HPV causes cancer, and can be prevented
What do warts, pap smears, cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, and a vaccine all have in common?
Kirt Manion
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,It’s that time of year again.
Official Courthouse tree lighting scheduled for November 30
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce invites the public to attend the official Tree Lighting Ceremony on the lawn of the Otoe County Courthouse on Saturday, November 30, 2024.The annual tradition kicks off at 4:30 p.m.
Local retailers participate in holiday shopping promotion
Twenty local retailers are participating in Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce’s “Shop Nebraska City First” holiday shopping promotion for 2024.
Community Calendar 11-15-24
First and third Mondays: LEGO Club, Morton-James Public Library, 923 1st Corso, 3:30 to 5 p.m.
CHI Health St. Mary’s celebrates 10 years on Grundman Boulevard
CHI Health St.
Nebraska Extension: Mulching
Every gardener knows that mulch is beneficial for their trees, shrubs and ornamental plantings, right?
Begin buying 2025 Game and Parks permits today
Don’t wait to begin buying Nebraska Game and Parks Commission permits for the upcoming year.The 2025 annual hunt (small game), fishing, fur harvest and state park entry permits are available online, at district offices and state park areas beginning Nov.
Evans to retire as president of Peru State College
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Hunters encouraged to test deer for CWD in six management units
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is encouraging hunters in six deer management units to bring their harvest to in-person check stations for chronic wasting disease testing during the upcoming firearm deer season.Sampling will be free for up to 300 deer per unit; deer that already have been Telechecked may still be part of the sample as long as the head and neck are still available and can be brought with the deer’s seal number to a check station staffed by Game and Parks.The Commission aim to collect between 230 to 300 deer samples per unit from male or female deer 1.5 years of age or older.The deer management units where CWD testing will take place include:MissouriElkhornLoup EastWahooBlue NorthwestBlue SoutheastCheck stations collecting lymph nodes from 8 a.m.