Ponca, Nebraska City Hall

05/27/2026

S2 Refuse: Residential garbage pickup will be tomorrow (Thursday, May 28th) starting around noon. It was scheduled to occur today, however, pickup after the Monday holiday took longer than expected. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Commercial pickup in the City of Ponca is still occurring today.

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05/27/2026

05/27/2026

There will be no parking in downtown on Sunday, May 31st from 2:00 AM until noon for the Tour Nebraska Car Show. This includes all streets South of Second St. and East of Nebraska St. (State Spur 26E). Thanks for your cooperation. Come out and enjoy the car show with over 450 classic cars and trucks.

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05/26/2026

Good Luck to Landon Uthof who will be competing in the Class C State Golf Championship this week in Grand Island! Please see the Proclamation from the Mayor of Ponca below!

05/22/2026

The City Hall Office will be closing at 1 pm today - Friday, May 22nd. Sorry for an inconvenience, the drop boxes are always available. If there is a gas emergency call 911. For any other city emergency call 712-389-8703.

05/21/2026

Good luck to the PHS State Track Qualifiers! Please see the Proclamation from the Mayor of Ponca below.

05/12/2026

The Tour Nebraska Car Show will be in downtown Ponca from approximately 9:00 AM to 10:45 AM Sunday, May 31st.

02/27/2026

City of Ponca and surrounding residents: The NDOT will have several projects in our area this spring and summer.

1. Bridge reconstruction on the bridge adjacent to the entrance to Ponca will begin approximately March 23rd. It is the NDOT's goal to maintain two lanes of traffic as much as possible with no traffic signal at the bridge.

2. The bridge 2 miles east of town on Highway 12 (northwest of 876 Rd.) will have repair work done and require traffic signals. A date is not set for this work to start.

3. The bridge approximately 3 miles east of Newcastle (located just east of 586 Avenue will also have repair work requiring a traffic signal. A date is not set for this work to start.

4. Highway Repair work and resurfacing between Ponca and Willis, and between Ponca and Newcastle on Highway 12 are planned to occur this summer.

As we receive more information on these projects, we will post further details.

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