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The Nemaha Natural Resources District (NRD) is celebrating the Grand Re-Opening of the Steamboat Trace on April 15, 2023. The Grand Re-Opening ceremony will take place at 8:30 a.m. at the Peru Depot Trailhead located in Peru. Following the ceremony runners and walkers are invited to participate in the 5K Depot Dash at 9 a.m. Registration for the Depot Dash is required and can be found at www.getmeregistered. com/DepotDash or on the Nemaha NRD’s website under “News”. Registration costs $25 through March 30 and $30 until April 13. Following the Depot Dash, the village of Peru is hosting a pancake feed from 9 a.m. until around noon at the Peru City Hall (614 5th Street Peru, NE). Please visit www.perunebraska.org for more information as the date gets closer.

Lourdes Central Catholic announced today that Mr. Taylor Johnson will join Lourdes Central Catholic as the new assistant principal for the 2023-24 school year. Johnson will assume his duties this summer.

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska, will be streaming three on line “Wedding Music Workshops” for soprano recorder players, fiddlers, violists, cellists, bassists, and mandolinists. The Workshops will be on Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m., Central Time, Wednesday, April 12, 10 a.m., Central Time, and Friday, April 14, 7 p.m., Central Time.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has finalized a drought plan for use by local, county, state agencies and governments in the event of droughts in the state. The Iowa Drought Plan was developed in partnership with the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

Girl Scouts of the USA is one step closer to fulfilling the Girl Scout Tree Promise, thanks to a new partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. As the world’s largest membership nonprofit dedicated to planting trees, the Arbor Day Foundation brings momentum to Girl Scouts’ commitment to 5 million climate supportive actions by 2026, including planting trees, protecting existing canopies, and providing tree education for Girl Scouts.

This month’s Water Summary Update introduces the use of the 2023 Iowa Drought Plan (IDP). Of the states’ five drought regions, only northwest Iowa is currently shown in Drought Watch, while the balance of the state is considered normal.

The Council Bluffs/Treynor P.E.O. Reciprocity Group will host a brunch on Saturday, April 22, at New Horizon Presbyterian Church, 30 Valley View Dr.