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Wisner council hears police update, crosswalk order and Highway 275 timeline
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Wisner City Council received a police report that a new patrol car is being outfitted and equipment installations are scheduled Feb. 23; council also noted a crosswalk signal ordered for Eighteenth Street, a Game and Parks grant condition tied to a restroom door, and Mayor Terry Soden’s report that a Dept. of Roads representative said the Highway 275 four-lane from Norfolk to Omaha is expected open by 2028.
Chief of Police Doug Salmen briefed the council on the department’s monthly activities and said a new police car has arrived in Omaha; staff will remove equipment from the old patrol car and install it in the new vehicle. Salmen also reported that equipment purchased through recently awarded grants is beginning to arrive and that installations are scheduled to begin Feb. 23.
City Administrator Randy Woldt said the pedestrian crosswalk signal for Eighteenth Street has been ordered and is expected to arrive in 12–14 weeks, with installation planned for the start of school in the fall. Woldt also said a restroom door that covers plumbing access has not yet been installed; the door must be in place before Game and Parks grant funds for restroom work will be released and the city has received the bill for that work.
Mayor Terry Soden told the council he attended a Norfolk meeting about the final portion of the Highway 275 four-lane; he said a representative from the Nebraska Department of Roads stated that the stretch from Norfolk to Omaha is expected to be open by 2028. Soden noted there was no discussion at that meeting about which contractor would perform the Wisner–West Point segment.
Councilwoman Cathy Gobar said she has not yet identified anyone to run in her place on the council and invited suggestions; she noted she would be nearly 80 years old if she sought another term. Dusty Krueger apologized to the council for a newspaper error that had reported “millions” instead of “thousands.” The council adjourned at 6:17 p.m. and will next meet Feb. 2, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.
