Nelson NewsLocal news for Nelson, NE continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Health fair scheduled for April 5- March 29, 2008 The 2008 Nuckolls County Health and Wellness Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. to noon at Superior High School, according to Karen Tinkham, public relations director at Brodstone Memorial Hospital.Blood draws are scheduled for the week before so that the results may be picked up at the fair. Blood draw will be done Tuesday, April 1, and Thursday, April 3, from 7 to 10 a.m. in the lab at Brodstone Memorial Hospital. Please call for an appointment.Additionally, blood draws...http://www.topix.net/city/nelson-ne/2008/03/health-fair-scheduled-for-april-5?fromrss=1 County board approves motor grader purchase- March 23, 2008 "What farmers really hate is when they tear the old bridge out, then disappear for a month or two." The Nuckolls County Board approved the purchase of a new motor grader for the road department at Monday's regular meeting.The new machine, a John Deere 772D, will be the first six-wheel-drive motor grader utilized by the county. It will be purchased from Murphy Tractor in Grand Island. The total cost of the machine, including a Henke V10 snowplow and a $45,000 allowance for the Caterpillar motor.http://www.topix.net/city/nelson-ne/2008/03/county-board-approves-motor-grader-purchase?fr... Effort to find Nelson man involves about 75 searchers- March 8, 2008 About 75 people from a handful of law enforcement and emergency agencies searched for a 21-year-old Nelson man after his wrecked pickup truck was discovered along a county road early last Thursday morning.Karl Grueber was reportedly driving home from "The Mill," a restaurant and bar in Deweese, when he lost control of the 1990 Ford pickup he was driving and struck a tree. The accident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. just east of Deweese on the road separating Nuckolls and Clay counties.About an..http://www.topix.net/city/nelson-ne/2008/03/effort-to-find-nelson-man-involves-about-75-se... |