Early childhood education is an investment in our communities, Tyson Wessels related Monday night, April 4.
LINCOLN – On April 5, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the District Judge in the First Judicial District (consisting of Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer counties) provided the following three names for the Governor’s consideration: David J. A. Bargen, Adams; Zachary L. Blackman, Lincoln; and Shaylene M. Smith, Crete.
Peru State College will inaugurate Dr. Michael R. Evans as its 34th president on Wednesday, April 20, in the Performing Arts Center on the College’s campus. The inauguration ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Al Wheeler Activity Center.
Every student and teacher at Johnson-Brock school knows Weston Niss. The fifth grade student, who is on the autism spectrum, transferred to Johnson-Brock to be closer to family after his father Bryce’s death in November of 2020. The same day that Dani Niss, or how she is commonly known around the Johnson community “Weston’s Mom”, contacted the Johnson-Brock superintendent about enrollment, she received a call from Sheila Borcher, the Johnson-Brock elementary special education teacher, inquiring about Weston and the best way to support him. Dani Niss said that the phone call from Mrs. Borcher was the first act of the Johnson-Brock School staff’s persistence and commitment to making sure that Weston had a great experience at Johnson-Brock and had a supportive and caring environment to learn.
The former Palmer House Motel property began its transformation into a retail property with the demolition of most of the living units on April 1. The photo above shows the ongoing demolition of units on the upper portion of the property.
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