The USS Oklahoma project Ninety-two point three percent. That’s a pretty good average, right? That’s the percentage of sailors and marines who were able to be identifi�ed in a recently completed program from the Department of Defense aimed at putting names together with remains recovered from the USS Oklahoma during World War II.
After a year off for COVID-19, the annual Nebraska City Advent Recital brought together local choirs and an audience eager to hear live holiday music. The event combined choral music, community carol singing, and scriptural messages, followed by refreshments.
Nebraska City swept the dual results of a home boys’ wrestling tournament on Friday night. Victories came against Bancroft Rosalie, 78-6; West Point Beemer, 60-15; Omaha Bryan, 55-21; Bellevue East, 54-27; and Millard North, 43-30.
Gerard H. Timothy, age 95 of Nebr. City passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021. On September 23, 1926, Cosmas and Kathleen Timothy welcomed their ninth child in Falls City, NE. They named him Gerard Henry Timothy. He grew up and attended school in Falls City, graduating with the Class of 1944.
NEBRASKA CITY - Kenneth E. Ramold, age 85 of Nebraska City passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the Tabitha Care Center in Lincoln, NE.
The challenges that we have all faced since the onset of COVID-19 are still present. The holiday season is upon us and for some us the holiday season adds to one’s stress level. As individuals and families plan holiday gatherings, many are wondering how topics about politics, health, wealth, or a favorite sport team will come up in conversation.
Do you feel it? I do! After all of these years, I still feel a wonderful sense of excitement and hope when this time of the year arrives! It is in the air, all around us. No, not the hustle bustle in the big box stores.
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, World War II was already raging in Europe. It had begun more than two years earlier, after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. And just months before Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany had turned on its former ally, the Soviet Union.
“Para la Comunidad” (For the Community) is a space to speak with the Hispanic community in Nebraska City and to incorporate them into the weekly news in town. As a born and raised Puerto Rican, my first language is Spanish. I have decided to bring this space to break down language barriers and bring the community together.
The new Senior Topics: Know It Before You Need It series at the Morton-James Public Library closed out 2021 with a program on in-home safety and how it relates to seniors. Physical therapist Susan Benton of Nebraska City Physical Therapy led a room-by-room discussion of household hazards and things people can do to make their homes safer and make it possible for them to live at home longer.