March 2024

Nemaha NRD park permits available for 2024

The Nemaha Natural Resources District has 2024 park permits for sale.Permits may be purchased online, at the NNRD office at 62161 Highway 136 in Tecumseh, or at the entry of an individual park.Valid annual park permits are required for entry into Iron Horse Trail Lake near DuBois, Kirkman’s Cover Recreation Area near Humboldt, Wirth Brothers Recreation Area near Tecumseh, Duck Creek Recreation Area near Auburn, or Prairie Owl Recreation Area near Dunbar.No permit is required to use the Steamboat Trace Trail from south of Nebraska City to Brownville.Annual permits are $15, or single-day permits may be purchased for $5.

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LCC Speech Team sends three to State

The Nebraska City Lourdes Central Catholic Speech Team competed at the C2-1 District competition at Lincoln Southwest on Saturday, March 9th.Bringing medals home were:Drue Weeda, Kellen Barker, Murphy Roby, Oscar Krog, and Cora Krog- 5th place OIDLevi Edgington- 3rd place Extemporaneous Evie Dorman- 1st place Extemporaneous Cora Krog- 3rd place PoetryEvie Dorman- 3rd place Informative Edginton, Dorman, and Krog will advance to the state speech competition held Thursday, March 21, in Kearney.

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Four candidates on the ballot for Nebraska State Senate District 1 seat

Four candidates have filed to be placed on the ballot in the May 14 Nebraska primary for the Nebraska State Senate seat in District 1, which includes Otoe, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, and Johnson counties.Current State Senator Julie Slama has announced her plans to leave public office to focus on her family and her private law practice.Candidates for the office are Robert Hallstrom of Syracuse, Bob Holman of Auburn, Dennis Schaardt of Steinauer, and Glenda Willnerd of Unadilla.

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