steelers and Broncos were eliminated Sunday, leaving matchups between the Chiefs and Texans, the Bills and Ravens in their respective divisional rounds.
Fresh challenges and finding inspiration

Jan 14, 2025 | wahpetondailynews.com | Scott Nicholson

“Life’s persistent and most urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.January — that cold and dark month after the holidays. For many, it is a time of resolutions and restarts. For all of us, it is the start of a new year, and for me, the anniversary of a new adventure. It has been exactly a year since I stepped into a different career path that has meant navigating unfamiliar terrain and facing fresh challenges.
- Cold-weather farming; it’s not for the weak

Jan 8, 2025 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! It’s a wintery wonderland outside, for sure! I’m rambling on Monday, which is the day following the first big winter weather event of the season, so by the time this issue reaches your mailbox, it may be a balmy 75 degrees and sunny skies for miles. (Not likely.)One of my mom’s first observations of our Webster County hilltop was that our skies are big, and when it’s clear and sunny, you can almost see forever. That’s not the case this Monday morning.
Appreciate your blessings

Dec 5, 2024 | wahpetondailynews.com | Scott Nicholson

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- Turkey, family, tradition, football

Dec 4, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! This time of year is a roller-coaster of holiday cheer. Straight from the lesser celebration of Halloween into perhaps the homiest holiday of them all, and one that simply isn’t celebrated with any good music. Eliminate the “over the river and through the woods” ditty, and you’re left scrambling for one single Thanksgiving hit.
- Holiday deviation prompts violence

Nov 20, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors!The Chiefs took one on the chin Sunday to a very, very good Buffalo Bills team. The Bills, led by the best quarterback in the league behind Patrick Mahomes, are fun to watch, and on Sunday, they definitely came to play. I will say this, if we’re going to lose, I would rather it be to Josh Allen and the Bills than any other team; classy quarterback, great team.
- A tale of two Boones

Nov 13, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! It’s a blustery 38 degrees atop our old Ozarks knob here in southern Webster County. It’s a tolerable chill considering the season, but an old flannel shirt with a hoodie underneath is just about perfect. I find myself wanting to work outside while I still can; I’ve got some work to do on my old barn and some wire to stretch, and Grandma Jane’s deck railing isn’t going to finish itself. It’s a pleasant time of year, though, and I don’t mind so much.
- A timeless blessing

Nov 6, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! I have a weird feeling as I sit writing this morning for several reasons. Even though this edition of the Citizen actually distributes on Nov. 6, I am (as usual) typing my ramble at the 11th hour of my due date, which is actually Monday, Nov. 4.
- Not your father’s party

Oct 30, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Scott Nicholson

Welcome back, neighbors! Well, here we are, just six short days away from our nation’s 60th quadrennial presidential election!Yes, I did look that up, and, yes, Wikipedia was very helpful — just don’t cite them as a source, students, it’s considered bad form. I must admit; however, I’m approaching this particular ramble with a smidgen of hesitation because of what I feel inclined to share.
Preparing for what comes next

Oct 25, 2024 | wahpetondailynews.com | Scott Nicholson

“Planning is bringing the future into the present…” – Alan LakeinOctober can be a beautiful month in the valley and beyond in our upper Midwest swath of the country. We get to witness firsthand the transition of the seasons as the idle green fields turn to gold and brown and bustle with the activities of harvest. The forests of Minnesota swirl with colors.