Stories from Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Mildred Minerva Jacobs, 92, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, July 14, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, July 19, at the Nazarene Church, in Nevada. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Nevada Daily Mail Bronaugh, Hume and Sheldon school districts have been selected as finalists for this year's America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grants. The grant, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, attempts to help farmers strengthen math and science education in rural school districts. In its third year, the program has contributed $290,000 to rural communities...

Nevada Daily Mail Pork producers who confirm Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus on their farms will now be required to create farm management plans in an effort to help stave off the disease's spread. That mandate comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which released guidelines for PEDV management last week as a follow up to a June federal order that requires confirmed cases to be reported. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Following a lengthy discussion the Nevada City Council voted 4-1, with Lance Christi voting no, to pass on first reading a bill that will prohibit the city from hiring anyone who is closely related to a current city employee, and if two current city employees marry, one of them will have to resign within 30 days. Any employees of the city on or before Aug. 5 will be grandfathered in...

Nevada Daily Mail A total of 94 units of blood were collected during the American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Nevada last week. On Wednesday, 3M Company also held a bloodmobile visit, collecting 70 units of blood. The following persons received their gallon pin:...