Two loans were repaid to the Nebraska City Economic Growth Fund during 2023, leaving the fund with a baker’s dozen of current loans to 12 businesses.Dan Mauk, who serves as the fund’s administrator, provided a biannual report to the Nebraska City City Council on Jan.
The recent Arctic blast of subzero temperatures and back-to-back snowstorms to start 2024 caused us to look back at some storms of the past this week.
The Nebraska City Rotary Club observed National Mentoring Month on Jan.
Ruby Barnes was born on January 13, making her the first baby of 2024 to be born at CHI Health St.
Kim David Cooper was born and raised in Nebraska and continues his lifelong pursuit of “All things artistic.” Cooper and his wife, Lynn, live and work at Cooper Studio & Gallery, which they opened in 2001 in Ashland.Cooper is an accomplished artist, teacher and business owner.
Thanks to the generosity of the Nebraska City community, Christmas Wishes Paying It Forward was able to provide 25 hand warmers to first responders during the snowstorms and extremely cold weather in early to mid-January.“While the rest of us can stay home, our first responders have to go out during a call,” said Christmas Wishes Paying It Forward Founder Margaret Spiers.
Representatives of the Nebraska City Creative District provided a community update at the January Hot Topics at the Morton-James Public Library.Areas of focus in the new year will include capital improvements, branding, and marketing upcoming events, according to Nebraska City Creative District Board Member Tammy Partsch.In the area of capital improvements, Partsch said the district hopes to be able to renovate some downtown buildings to provide maker spaces and other work areas for artists, which will also help with economic development efforts downtown.
Nebraska City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Patrick Wehling cut the ribbon to officially open the city’s renovated Toboggan Run on the northeast corner of Steinhart Park on Thursday, Jan.
Just in time for the first significant winter storm, the Nebraska City City Council has formalized the city’s snow removal policy.Council members approved the policy at the first regular meeting of 2024 on Tuesday, Jan.
Congressman Adrian Smith filed for re-election on Monday, January 8 to represent Nebraska’s Third District in the U.S.