The City of Norfolk was recently awarded a Nebraska EAB Recovery grant, a collaborative program of the Peter Kiewit Foundation and the Arbor Day Foundation to promote proactive tree recovery efforts with the impending effects of the emerald ash borer (EAB).

Nebraska EAB Recovery is a new granting program that was launched to help communities across Nebraska prepare for EAB. The emerald…

The Norfolk Fire Division wants to use this time to remind everyone that Sunday, March 8th is the day we all change our clocks 1 hour as we “SPRING” ahead to Daylight Savings Time.

This weekend is a great time to change the batteries in all of your smoke alarms. Even if you have smoke alarms that use the power from you house wiring system, the backup battery needs to be changed.

Smoke…

The City of Norfolk is announcing “2020 in 2020,” an initiative with the goal of planting 2,020 trees in the city of Norfolk in 2020. Through various programs and partnerships, trees will be distributed…

Even though it doesn’t feel like it, the severe weather season will be here before we know it. A representative from the National Weather Service (NWS) – Valley, NE will be making their annual visit on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. at the Lifelong Learning Center (801 E. Benjamin Avenue) to help train professionals and citizens on how best to help the local NWS during severe weather.

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"2019 was a year of both tragedy and progress. We withstood a natural disaster of historic proportions, came together as neighbors to manage the hardship and then carried forward to new beginnings."

Review this annual report,…

Earlier last fall, the City of Norfolk Water Treatment/Sewer and Water Pollution Control Divisions were recognized and awarded at conferences in Kearney for their safety practices.

The Norfolk Water Treatment Plant prides itself in providing safe, clean drinking water for the citizens of Norfolk. Due to the continued improvement in the field of safety based on accidents, prevention, and…

Josh Moenning, Mayor of Norfolk, NE, has been selected to serve on the National League of Cities (NLC) Small Cities Council. NLC member councils provide space for local leaders to connect with other municipal officials representing similar communities and facing common challenges.

“Small cities face many of the same challenges when it comes to areas like infrastructure, public safety, and…

Embrace Park is officially complete after the construction of ADA accessible bathrooms.

In 2017, the community saw the construction of the all-inclusive Embrace Park. This unique park was thoughtfully designed to provide a safe place where individuals of all ages and abilities can play together. This inclusive playground eliminates the barriers to exclusion, both physical and social, and…

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.…