In light of the recent flooding we experienced in March, public safety officials are asking landowners within Region 11 (Antelope, Madison, and Pierce counties) to clear debris from the floodway by February 1, 2020.

As with every spring, there is a good chance that we could see flooding in our waterways again in 2020. With the events of 2019 still fresh in our minds, now is a great time…

City of Norfolk Tree Advisory Board co-chairman, Gale Bender, presented the 2019 Business and Residential Green Leaf Awards at the City Council meeting held on Monday, November 4th.

For the last eight years, the tree board has presented the Green Leaf Award to a business, and more recently a residence, that has exceptional landscaping based on nominations submitted from August through September.…

Beginning on Monday, November 11th, sewer utility work will begin in the area of Channel Road and South Victory Road on the east side of town. Access will be limited to local traffic only from Channel Road south of Phillip Avenue and South Victory Road north of Omaha Avenue.

During the hours of construction, both lanes of traffic will be closed only in the area where construction is taking…

Thanks to the Free Trees for Fall Planting program, an effort of the Nebraska Forest Service and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, the City of Norfolk received 10 trees for the Playground and Trail Head Shade project.

City staff planted eight trees around the Skyview Park playground and two trees at the flood control trail head along Omaha Avenue to give needed shade to these two areas.

Despite…

Recently, Madison County Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the placement of individual address signs throughout rural Madison County in order to better assist public safety and rescue personnel. This will help create uniformed and consistent signage that law enforcement and fire/emergency responders can easily locate individual addresses in the event of an emergency.

In the…

City Street crew will begin terrace grading and street maintenance on 25th Street north of Benjamin Avenue next week.

The crew will be grading the terrace in an effort to improve drainage in the area. This consists of cutting off the buildup of dirt and sod within four to six feet of the street edge that is preventing proper drainage into the east ditch. The ditches will be re-graded between…

Norfolk Public Library has been selected as one of 35 libraries nationwide to take part in the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for underserved teens. This competitive grant is offered by the American Library Association (ALA) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. This is the second year in a row that the Norfolk Public…

In 2017, the Norfolk Transfer Station applied for the Recycling Equipment Grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) to help purchase a new composting machine. The Recycling Equipment Grant from the Nebraska Recycling Council is one of 85 grant projects in 2017 receiving $16.6 million in grant awards from Nebraska Environmental Trust. The Trust is funded by proceeds from the Nebraska Lottery…

The 2019-2020 Budget, Projects and Goals was presented at the September 3, 2019 City Council Meeting.

In May, the Norfolk City Council approved amendments to the North Fork of the Elkhorn River Overlay District (Riverfront Overlay District) to expand the district’s boundaries, increase the number of review board members from five to nine, and include residency requirements.  Applications are now being sought for the four new board members.

 Members of the board will review applications for…