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Nebraska Department of Education draft of health education standards met with controversy

5 years ago By Guyla Mills

Under Nebraska state law, Education Standards for reading, writing, mathematics, and social studies are required to be updated every seven years. This year, the Nebraska Department (NDE) of Education expanded that effort to review and update other subject areas—including health education standards for the first time.

75TH BIRTHDAY

2 years ago By News Staff

SAKES ALIVE!! LOOK WHO’S TURNING 75!! Please help us celebrate Jerry Foster’s birthday with a card shower. Send wishes to: P.O.

Heart Health Month

2 years ago By News Staff

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) is working with healthcare providers and other partners to reduce the rates of heart disease in southwest Nebraska. Heart disease is one of the top causes of death in southwest Nebraska and nationwide.

Five earn medals at State Wrestling Tournament

2 years ago By News Staff

OMAHA - After a grueling three days of competition, five area wrestlers earned medals at the State Wrestling Tournament in Omaha last weekend. While they each took different paths to get there, Braxton Hammond of Southern Valley, Arapahoe’s Briggs Hill and Cambridge’s Hunter Perks each finished third.

Hammond, Hill, Perks lead the way taking third

Sen. Ibach calls for incentives to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use, improve water quality

2 years ago By News Staff

by Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A rural state senator called Tuesday for providing financial incentives for farmers to use less nitrogen fertilizer and help clean up the state’s groundwater.

The darker portions of this map indicate areas where nitrate levels exceed 10 parts per million, the level of health concern in drinking water. (Courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources)

Remmenga Drilling Company Celebrates 70 Years in the Family Business

2 years ago By News Staff

By Guyla Mills Bob Remmenga of Elwood was only 18 years old, in 1954, when he began drilling wells. Nebraska experienced a severe drought in the early 1950s, and his Uncle Ernest Fastenau of Smithfield saw that the relatively new irrigation industry was on the precipice of a boon.

Remmenga Drilling Company Celebrates 70 Years in the Family Business

A true working woman

2 years ago By News Staff

CAMBRIDGE - Jackie Schamel is a sixty-nine-yearyoung German immigrant living in Cambridge. Jackie is known locally for being a jackof- all-trades, willing to take on all manners of work that most people shy away from.

LEWIS I. PALMER

2 years ago By News Staff

Lewis “Lewie” Ivan Palmer, age 88, of Mc-Cook, NE passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Lewie was born April 13, 1935, in Wilsonville, NE to parents Ivan and Nellie L.

Southwest Public School Board approves resignations and calendar changes to 2024/25 school year

2 years ago By News Staff

The Southwest Public School board called the monthly meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Board members John O’Dea and Duane Teter were absent from the meeting; the present school board members approved their absences.

Nebraska Fish Art Contest open for entries

2 years ago By News Staff

Students in kindergarten through 12th grade can discover the outdoors by participating in the Nebraska Fish Art Contest. The 2024 contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Wildlife Forever and Bass Pro Shops, is accepting entries through Feb.

Oxford City Board moves forward with community planning

2 years ago By News Staff

The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees approved a series of items as directed by 5-Rule to move forward with future community planning at their regular meeting on Monday, February 12, 2024. Board chairman Mike Minarik reported that Village Attorney Justin Daake felt the items looked good.

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