September 2022

NEBRASKA CITY NEWS-PRESS

fifteen years and worked at Cargill. Lorraine loved playing bingo, watching movies, music, cooking, and spending time with her family and cats. Survivors include her sons, Dillon (Lisa) Pack and Donald Pack, both of Nebraska City; sisters, Catherine Tye, Barbara May and Julie Bael; aunt, Purificacion Bull; many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. Private family services will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be expressed at www.marshallfuneral.com. Marshall Funeral Chapel of Nebraska City is in charge

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Public Records

Each month, Nebraska City City Administrator Lou Leone presents a summary to the Nebraska City City Council that includes information on calls that the Nebraska City rescue, the Nebraska City fire department, and the Nebraska City Police Department answered. This summary is for July 2020.

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Senior Center Menu

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging has released the senior lunch menu. The menu for the next week is as follows: Friday, Sept. 30: Hamburger on bun, baked potato wedges, broccoli and cauliflower salad, strawberry shortcake.

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PSC names Homecoming grand marshals

Peru State College recently announced the selection of their Grand Marshals for this weekend’s 2022 Homecoming. Alumni and long-time supporters of Peru State College, Paul (’67) and Arlene (Borcher ’67) Fell of Lincoln, and Jerry (’64) and Christina (Banks ’88) Joy of Stella were selected by the Student Senate as the Grand Marshals for 2022.

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Drought conditions, input prices make for stressful harvest for ag producers

With the drought conditions of this summer and the higher input prices, agriculture producers in southeast Nebraska are dealing with stress and lower yields this harvest season. “Corn started coming in at the end of August, which is about a month early due to the drought,” said Jeremy Wilhelm, chief executive officer for Frontier Cooperative in Syracuse.

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Keepers

I’ve been hooked on newspapers for as long as I can remember. My daughter knows that and recently gifted me with a box of the Weeping Water Republicans. They were in pristine condition and chock full of information. That weekly paper was delivered to the mailbox of the subscriber for a mere $3.50 if you lived in Cass County. If you lived anywhere in Nebraska you had to add 50 cents to that.

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