KEARNEY, NE — Memorial Day brings a host of changes to Kearney schedules. Here are the holiday details:

The City of Kearney Cemetery officials invite the public to help raise the parade of flags and small flags on the Veterans graves on Saturday, May 28 beginning at 8:00 a.m. The Memorial Services will be held on Monday, May 30, at 10:00 a.m. The casket flags and small flags will be picked up and stored starting at 4:00pm Monday. All help is welcome. Cemetery Staff would like to remind people to not bring out flowers for the Memorial Weekend until Friday, May 27 to allow time for preparation of the grounds. Flowers will need to be removed by Monday, June 6. 

The City of Kearney offices, Kearney Public Library, Peterson Senior Activity Center and Kearney Police Department Front Desk will be closed on Monday, May 30, 2022, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Normal hours of operation will resume on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Kearney Public Library will also be closed on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

City of Kearney’s Sanitation Division announces that due to the upcoming Memorial Day Holiday on Monday, May 30, 2022, the following changes will be in effect for the refuse collection system and the Kearney Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill: Residential Collection: • Trash collection will be delayed one day, except Friday’s collection will remain on schedule. • Yard waste collection will be delayed one day. • Recycling collection will remain on schedule. **Please have your container at the curb by 7:00 a.m. for collection. Commercial Collection: • Trash collection scheduled for Monday, May 30 will be collected on Tuesday. • Recycling collection scheduled for Friday, June 3 will be collected on Saturday. Closings: • The Kearney Area Recycling Center will be closed on Monday, May 30. • The Solid Waste Agency Landfill, including the Yard Waste and Tree Site, will be closed on Sunday, May 29 and Monday, May 30.