The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild goose near Holmes Lake in Lincoln. This is the state’s first confirmed case of HPAI since 2015.
Troopers promote safe travel to state basketball games This year’s action in vying for the state title in the NSAA Girls and Boys State Basketball Tournaments will take place the same week. Throughout the week, which runs from March 7 through March 12, Nebraska State Troopers will be patrolling the roads to make sure players and fans arrive safely.
The filing deadlines have passed for the 2022 primary elections in Otoe County, and the Otoe County Clerk’s Office has released the names of candidates for Syracuse city positions and Otoe County offices.
Jackie Thomson-Bremer jb94542@windstream.net 402-432-1410 Look at that – SNOW!!! Hope everyone is safe out there. Don’t forget March 13 is Daylight Savings – Spring Ahead! Congratulations to Luna and Kaileigh and Good Luck at State Speech competition! Congratulations to the rest of the team for earning medals! Organizations Panama Quilt Guild By Jackie Thomson-Bremer The next Panama Quilt Guild meeting is March 22 at 7 p.m.
2022 officers for the Syracuse Area Chamber of Commerce are front row Jill Ford, President, Laramie Werner, Past President and Karena Cunningham, Secretary; back row: Stephanie Vellek, Treasurer, Wendy Werner, Executive Director and Lori Kirchhoff, Vice President. Not pictured Melissa Juilfs, Tannenbaum Committee Chair and Jan Moore, Tourism and Commerce Committee Chair.
Protecting one's health is important. March brings awareness of the need for people to access life-saving resources that prevent, detect, and treat colorectal cancer (CRC). Early-age onset CRC diagnoses are rising by 2 percent annually, and by 2030 it is predicted that CRC will be the leading cause of death in people under age 50. CRC is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women combined.
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Squad, assisted by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team from the Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing, have safely destroyed three old military ordnances located in personal property recently.
Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in a virtual discussion on southeastern Nebraska fisheries management at 7 p.m. Monday, March 14.
3-12 Library open 9-11 a.m. 3-13 Daylight Savings Time begins – turn your clocks ahead 1 hour 3-14 Fire & Rescue mtg.
IR-2022-52, March 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers they may be able to claim a deduction on their 2021 tax return for contributions to their Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA) made through April 18, 2022. An IRA is a personal savings plan that lets employees and the self-employed set money aside for retirement and can have tax advantages.