The Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department recently received a grant that will aid in the purchase equipment extrication used at accident scenes. The department is in receipt of an $8,550 grant from the Farm Credit Services Working Here Fund for Rural Disaster Relief/Essential Services.
For the past decade, distracted driving has taken U.S. roadways by storm, endangering not only the distracted drivers, but their passengers, pedestrians and others using the road.
Knights compete at DC West Quad The Elmwood-Murdock track and field team competed at the Douglas County West Quad on March 23. Medal winners for the Knights were Running events: Ella Zierott, girls 60-meter dash, 8.69; Cade Hosier, boys 60-meter dash, 7.46; Delaney Frahm, girls 60-meter hurdles, 9.96; Riley Wilson, boys 60-meter hurdles, 8.85; Cade Hosier, boys 200-meter dash, 25.00; Delaney Frahm, girls 400-meter dash, 1:05.42; Riley Wilson, boys 400-meter dash, 54.02; Rylie Gordon, girls 800-meter run, 3:03.07; Brooklyn Dowding, girls 1600-meter run, 8:44.59; Zoe Zierott, girls 3200-meter run, 13:37.00; and Aiden Meisinger, boys 3200-meter run, 13:19.86.
Randee (Witt) Castillo, a Peru State College senior, is also a multi-location business owner. She, her husband, and her family own Happy Life Nutrition locations in Auburn and Plattsmouth.
Dr. Jason Phillips and Dr. Kathi Nehls took seven students to Phi Alpha Theta National Biennial Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in January. Students presented papers from upper-division courses, and capstone papers.
By Jackie Thomson-Bremer jb94542@windstream.net | 402-432-1410 It will be a big couple of weeks. This week is the Nebraska State FFA Conference. The Palmyra High School play will be performed Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Good Luck to all the youth! Easter Egg Hunt Saturday. Palm Sunday.
Speaker David Marsh will present a program Music from Around the World on Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at Morton-James Public Library Kimmel Gallery, 923 1st Corso.
The City of Syracuse hosted an open house on the availability of funds for the Syracuse Downtown Revitalization (DTR) project on Thursday, March 23, at the Syracuse Library. Over 25 individuals representing downtown businesses attended. Representatives from SENDD (Southeast Nebraska Development District) and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development were also in attendance to provide an overview of the application process, timeline and eligible improvements.