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Game and Parks plans pre-Thanksgiving pheasant releases

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will release adult rooster pheasants on 16 wildlife management areas prior to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The 16 WMAs are: Powder Creek, (Dixon County), Oak Valley (Madison County), Wilkinson (Platte County), George Syas (Nance County), Sherman Reservoir (Sherman County), Pressey (Custer County), Cornhusker (Hall County), Kirkpatrick Basin North (York County), Peru Bottoms (Nemaha County), Randall W.

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Christmas Spirit

Nebraska City employees spent Monday decorating lightposts along Central Avenue and 1st Corso with wreaths and other holiday adornments. The decorations will be lit by Santa Claus as part of the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Otoe County Courthouse, which is set to start at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, on the courthouse lawn. Santa is scheduled to arrive around 5 p.m., and the event will also feature a chili feed, holiday music, and a free ornament to the first 100 families in attendance. PHOTOS BY JULIE DAVIS

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