Folks traveling in Holt County Missouri along Highway 159 south of Fortescue this next weekend will think they have stepped back in time. The sound of cannons, marching Civil War units and seeing Calvary troops on horses is sure to draw attention!
The Groundhog's Day celebration in Unadilla is scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Registration for the parade is at 12:15 p.m. for a 1 p.m start.
The parade will feature The Lincoln Sport Parachute Club, Grand Marshall and the official Groundhog auto, the Ford Falcon.
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The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.
Guess the value of U.S. imports of Christmas tree ornaments!
The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.
The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its collection of statistics.
Wintery weather is on the way Saturday, but the holiday spirit glows. Nebraska City and Syracuse have holiday events Saturday.
Promotions for this year's AppleJack Festival at Nebraska City have gone high tech, said Victoria Osten of the AppleJack Committee.
AppleJack posters, print advertising and even T-shirts include a QR code, which is short for quick response barcode.Visitors with a smart phone running a QR application can scan the code to automatically load Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce's festival webpage.
Osten said the QR codes were a natural fit for the festival, which has the the theme “We have an App (le) for That!”The QR code will take visitors to a page where they can find a schedule of events and links to attractions.
The apple harvest at Kimmel Orchard in Nebraska City is underway and manager Erik Olson said he expects an average production of 20,000 to 25,000 bushels.
He said the growing season started a little cooler than normal and includes some extreme heat in July, but the orchard missed the hail suffered in other parts of Nebraska City and the Missouri River basin.
Beth Kellogg Lueth, the daughter of Mary and the late Sam Kellogg, is scheduled to give the Memorial Day address at Wyuka Cemetery on Monday, May 30.
Lueth is currently the English, speech and drama teacher at Hamburg High School, where she has put on 50 plays in her 25 years of teaching.
She is a 1973 graduate of Nebraska City High School and grew up in Nebraska City with a “daddy” who had lost his arm in the Korean War.
The First United Methodist Church choir premiered a choir anthem Sunday that had been composed specially for the church's consecration service for its new construction May 22.
Stephanie Huffman Stanek contacted R. Kevin Boesiger, a composer living in Beatrice, about a song that would incorporate the church's “Arise and Build” theme and the campaign slogan of “together we share and grow.”
“We felt that having a choral piece composed specifically for the chancel choir was a fantastic way to commemorate the occasion. “Kevin did an amazing job of incorporating the themes. He also managed to include two hymn quotes within the song that are appropriate to the theme,” Stanek said.
The construction includes a new Otoe County food pantry facility, elevator and upstairs classrooms.
The 45 members of the Nebraska City based 192nd Military Police Detachment of the U.S. Army returned home from a year long deployment to Iraq on the morning of May 7 to a packed Nebraska City High School.
A group of travellers from Peru, the country, bring some culture to Peru, the town.
The 45 members of the Nebraska City based 192nd Military Police Detachment of the U.S. Army returned home from a year long deployment to Iraq on the morning of May 7 to a packed Nebraska City High School.
Joel and Helen Lundak were honored with a commemorative tree planting at Arbor Lodge State Historical Park on Saturday. The two were named Arbor Day Honorees for the many ways they serve their community. They were especially noted for their extensive work in helping beautify the park with numerous plantings, especially of flower beds.
Nebraska City dedicated its living legacy tree program at the community tree planting to kick off Arbor Day activities Friday.
Pines Acres Nursery previously planted 37 crab apple and maple trees in the Central Avenue walk space from Sixth to 12th street.
Eighteen groups received memorial plaques and add soil to tree stations.
Newcomers took top prizes Friday at the Arbor Day chili cook-off.
Chili connoisseurs crowned Nebraska City Emergency Medical Services with the people's choice award and the best booth prize.
The Bernard Real Estate team of Deana and David Guhde was selected to hold the traveling trophy for best of show.
The newcomers toppled two-time best of show champions Nebraska City firefighters and two-time people's choice champions Andrew and Lindsay Krog.
The Nebraska City Fire Department has won best of show in the contest's first two years, but Nebraska City EMS is promising to enter a contender this year.
Rose Ralstin of Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce also expects legendary Nebraska City chili-meister Tom Rammage to return to action.
"He's kind of gone down as having the best chili back in the day, so he's bringing that back," Ralstin said.
Chili entries are judged for best of show and best booth. People can also purchase a ticket for $1 for the people's choice award.
