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Lincoln, March 30, 2021 — An upcoming online training will teach participants how to recognize and respond to potential signs of crisis and suicidal behavior. Life can be stressful in the best of times.

COVID-19 disrupted both inperson learning and routine wellchild visits for many children over the last year. As a result, too many children have fallen behind on receiving recommended vaccines. We all want our kids to be back in school safely, and that means getting caught up on vaccines that were missed over the last year.

FARGO, ND (March 23, 2021) --Fatal wrong-way driving crashes on our nation’s highways are a persistent and devastating threat that is only getting worse. According to the latest data analysis from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, there were 2,008 deaths from wrong-way driving crashes on divided highways between 2015 and 2018, an average of approximately 500 deaths a year. That is up 34 percent from the 375 deaths annually from 2010 to 2014. Researchers found that the odds of being a wrong-way driver increased with alcohol-impairment, older age, and driving without a passenger.

On 03/16/2021 at 7:07 a.m., officers were called to the 200 block of East B Street for a disturbance. Following an investigation, a 27 year old female was arrested for domestic assault, criminal mischief and child abuse.

Easter is coming and it’s time to put up the tree. For those thinking right now that trees are for an entirely different Christian holiday, you are both right and wrong. Even though trees may be more widely associated with Christmas, Easter trees are an increasingly popular and festive tradition that trace their roots to Germany

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), along with his colleagues Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Peter Welch (D-VT), introduced the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2021.

LINCOLN–The popular lawn and garden series “Backyard Farmer” begins its new season at 7:00 p.m. CT, Thursday, April 1, on NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations.

LINCOLN – “Nebraska Stories” continues in April on NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations. The April 15 episode features a story about a horseback ride at Mount Michael Abbey in Elkhorn that nearly ended in tragedy when Ginger Theisen’s horse stumbled and fell on her.

Congratulations to Sadie VanderWey, who won the Nebraska State D-2 Interpretation of Serious Prose championship at the state speech competition in Kearney last week! Coach George Arnold, and Jodi Arnold took 15 Cody-Kilgore students to the meet, with nine competing.

ACTIVITIES Senior Center hours Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. The senior center will offer a fish fillet as an alternate to the printed menu on Fridays of Lent.