Harold L. Zahn
Harold L. Zahn Harold L.
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Peru State College PAL Program provides new student support
Faculty and staff at Peru State College provide personalized support to new students through the College’s Peru Academic Liaison (PAL) program. The program recently concluded its fourth cycle with a celebration luncheon for new students and their PALs.
What about Liming Your Fields?
If you have the opportunity to soil sample crop fields, be sure to check your soil pH. If the soil recommendation indicates lime is suggested, it is something to consider before next year’s cropping season. Liming fields can be done anytime this winter or spring when soil conditions are favorable and sometimes can have a very positive impact on crop yields and nutrient availability of fertilizers to the subsequent crops.
Otoe County tree planting takes place in Syracuse
In celebration of 150 years of Arbor Day and 50 years of Nebraska Natural Resources Districts, Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce has partnered with various NRDs throughout the state to gift a tree to every county over the course of the next year.
Syracuse FFA meeting gauges booster group interest
Syracuse FFA hosted a meeting Monday, Oct. 18, to gauge the interest in starting an FFA booster group. About 12 local individuals, some former FFA members, attended the meeting, and heard about the benefits of an organized FFA booster group.
Rocket gets record, S-D-A advances to subs
And, KABOOM went the kills as Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca’s Kadyn Sisco earned the record for most kills in a season with a total of 425 after the game against Auburn (8-21) in the first round of subdistricts Monday evening. Sisco bettered the record of 400 kills held by Karla Zahn in 2000.
Hansen talks pumpkins, Missouri River trip at Grimm’s Gardens
Otoe County’s Premier Gardener has been busy since the Otoe County Fair. Duane Hansen, who received the Premier Gardener award for the most entries at the 2022 Otoe County Fair, talked about growing pumpkins and his Guinness World Record journey down the Missouri River in a pumpkin boat in August.
Otoe County voters have full midterm ballot to consider on Election Day
Otoe County voters who head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8, will find a ballot full of choices when they step into the voting booth.
Lon E. Jensen
Lon E. Jensen Lon E.
Nebraska’s fast-growing bioscience industry
In 2024, NASA will send a small surgical robot from Nebraska to the International Space Station. The tiny, two-pound robot will be able to perform surgeries on the space station that would normally require a surgeon’s expertise and much larger equipment. The surgical robot can operate more or less on its own, performing complex procedures at the flip of a switch. The device, developed by Nebraska-based Virtual Incision, is a significant step toward making it possible for surgeons to operate remotely—whether their patients are in deep space or on a battlefield halfway around the world.