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Jasa Completes 45 Years with Nebraska Department of Roads

3 weeks ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

Bill Jasa has been constructing state highways for the Nebraska Department of Roads in Tecumseh for 45 years. He started working for the Department of Roads on a parttime basis in February 1980. He returned in 1984 and 1985 during the summer months and was hired as a fulltime employee on October 30, 1985.Through the years, Jasa served as an engineer, construction technician 2 and 3, and ...
Additional Drilling at Elk Creek Mine to Further Confirm Production Potentials

3 weeks ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

Since April 29, three drilling rigs have arrived at the Elk Creek mining site for the purpose of drilling additional core samples.“We want to increase the confidence in what we have in the ground, which will in turn help secure financing,” said Trevor Mills of Dahrouge Geotechnical Consulting, Ltd.Mills said that last December, he and Scott Honan, chief operations officer with...
Patriotic Worship Service Salutes Area Servicemen and Women

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

A Patriotic Worship Service to honor all military servicemen and women was held at the Martin Luther Lutheran Church, Johnson, on Sunday, May 18 with a total of 260 people in attendance.Guest speaker was Ron Kostecka who, unsure of his future, enlisted in the Navy right after graduating from Humboldt High School in 1959, along with several of his classmates in the “buddy program.” Af...
‘The Garage’ in Crab Orchard Now Open

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

A grand opening was held at the Richardson Garage in Crab Orchard on Sunday morning as Lorraine Lynch and Jerry Wagner cut the ribbon to celebrate the recent restoration of the office and garage area. Richardson Garage was owned by Lloyd Richardson for over 50 years. Since 2023, Jerry Wagner has been restoring the building so that he could repair tires and change oil for area customers.L...
Leahys Share Memories of Tecumseh in Years Past & Leahy Grocery Store

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

“I had a great life growing up in Nebraska and Johnson County,” said Dan Leahy who shared stories about his parents’ rags-to-riches story of owning the Leahy Grocery Store on Clay Street in Tecumseh from the 1930s through the 1950s. Dan and his brother Michael Leahy were guest speakers at the Monday Night at the Museum presentation on April 28.The Leahy Grocery Store was at one tim...
Cherokee Man Begins Walk Across Nebraska to Protest Injustice

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Carol A. Sisco

David Bolin, also known by his Cherokee name Da-Wa-Di, which means “In the Shade”, was in Tecumseh on Monday, April 28, and overnight on a walk across Nebraska with the goal of reaching the Rosebud Reservation in south central South Dakota.“I walked across the Cherokee lands [in Oklahoma] and I walked across Kansas,” he said.Bolin’s walk across Nebraska began in Pawnee C...
Explosion of Acetylene Bottle Results in House Fire

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

Many people near Third Street in Tecumseh on Monday evening heard an explosion which occurred at the home of Jesus and Maria Arellano located at 958 N. Third Street.According to Tecumseh Fire Chief Jarod Schuster, the fire started in the back of the house by the deck where Arellano’s welding torch and acetylene bottles are located. Apparently the fire was caused by the explosion of one...
Pastor Giesbrecht Retires After 32 Years at First Baptist Church

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

“I’m going to miss the people,” said Pastor Hugh Giesbrecht. “I’m going to miss worshiping with them, especially after watching them in their spiritual growth for over 30 years.”Giesbrecht’s last day to serve in the pulpit is this Sunday, May 4 at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. A Retirement Open House will be held in Hugh and Beth Giesbrecht’s honor at the First Baptist ...
Sad Standoff, and Now an Expensive Repair Estimate, Deters the Telling of an Important History

1 month ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Paul Hammel

Subhead All Things Nebraska LINCOLN –As a kid, our grade school class was one of many that got to visit John Brown’s Cave in Nebraska City. There was a cool log cabin, the Mayhew Cabin, hewn from local cottonwoods before Nebraska became a state. There was this kinda spooky, underground “cave” -- a hand-made tunnel to a nearby ravine that was billed as a hiding spot for slaves escaping bondage in nearby slave state...
Mary Sand is Recognized for Her Dedicated Volunteerism at SENCA

2 months ago | tecumsehchieftain.com | Ann Wickett

“I just do what has to be done,” said Mary Sand who is being recognized as a volunteer at SENCA (Southeast Nebraska Community Action) office in Tecumseh in observance of National Volunteerism Week, April 20-26.Kristi Carmine, dietary coordinator for the Tecumseh SENCA office describes Sand as “our little angel with a lot of spark”. Sand has volunteered her time and talents to hel...