Growing through the fall season
As a gardener it is always hard to admit when fall starts to get closer.
Kirt Manion
Wildwood Featured Artist: Sandra Neuhalfen Carpenter
The Wildwood Historic Center has announced that Sandra Neuhalfen Carpenter of Nebraska City is the center’s fourth featured artist of 2024.Carpenter, the first woman to join the Navy in Otoe County, taught art in Ralston for 30 years.
Ag Tour for small-scale producers set Aug. 19
Agriculture in southeast Nebraska is changing rapidly, creating new opportunities for both traditional and alternative farming.
Works of Loren Entz featured at Schoolhouse Art Gallery in Brownville
Brownville Fine Arts Association will be showing “Paint, Char, Pencil and Clay” Loren Entz (1949 – 2022) from Aug.
Answering common grub control questions
Almost every gardener has seen grub larvae in the soil while installing new plants or tilling the vegetable garden.
NCPS teachers attend NASA Nebraska Space Grant Annual Aerospace Workshop
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Annual Aerospace Workshop for K-12 Teachers took place over July 15-19, 2024.
Public Records 8-9-24
Otoe County ArrestsAug.
Back to School will be August Hot Topic
This month’s Hot Topics, which will take place starting at 8 a.m.
County commissioners approve KENO grant request for Kearney Hill fort project
A fort-themed pavilion at Kearney Hill Park is closer to becoming a reality after the Otoe County Board of Commissioners approved an $8,000 KENO grant request from the City of Nebraska City to complete funding for the construction project.Rex Nelson of the Kearney Hill Neighbors group told the board that the park has great views of the Missouri River Valley, which the group hopes will attract people to the park and the pavilion.Nelson said the Paul, John, Anton, and Doris Wirth Foundation granted $40,000 to the project, and an additional $2,000 has been pledged by residents.
NCPS Foundation announces 2024 scholarship winners
The Nebraska City Public Schools Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Class of 2024 NCPS Foundation Scholarships and the institutions they are currently attending this fall.