Today's News

Dick and Dottie Oles will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Feb. 7. The couple was united in marriage on Feb. 7, 1959, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Omaha.

The couple’s four daughters and their families will host an anniversary open house on April 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church.

Sherry Simpson of Council Bluffs and Kelly and Connie Simpson of Oakland have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Erica Leone Simpson, to Ronald Eugene King, son of Dennis and Delores King of Malvern.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of LeRoy and the late Roberta Nelson of Fontanelle, and Jerry and the late Margaret Simpson of Logan. She graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor’s degree in human resources management. She’s employed at the Glenwood Resource Center as a supervisor.

Announcement has been made of the engagement of Rachael Simon and Zachariah Miller.

Parents of the couple are David and Jean Jaskierny of Glenwood, Jack Miller of Holdrege, Neb., and Joseph and Christy Simon of Hudson, Wis.

The bride-elect graduated from Hudson High School in 1998 and from St. Olaf College in 2002. She went on to receive a law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. She’s employed as an attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C.

Alyssa Stege-Tompsett and Michael Mayberry are planning an Aug. 28, 2009, wedding at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Neb.

Parents of the couple are Marlene Stege and James Tompsett of Lincoln, Neb., and Tim and Mary Mayberry of Glenwood.

The bride-elect attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Her fiance graduated with an associate’s degree in criminal justice from ITT Technical Institute and is currently working at First National Bank.