By Lorraine Jewett | Special to The Union
Scholarships Totaling $961,225 were presented to 133 graduating seniors of the five schools within the Nevada Joint Union High School District. “Out of 655 district seniors, 337 of them participated in the scholarship process,” says Linda Melugin, director of the Nevada Joint Union High School District Scholarship Program. The district’s scholarship program is supported by more than 160 local donors, community groups, and the NJUHSD Foundation. The scholarship program recently became a completely digital platform through a partnership with Going Merry, a national digital scholarship assistance provider. “The success overall can be attributed to moving to a digital platform,” adds Linda, “and having more engagement with students and families through classroom visits and workshops…”
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By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer
The circumstances surrounding the Monday death of a Grass Valley man during an incident involving Yuba County law enforcement remain under investigation.
An autopsy was conducted Thursday for William Hennefer, 37, but an official cause of death remains undetermined pending toxicology results, said Leslie Carbah, spokeswoman for the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office had responded to an area off Highway 20 near Browns Valley shortly after 1 p.m. Monday for reports of a suspicious man in a vehicle, Carbah said.
The man, later identified as Hennefer, refused to exit his vehicle and was acting erratically when law enforcement made contact with him, Carbah said Thursday.