The Otoe County Extension Office has provided results for county 4-H members who participated in the Nebraska State Fair, which took place Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 in Grand Island. Winners were: Maverick Aden - Quilt Quest - Barn Quilt Created Less than 4x4, Purple.
| 402-432-1410 Congratulations to the Palmyra Jr/Sr High Band! The band received the Class C Championship, and 2nd place All Class Drumline while participating in Nebraska City at AppleJack. Congratulations to the Volleyball team for their reaching 2nd place at the MUDECAS tournament.
Gary Lesoing, Extension Educator Nathan Mueller, Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Educator provides timely information about growing wheat in southeast Nebraska. Here is an update he provided concerning winter wheat variety selection.
A single dollar invested in childcare brings an eightfold return on that investment to a community. Dan Mauk, executive director of the Nebraska City Area Economic Development Corp., provided that statistic to the Hot Topics audience at the Morton-James Public Library on Sept.
Members of the Syracuse City Council discussed potential uses for $346,895.98 of funds received via the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) during its regular meeting on Sept. 14.
Wendy Werner The 21st Annual RibFest was held in conjunction with GermanFest on Aug. 27 on the Otoe County Fairgrounds.
A joint public meeting on proposed property tax increases for Otoe County, the city of Syracuse, the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca School District, and the Palmyra School District is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at the Fair Center Building, 135 Plum St., Syracuse. Otoe County will be requesting property taxes in the amount of $9,191,338.57; the city of Syracuse will be requesting property taxes in the amount of $651,715.03; the SDA school district will be requesting property taxes in the amount of $9,228,597; and the Palmyra school district will be requesting property taxes in the amount of $8,137,733 at the meeting. There will be no other items on the agenda other than discussion of each political subdivision’s intent to increase its property tax request by a percentage greater than the “allowable growth percentage” as defined in Nebraska state statute 77-1633.
Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging has released the senior lunch menu. The menu for the next week is as follows: Friday, Sept. 23: Cook’s choice. Monday, Sept. 26: Turkey salad cold plate with fresh tomato wedges, pasta salad, green pea salad, peaches, crackers.
Despite some much-needed rain, the Otoe BBQ mostly went on as planned Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. The day started with a breakfast and Fun Run. Winners of the 5K/1mile Fun Run were 5k 1st place Izabel Stubbendick, 5k 2nd place Vivian Aden, 1 mile 1st place Jazz Hanes and 1 mile 2nd place Kathy Knake. The Blue Rock Shoot organized by Mike Koch had 15 shooters. After pivoting to “rain or shine”, the Otoe Auto Show organized by Braden Glinsmann, boasted 18 entries, including one tractor.
with Phyllis Buell This past week has been very eventful, hasn’t it? We lost two leaders. England’s Queen Elizabeth II led her kingdom until her death.