Thought for the week: Life is like a river, as it flows, it begins and ends in the same moment. The weather this week has been up and down.

January 16, 2022 - January 22, 2022 Sunday, January 16th Responded to a 911 call that was dropped and then not answered when attempted to call back by an officer doing a welfare check to Yellowthroat Lake. Was determined to be a pocket dial.

The Omicron COVID-19 variant has been confirmed in NCDHD district through laboratory testing. Although the variant seems to cause milder symptoms, this variant has the potential to infect many more people than other COVID-19 variants, and thus can create increasing problems throughout our communities. NCDHD has seen this firsthand as NCDHD is recording new pandemic highs for case-rate/ week, likely due to Omicron’s new presence in our district. NCDHD is expecting case-rates to continue to increase as a result for next several weeks.

Politicians have a language all their own, and it often appears in news reports about government and elections. With major elections coming up this year, it as important as ever to have a thorough understanding of the terms used by politicians and government officials.

The Nebraska Press Association (NPA) has launched a new public website to provide greater public access and notification to the workings of all government entities and courts in Nebraska. The website – www.nepublicnotices. com – is a cooperative effort of all Nebraska newspapers and is managed through the NPA.

Landowners and leaseholders can get a free elk permit based on accumulated antlerless elk harvests on their Nebraska property. The Free-earned Landowner Elk Permit Program was approved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in October 2021 and became effective in mid-December.