August 2024

NC Rotary hears update on EDGE Nebraska City program

Expanding programming for sixth grade students in Nebraska City schools and continuing to fund an endowment for the future are just some of the goals of the EDGE Nebraska City program.EDGE Nebraska City founder Stacie Higgins spoke at the Nebraska City Rotary Club July 24 about the program that began as an idea at her kitchen table in 2017.Thought of by many as “that book program,” EDGE Nebraska City has several programs that help serve the needs of children from infancy through sixth grade, including Early EDGE for infants and toddlers, Kindergarten Ready for preschool graduates, Super Citizens for upper elementary students, and the program’s flagship, Readers EDGE and the Book Besties, who visit classrooms monthly from preschool to second grade to read to students and do an activity with them.

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Otoe County Fair competitors check in entries

Otoe County Fair exhibitors were busy on Wednesday morning, July 24, on the fairgrounds in Syracuse as they checked in various entries for this year’s event.Among the throng of fair competitors was Duane Hansen, the man famous for growing a pumpkin big enough and tough enough to endure a 38-mile journey on the Missouri River back in 2022.Hansen was, of course, entering impressive vegetables into the 2024 fair including incredibly large heads of cabbage.

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Public Records 8-2-24

Otoe County ArrestsJuly 29: Fernando Hinojoza Robles, Nebraska City, suspicion of driving under the influence (first offense).July 29: Jeffrey Olis, Nebraska City, warrant arrest, failure to appear.July 28: Eduardo Reyes del Toro, Nebraska City, warrant arrest, failure to appear.July 23: Alexander Crook, Nebraska City, warrant arrest, failure to appear.July 22: Michael Longs, Nebraska City, warrant arrest, failure to pay.July 22: Andre Blake, no address given, suspicion of possession of a weapon by a prohibited person and carrying a concealed weapon without disclosure.July 20: Jessica Lewis, Nebraska City, warrant arrest, failure to appear (2).Nebraska City Crime Stoppers

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