Julie Davis
jdavis@cherryroad.com
Nebraska City golfers who want to be members of Wildwood Golf Course now have the option of purchasing a full-season or a half-season membership.
The Nebraska City City Council approved adding the half-season membership option at the course during the July 21 regular council meeting.
Nebraska City Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Tori Ward said some golfers had expressed interest in a reduced-rate membership that would run from July 1 to the end of the season. In 2024, Wildwood closed for the season in mid-November.
Full-season memberships begin when the course opens in March, weather permitting.
The 2025 full- and half-season rates are as follows:
Junior 22 and under, no cart $190/$95
Junior 22 and under with cart $610/$305
Single adult, no cart $615/$307.50
Single adult with cart $1035/$517.50
Single senior, no cart $525/$262.50
Single senior with cart $945/$472.50
Married couple, no cart $695/$347.50
Married couple with cart $1125/562.50
Family, no cart $865/$432.50
Family with cart $1395/$697.50
During the July 21 meeting, the council also heard an update on the ongoing odor at Cargill from Mayor Bryan Bequette, who said that representatives from the Nebraska City Cargill facility are continuing to explore options to solve the problem.
Short-term options being explored range from continuing to add sludge from a Cargill plant lagoon in Schuyler to the Nebraska City plant lagoon in an attempt to increase beneficial bacteria in the lagoon that help control odor to possibly removing the lagoon tarp and cleaning it out completely, then beginning the beneficial bacterial growth.
Bequette said that longer-term solutions, such as upgrading parts of the Nebraska City plant’s infrastructure, are also being explored, but these options likely cost tens of millions of dollars to complete.
Bequette said he had made City Physician Dr. Brad Vasa aware of the odor complaints from citizens and that Vasa had determined that, thus far, the odor is bothersome but not a public health hazard.
Council members also approved the reappointment of Morton-James Public Library board members Amy Callen, Teresa Frields, Nikki Johnson, and Claudette Wielechowski. Robert Earll was introduced as a temporary fire apparatus engineer, and the council recognized Jeff Kohrs, general manager of Nebraska City Utilities, for his 41 years of service to the city and to the utilities.
Kohrs will be retiring soon, and the new NCU general manager will be Jon Borer.
