By: Hannah Knigge In 2015, Ludwig Von Thurn, a foreign exchange student from Germany, spent his junior year of school here in Fairbury. He recently returned to Fairbury and will be staying until September 10 with Zach Holes and his family. Von Thurn says “I wanted to come back …
Prairie proves to be educational
By: Mikasa Lierman On Wednesday, August 30 Mrs. Fisher’s biology classes took the annual trip to the Spring Creek Prairie to learn about Nebraska’s natural ecosystem. A total of 42 students took the trek to the tall grass habitat where they broke into smaller groups to sample grasses and …
Cheerleaders Stunting
By: Josephine Blatny This year the Fairbury High School Cheerleaders will be stunting at games and events. They went to a UNL camp and a specific stunting camp in Millard this summer to prepare for the year and learn proper technique. Some of the stunts they will perform are …
Ongoing Construction on High School
By: Tayler Shellhase The school year was supposed to come to a start with a better entrance, a larger office, and a new gym floor. This was not the case. Estimated finish dates for the projects were set for August 1st, plenty of time before school started. The gym …
FFA hosts family picnic at Camp Jefferson
The FFA organization had a family picnic at Camp Jefferson last Sunday. Overall there was a large turnout of family and friends of the chapter. At 6:00 p.m. the meal officially began. Beforehand, the freshmen and sophomores were instructed to bring a side dish while the juniors and seniors would …
JV wins nailbiter against Crete
Tuesday, August 29th the softball team played Crete on home grounds. The Class B team fell behind 2-1 after the second inning, but later tied in the third. In the bottom of the fifth The Jeffs were down 4-5. Bases loaded Brittyn Wentz ’21 hit hot shot to the outfield scoring …
Girls’ Golf tees off at Crete
On Monday the 28th the Fairbury Girls’ Golf team travelled to College Heights Country Club in Crete, Nebraska to compete in a triangular against Seward and Crete. After a long day, the team walked off with third place and a total score of 238. Leading the team was Shavara Kroeker ’18 with …
Quiz Bowl competes at Nebraska State Fair
The high school Quiz Bowl team participated at the Nebraska State Fair on Sunday. Members of the quiz bowl team in attendance were Joshua Robertson ’21, Jordan Ruhnke ’18, Jacob Johnson ’18, Josephine Blatny ’20, Isaac Robertson ’19, Destiny Brown ’19, Jayson Klaumann ’19, and Nichole Harris ’19. The team …
Lady Jeffs Softball Double Their Win Streak
By: Emily Burkley On Thursday August 24th, the Lady Jeffs softball took a road trip to Hastings for a triangular and extended their win streak to 4-0 on the season. After inning one against Adams Central, the Jeffs and the Patriots were tied at three, but a home run …
Cross country team shows potential
On August 24th, the Fairbury Cross Country team had their annual scrimmage. The coaches use this to plan for the upcoming season and to see how the runners have progressed since practice began. It also gets them excited for the season. “We have some potential to be pretty good,” said …
FHS X-Ray 
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