Kirt Manion

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Otoe County Board of Commissioners 4-4-25

Julie Davisjdavis@cherryroad.com The Otoe County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, March 25, and took the following actions: Appointed Dan Thomson of Palmyra as the Otoe County Surveyor and Otoe County Planning and Zoning Administrator, effective June 2 on the…

Sports Briefs 4-5-25

Kirt Manionkmanion@cherryroad.com Nebraska City boys’ soccer (0-3) competed against three foes last week. Nebraska City lost, 2-1, to the Platte on March 24; lost, 3-1, to Gross Catholic on March 28; and fell to Seward, 2-1, on March 29. Games…

Nordhues hired as Lourdes FB Coach

Lourdes is excited to announce the hiring of Rick Nordhues as their new high school head football coach. Rick brings decades of teaching and coaching experience at the high school level to Lourdes. He retired last year from Syracuse Public Schools where he was a math teacher for 30 years and also served as the head football coach for 24 years. During his tenure at Syracuse, he led the football team to 14 state playoff appearances.

The Gift

What a week! In our immediate area, we have been nearly blown apart by the 70 plus mph winds in our neck of the woods. I was reminded again of “the good old days” without electricity and of the fact that, indeed, as independent as we view ourselves, we are not “in charge” of our lives.