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Milling operations to begin on N 37th St. in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Neb. - Omni Engineering, the contractor for the City’s 2026 Milling and Overlay Project, will begin milling operations on 37th Street, north of Benjamin Avenue beginning as early as Monday afternoon, September 14 and continue over the next couple of days. As milling takes place, residents and property...
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Temporary downtown street closures for festoon lighting installation
The City of Norfolk is advising motorists of temporary, intermittent street closures in downtown Norfolk beginning today (Tuesday) and running through Friday, as crews work to install festoon lighting over the roadway. As work progresses, intermittent closures may occur along Braasch Avenue from 4th Street to 1st Street, 3rd Street...
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Norfolk Board of Education approves fiscal year budget.
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education approved its budget for the next school year Monday evening. Superintendent Erik Wilson gave the board a breakdown of the budget. "As we look at the breakout of our budget," Wilson said. "$63 million 613,079, the majority of our budget is made up of staffing and contract services. Two items that are mostly people."
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Norfolk warning of possible fish kill, river contamination after wastewater facility issue
NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV) - The City of Norfolk’s Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a reduction in its biological wastewater treatment capacity, starting on Monday, Sept. 14. The city states that the biological treatment process includes using microorganisms to reduce the pollutants in the wastewater before it is treated and then...
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Wastewater Treatment Plant has experienced reduction in biological wastewater-treatment capacity
The City of Norfolk is notifying the public that its Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a substantial reduction in its biological wastewater-treatment capacity beginning on approximately Monday September 14th, 2026. The biological treatment process is the portion of the plant that uses microorganisms to reduce pollutants in wastewater before treated effluent...
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Nebraska Head Starts use vests with ‘talk pedometers’ to boost early literacy
LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - On a mid-June morning in Norfolk, a group of 2- and 3-year-olds clumsily ran around a playroom wearing identical purple cloth vests. As the toddlers babbled to their teachers, a rectangular recording device hidden in a chest pocket captured every word as they asked to go to the bathroom, talked about their favorite book or explained their newest drawing.
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Nebraska Head Starts use vests with ‘talk pedometers’ to boost early literacy
On a mid-June morning in Norfolk, a group of 2- and 3-year-olds clumsily ran around a playroom wearing identical purple cloth vests. As the toddlers babbled to their teachers, a rectangular recording device hidden in a chest pocket captured every word as they asked to go to the bathroom, talked about their favorite book or explained their newest drawing.
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Columbus sets updated regulations for e-bikes and scooters
COLUMBUS, Neb. (KLKN) — Columbus City Council has created new regulations for electric bikes and scooters. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the Council approved a new ordinance that updated regulations for the electric mobility devices. According to the City of Columbus, the ordinance was under deliberation before the recent death...
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Norfolk City Council approves extreme-blighted designation of south Norfolk
The Norfolk City Council has approved the Extremely Blighted Determination for the site generally located south of Omaha Avenue and east and west of South 1st Street. Council members first voted to approve the Norfolk Redevelopment Area Blight and Substandard Study. Keith Carl, a community planner with Hanna Keelan Associates...
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Overlay paving to begin as part of 2026 milling and overlay project
The City of Norfolk will begin overlay paving as part of its 2026 Milling and Overlay Project today (Wednesday). Paving operations will begin on streets where milling has been completed, weather permitting. The initial overlay work will include: Braasch Avenue from 7th to 5th Streets and 5th Street from Braasch...
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Climbing to remember: Norfolk firefighters, community members climb to honor 9/11 victims
Participants of all ages worked to climb up and down the stairs at the stadium for hours, 42 sets to be exact, enough climbing to equal 110 flights of stairs, the same as each of the Twin Towers.