Kirt Manion

Kirt Manion

  • Joined: September 27, 2023
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County election offices mailing out early voting ballots for Primary Election

County election offices have begun sending out early voting ballots for the May 14, 2024, statewide primary to voters who completed early voting applications and fulfilled the new voter ID requirement.Voters have two options to fulfill the new voter ID requirement during the early voting application process:Voters can write their driver’s license or state ID number on their early voting application, orVoters can submit their early voting application with a photocopy of their acceptable photo ID.County election offices are working with voters who did not successfully complete the new voter ID requirement.“With the new voter ID law now in effect, Nebraskans who cast a ballot in the May 14th primary will be making history,” Secretary of State Bob Evnen said.

Youth Frontiers brings Courage Retreat to county seventh-grade students

Seventh graders across Otoe County recently had an opportunity to take part in a Youth Frontiers Courage Retreat during their school days.Representatives of the Omaha-based Youth Frontiers, an organization devoted to creating character in students, spent five and a half hours with students from Palmyra, Lourdes Central Catholic, Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca, and Nebraska City middle schools over the course of three days last week (students from Lourdes and S-D-A participated together on the same day).Students spent time in short, small group discussions led by high school student volunteers, as well as taking part in brief physical activities and listening to drama and music presentations.

NCPS board approves energy-efficiency project loan

At the April regular meeting of the Nebraska City Public Schools board of education, the board approved entering into a 15-year $500,000 loan to provide HVAC and lighting upgrades to school facilities through the Nebraska Energy Office.The loan will allow the district to replace and relocate heat pumps at Hayward Elementary to rooftop units that are easier to access and service than the current units that are located within the building itself.Lighting in the gymnasiums at Nebraska City Middle School and Nebraska City High School will be upgraded to energy-efficient LED lights, with the goal of the projects to show energy savings for the district overall, according to board president Jim Nemec.Board members also approved the return of three welding courses to the Nebraska City High School course offerings after about 15 students expressed interest in being able to take Welding 2, 3, and 4 after completing Welding 1.

Nebraska Public Transit Week celebrates 10th anniversary

This year’s celebration of Nebraska Public Transit Week in Nebraska City will have a slightly different look and a slightly different spot on the calendar.The 2024 celebration, “Go NE Where,” will take place in Nebraska City from April 21 to 27, and it will feature different activities for each day of the celebration week, said Bobbi Lechner of Blue Rivers Public Transportation.Monday will feature a passenger coloring contest, with winners announced on April 22, said Lechner.