Wayne State College will hold commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students tomorrow (Saturday, May 6) in the college’s historic Willow Bowl amphitheater. The graduate student ceremony will be at 10 a.m., and the undergraduate ceremony will be at 1:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the ceremonies will be held in Rice Auditorium.
April 30: Ryan Wheatley, Nebraska City, suspicion of refusal to submit to a pre-test and refusal to submit to a test (first offense). April 30: Prohor Stognienco, Sacramento, Calif., suspicion of driving under the influence.
The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts presents “Canceled Because of War” by Olena Mosiyevych, which will be on display through June 16. A Gallery Talk will be hosted on Thursday, May 18, at 5 p.m.
The Kearney Hill Neighborhood Committee will sponsor “Grill on the Hill” at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday, May 6) at Kearney Hill Park.
Cancer can be caused by genes a person inherits at birth or by outside influences that cause genetic mutations to occur in cells. According to Yale Medicine, inherited cancers that were present from the time of conception make up only a small percentage of the most common cancers, such as breast, colon and prostate cancer, and even less common cancers. In addition, even if inherited genetic mutations are present in the body, that does not mean the development of cancer is inevitable. According to Verywell Health, only around 5 to 10 percent of cancer cases can be attributed to inherited genetic mutations. More often than not, cancers that seem to “run in the family” are more likely a result of lifestyle or environmental factors that are shared by family members, such as eating the same unhealthy foods or a propensity to overindulge in alcoholic beverages
NC City Council, Gary White Memorial Room/Council Chambers, 1518 Central Ave., 6 p.m. 402-873-5515.
Tribesmen MC and the Triple B Family Group will sponsor an Angel Tree Project Poker Run on Saturday, May 13. Registration starts at noon at The Wheel in Nebraska City, and the event begins at 1 p.m.
Peru State Men’s Basketball Coach Roman Gentry provided the program for the Nebraska City Rotary Club luncheon at Valentino’s restaurant on South 11th Street on Wednesday, April 26. Coach Gentry took the reins of the Peru State men’s team for the 2022-23 season and the squad posted a fantastic season in tying for the third most wins in program history, 25, and qualifying for the NAIA National Tournament.
Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging has released the senior lunch menu. The menu for the next week is as follows: Friday, May 5: Hot dog with bun, potato salad, tomatoes and cucumbers, fruit.
The Nemaha NRD will resume its weekly beach monitoring program for Kirkman’s Cove, Wirth Brothers, Iron Horse Trail Lake, and Duck Creek Recreation Area Lakes this May. Weekly samples will be collected and analyzed for toxic algae and E.coli from May through September.