The 138th annual Old Settler’s Reunion will happen on Saturday, August 30th in Sparks, Nebraska! Activities will begin at 10am, and open rodeo events start at noon. They will have a calcutta too. There will be fun horse races and Tom Owens is doing the concession stand.

The 149th annual Rosebud Fair is ongoing through Sunday at the Rosebud Fairgrounds! Stop by and checkout the rodeo each night, along with a carnival, men’s and women’s softball, mud races, horseshoe, baseball, and t-ball tournaments going on.

If you have an event planned in Winner for Labor Day weekend, please call Sally Brozik with the Winner American Legion at 842-5616 by the end of today to have it listed in the Winner Advocate all-events ad. Now is also the time to plan your entry for the Winner American Legion Labor Day Parade. This year’s theme is “100 years of American Legion Baseball”.

A Cattlemen’s Night Out will take place at Elevate Agronomics in Winner on September 11th. A dinner will be served at 6pm. The program featuring numerous different speakers will start at approximately 6:30pm.

8-18-25 Rain Reports
Greg Assman, 5 miles west of Winner, received .60
Chuck Keiser received .75 at Jordan Hill
Lynn Simkins, west of Winner, reported .66 with a little bit of pea sized hail
.20 for Delbert Klein, four miles east of Burke
.25 for Vivian Sweeney, 16 miles northwest of Bassett
.12 for Bev Keegan in Gregory
.92 for Jeff Farner, East of Winner
.15 for Dennis Hanson at Carlock
.25 for Brian Hofeldt in Millboro
.66 for Steve Meyer, east of Winner

The City of Winner will have a planned power outage on Tuesday, August 19th starting at around 10pm, and will last approximately 1-2 hours. Please call Public Works Director, Troy Kruger, with any questions at 605-840-2783.

A Cattlemen’s Night Out will take place at Elevate Agronomics in Winner on September 11th. A dinner will be served at 6pm. The program featuring numerous different speakers will start at approximately 6:30pm.

8-16-25 rain reports

INCH 93 FOR PETE HAUKAAS, SOUTHEAST OF OKREEK
.64 FOR JEFF FARNER EAST OF WINNER
JOHN HARTER, SOUTHWEST OF WINNER, RECEIVED AN INCH 20
.10 FOR BRIAN HOFELDT IN MILLBORO
SIX HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR FRED WEIDNER AT DOG EAR LAKE
INCH 70 FOR MONTE MAYES IN IDEAL
.40 FOR CHERYL SCHROEDER IN WINNER
.99 FOR LYNNE SIMKINS, 12 MILES WEST OF WINNER, SHE ALSO MENTIONED ALOT OF WIND, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, BUT NO HAIL THANKFULLY
INCH AND A HALF FOR LYNN PETERSON, 2 MILES EAST OF THE DAIRY QUEEN IN CHAMBERLAIN
ELAINE LARSON IN CHAMBERLAIN RECEIVED AN INCH 10
ARYN KOUPAL REPORTED AN INCH 30 AT CHRIS NOVOTNY’S RESIDENCE
.30 FOR GREG PRAVECEK, 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINNER
INCH FOR CHUCK KEISER AT JORDAN HILL
INCH 67 FOR MAVIS BRICKMAN IN CHAMBERLAIN

If you have an event planned in Winner for Labor Day weekend, please call Sally Brozik with the Winner American Legion at 842-5616 by August 20th to have it listed in the Winner Advocate all-events ad. Now is also the time to plan your entry for the Winner American Legion Labor Day Parade. This year’s theme is “100 years of American Legion Baseball”.

The City of Winner will have a planned power outage on Tuesday, August 19th starting at around 10pm, and will last approximately 1-2 hours. Please call Public Works Director, Troy Kruger, with any questions at 605-840-2783.