Exeter's First Market on Main for 2026

On Saturday, May 9, the first Exeter Market on Main happened for the 2026 season. Join the fun in downtown Exeter on the second Saturday of the month from 9am-12pm. If you would like to be a vendor, please contact the Exeter Community Club directly.

What's New on the Library Shelves? | Mystery & Thriller Edition

 Check out these new novels at the Exeter Public Library.

Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams

When Tess reluctantly joins her adventurous best friend Allie on a caving expedition, she expects to confront her claustrophobia—not a stranger who traps her in a fight for her life. A man who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them at the cave's entrance. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy—and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive.

Hours later, Tess emerges alive—but the nightmare is far from over.

As Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn't so random after all. In the hospital, as Tess pieces together the events with a detective, she learns shocking truths about Allie's past that reframe everything. Was the attack truly random? Who was Allie beneath her dazzling interior? And most chilling of all—has Tess really escaped the danger, or is it still closing in?

One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. Until now. This time it's not an app, though—it's a game. Truth or Dare. Phoebe's the first target. If you choose not to play, it's a truth. And hers is dark. Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare. But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it's that they can't count on the police for help. Or protection. Simon's gone, but someone's determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And the rules have changed.

One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus

The third time’s a charm. It’s been almost two years since Simon died in detention, and the aftermath has been hard to shake. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation outwitted a vengeful copycat. Now the entire Bayview Crew is back home for the summer, and everyone is trying to move on. Only, this is Bayview, and life is never that simple. At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad joke: Time for a new game, Bayview. But when a member of the Bayview Crew disappears, it’s clear this “game” is serious—and whoever’s in charge isn’t sharing the rules. Or maybe there aren’t any. Bronwyn. Cooper. Addy. Nate. Maeve. Phoebe. Knox. Luis. Kris. Everyone’s a target. And now that someone unexpected has returned to Bayview, things could start getting deadly. The thing is, Simon was right about secrets—they all come out eventually. And Bayview has a lot it’s still hiding.

My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife. One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying. Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.

The Good Husband by Steve Frech

How far would you go to protect your family?

Mark Burcham and his wife Amy live the perfect life: they have a happy marriage, a comfortable home in Los Angeles and a beautiful daughter, Tatum. But one night Amy fails to come home from a business trip to Boston, and her office has no record of a client on the east coast.

Then Mark gets the worst news of all; Amy has been found dead. But nothing makes sense. Why was Amy still in town, when he’d waved her off at the airport a few days before? Who was the mysterious client she’d been meeting with for months? There’s only one thing Mark knows for certain: his wife was keeping secrets.

As he digs deeper into the life Amy tried to keep hidden, Mark realizes that someone is trying to stop him, someone who is watching his every move. And when they threaten Tatum to keep him from discovering the truth, Mark will stop at nothing to keep his family safe…

Death Notice: Robert L. Gloystein

A memorial service will be held for Robert on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 2:00pm at Farmer Funeral Home in Exeter, Nebraska.

EMF Activities Night

 Photos courtesy of EMF Yearbook class.

Female Rookie of the Year - Brynnlye Johnson

Make Rookie of the Year - Gehrig Weber

Female Team Player of the Year - Kendall Filipi

Male Team Player of the Year - Brett Kallhoff

Female Athlete of the Year - Kaydance Haase

Male Athlete of the Year - AJ Mueller

Donkey Basketball 2026

 Photos courtesy of Leesa Bartu.

Spring Clean Up Day THIS SATURDAY

 

What's New on the Library Shelves? | Mystery/Thriller Edition

 Check out these new books at the Exeter Public Library.

No Safe Secret by Fern Michaels

From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly’s life is gleaming and beautiful―at least on the surface. Married to Tanner, a top cosmetic dentist, she has a wonderful daughter finishing high school and twin stepsons from Tanner’s first marriage. No one in her exclusive neighborhood in Goldenhills, Massachusetts, knows what living with the demanding Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida almost two decades ago.

Back then, Molly was Maddy Carmichael, living with her twin brother and neglectful mother in a run-down trailer park amid the orange groves of Florida. After the terrible events of her high school prom night―and the act of vengeance that followed―she fled north and reinvented herself. But the veneer of Molly’s polished existence is finally cracking.

The Secrets We Hide by Karin Slaughter

Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.

1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the Vickery family, and what goes on behind closed doors.

When gunshots ring out, Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, discover a devastating crime scene. Allison Vickery has been murdered in her own kitchen, and her teenage daughter is bleeding upstairs, left for dead.

Everyone thinks they know what happened. But secrets are buried everywhere in this small town.

And it’s up to Emmy Clifton to uncover the truth…

Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

Sometimes, enough is enough…

Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.

Or at least, she did.

These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice.

And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.

Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.

Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know.

Like… Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?

And what's buried in her backyard?

April's secrets are enough to destroy her.

I'll make sure of that.

EMF District Music Contest Results

 Flute & Clarinet Duet: I - Superior

• Brynnlye Johnson & Kate Pribyl

Saxophone Duet: II - Excellent

• Deacon Erdkamp & Cohen Harre

Brass Quartet: II - Excellent

• Beau Becker, Caleb Black, Kiley Oldehoeft, & Tucker Svec

Snare Drum Trio: II - Excellent

• Dane Anderson, Adrien Mueller, & Gavin Mueller

Flute & Trumpet Trio: - II - Excellent

• Maddison Allen, Emily Bartels, & Chezney Kanode

Vocal Quartet: II - Excellent

• Maddison Allen, Autumn Filipi, Chezney Kanode, & Madelyn Kenney

High School Choir: II - Excellent

• Maddison Allen, Caleb Black, Autumn Filipi, Logan Johnson, Chezney Kanode, Madelyn Kenney, Logan Krupicka, Avery Nichols, Trevin Ronne, & Tucker Svec

High School Band: II, II, II

• Logan Krupicka, Emily Bartels, Maddison Allen, Brynnlye Johson, Kate Pribyl, Tucker Svec, Chezney Kanode, Caleb Black, Jewel Lawver, Maddux Milton, Gehrig Weber, Beau Becker, Kiley Oldehoeft, Deacon Erdkamp, Cohen Harre, Kellen Vossler, Gavin Mueller, AJ Mueller, Dane Anderson

HELP WANTED: Summer Maintenance

 

Exeter Spring Clean-Up Day Information