The Johnson-Brock Agriculture Education Department was awarded the Outstanding Secondary Program of the Year by the Nebraska Agricultural Educators Association (NAEA) at the NAEA Awards Ceremony on June 11th at the Nebraska Career Education Conference. Award winners are nominated and selected by their peers.
The newly formed Otoe County Amateur Radio Association will be participating in the American Radio Relay League’s annual Field Day exercise June 28 and 29.
Weather permitting, work will begin June 16 on Nebraska Highway 2 (N-2), from reference post 501.00 to reference post 505.00, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
Two hundred twenty high school juniors and seniors across Nebraska have been selected to be a part of the Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute (NAYI) this summer.
“Lights, Music, Brass: A Pops Celebration” will be presented by Nebraska Brass at 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the First United Methodist Church of Nebraska City, 1023 1st Ave.
Pancakes will be flying at the Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Building on Saturday, June 14, as the Pancake Man returns for the second annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.
Plants are really looking great this year, the much needed rain has really helped them flourish. When my flowers bloom, my gardens look amazing. It is always a little disappointing when those plants finish flowering, and they are stuck in the foliage stage for the rest of the season. However, deadheading those plants can help encourage more blooming and new growth for a more colorful garden through the summer.
Seeing young wild animals, such as deer, possums, ducks, rabbits and song birds, alone is common this time of year.
Old Wolf Oak at Ponca State Park, one of Nebraska’s oldest trees, has died.
Residents and nonresidents may apply for a draw status Nebraska deer permit in mule deer conservation areas through June 13.