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MAC seeks carolers

3 years ago By News Staff
During the month of December, the community is invited to join the caroling that will happen each Thursday for the Thursday Night Lights shopping events. The Merrick Arts Council is hoping to have a core group of people each Thursday, but everyone in the community is invited to join the group! Meet at the Venture Center a little before 5:30.
Nebraska Horticulture  

Nebraska Horticulture

3 years ago By News Staff
Lancaster County Extension Educator Need an idea for a gardener on your Christmas list? Consider native lily or bush lily, Clivia miniata; an unusual plant popular as a holiday gift plant. It can be grown year-round as a houseplant or kept indoors during winter and placed outside in summer.
MAC kicks off Christmas season with Nebraska Brass  

MAC kicks off Christmas season with Nebraska Brass

3 years ago By News Staff
Christmas is once again coming into full swing. Lights are being put up in all the houses around town, and Christmas music is being played in many retail stores. Plans are being made for the holidays and Christmas lists are being written. As we head into the month of December, with all its stresses and merriment, what better way to get it started than with music.
Christie Abdul-Greene named Executive Director of Keep Omaha Beautiful  

Christie Abdul-Greene named Executive Director of Keep Omaha Beautiful

3 years ago By News Staff
There are many kids who have grown up in our neighborhoods and passed through our school who have gone on to do big things out in the world. Christie Abdul-Greene, an alumni from Central City Public school, has been named the new executive director for Keep Omaha Beautiful, an environmental Non-Profit organization that has been serving the Omaha community since 1959.

Men’s Night makes return

3 years ago By News Staff
The addition of COVID into our normal vocabulary meant that some of the great events that we once knew had to come to an end. Since then, we have welcomed many back and have done the same for the annual Merrick Medical Center Men’s Night held on Wednesday November 30, from 5:30-8:30 pm at the Merrick County 4-H Building.

CCHS to hold open house

3 years ago By News Staff
The construction process at Central City Public Schools has been a lengthy one with various projects taking place over recent years. When the previous round of construction was completed the pandemic made it difficult to show off the progress to the community, but this time around the school is looking to do just that.

NRD Board approves infrared photography to enforce Water Quality Program

3 years ago By News Staff
On Thursday, the Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors addressed the Infrared (IR) photography used by staff to see changes in irrigation practices for the Groundwater Management Program. IR Imagery of the entire District has been taken in August each year since 2004 and is used to determine if irrigation is present on acres that are not certified. IR imagery has been submitted as evidence to courts in the past to enforce irrigated acre compliance for the NRD’s Groundwater Quantity Program.

FROM OUR FILES:

3 years ago By News Staff
10 Years Ago This past summer, Merrick County farmer Tim williams and his family saw a brand new roof put on the 100-year-old barn on their farm. The times, they area a changing and the next casualty of the digital era might just be Central City’s State Theater as they were forced to close their doors.
Sample for Soybean Cyst Nematode This Fall  

Sample for Soybean Cyst Nematode This Fall

3 years ago By News Staff
Now that harvest is finished up and while you may still remember some low yielding areas in the soybean fields or have had a chance to look at the yield maps it is time to identify spots in the field to sample for Soybean Cyst Nematode. This small roundworm is the number one yield limiting biotic agent of soybeans in North America and is estimated to cause U.S. producers $1.5 billion a year. The reason this pest is so insidious is because SCN can cause up to 30% yield loss with no noticeable above ground symptoms. For this reason, SCN is an invisible threat that many producers do not know they have and are not actively managing.
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