2025 Jaycee Ball Awards
The Nebraska City Jaycees recently conducted its annual Summer Ball Awards to recognize players, coaches and sponsors. In the regular season the top three teams in the Coach Pitch League…
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Carnival returns to County Fair, open class contests announced
“Fair Game” is the theme of the 2025 Otoe County Fair, which kicks off its weekend run on Friday, Aug. 1, at the Otoe County Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
NCPS hosts regular board of education meeting July 14
The Nebraska City Public Schools board of education took action during its July regular meeting to get the 2025-2026 school year off to a good start.
Otoe County Board of Commissioners 7-25-25
The Otoe County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, July 15, and took the following actions:
Federal funding withheld: Nebraska City Public Schools faces uncertainty heading into 2025–2026 school year
The U.S. Department of Education unexpectedly announced the withholding of critical federal education dollars on June 30.
Sept. 8 sentencing date set for pedestrian fatality accident
Sentencing has been set for Sept. 8 for a Percival man accused of motor vehicle homicide in the death of a 6-year-old boy in Nebraska City.
Beekeeping is Grimm’s Gardens topic
Mayli Fries, left, lifts a beehive frame out of a hive while Neal Deremer, right, explains how bees use the frame during a July 17 beekeeping presentation at Grimm’s Gardens. Deremer has kept bees for the past six years, and Fries has been his apprentice for the past two years. To learn more about the beekeeping hobby, please see our feature at ncnewspress.com.
NC Rotary Club meets new NCPS elementary principals
The Nebraska City Rotary Club got to meet the new Nebraska City Public Schools elementary principals during the club’s July 16 meeting.
Knight Football Camp 2025
The Lourdes Central Catholic recently conducted its 2025 youth football camps for kids in grades 6, 7, and 8 (July 15-17) and grades 3, 4, and 5 (July 8-10).
‘To This End Shall I Live: My Search for Disability History in Nebraska…’ presented at MJPL
Press Release “To This End Shall I Live: My Search for Disability History in Nebraska, 1890-1920” will be presented Sunday, July 20, at 2 p.m. by disability writer Amanda VanderBroek…