
Young women ages 14 to 24 are invited to apply for the Miss Clearwater Rodeo contest. Applications are due by June 19 and are available by contacting Devon Baum, contest director, at missclearwaterrodeo@gmail.com or texting or calling 402-843-0446. The queen contest will be held Friday, June 26. That afternoon, contestants will be judged in several categories in the arena before proceedings to interviews at Two Bills Steakhouse. All candidates will take part in mutton busting activities as...

Residents urged the Ewing Village Board of Trustees on Monday to reconsider negotiations for the former Tigerland/school playground property, arguing the community could benefit from maintaining both the school playground and planned improvements at Schmidt Park. The discussion centered on the former Ewing Elementary School property, where the Tigerland playground has served local children since 2008. Created through fundraising efforts and grant writing spearheaded by Becky Kaczor, Tigerland...

The two highest-paid nonprofit employees in the state benefit from a bonus system criticized for incentivizing more medical procedures. Nebraska's state auditor calls it inexplicable. A former health insurance CEO suggests it's excessive. A veteran doctor says it's unheard of. They're reacting to what a nonprofit hospital paid its gastroenterologist in 2024: Nearly $5 million. That same hospital, Faith Health in Norfolk, paid a plastic surgeon $3.8 million. Those sums made the doctors the two...








The Nebraska Eight Man Football Coaches Association will introduce its newest members in the Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame on June 20 in Hastings. Brett Kaczor, former Ewing and Nebraska Wesleyan standout, is one of the inductees. The Wall of Fame will be unveiled at 2:30 p.m., in the lobby of the Lynn Ferrell Arena and the inductions will take place during halftime of the 49th annual Sertoma Eight-Man All-Star Game. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. From 2005 to 2008, Kaczor was an outstanding...

A crusty, old state worker once told me that "the story of government is not what is said is not so, it is what is so is not said." Wise words that seem to get wiser by the year. That's because the opportunity to actually interview an elected officer or state agency director, face to face, with no questions off the table, are getting as rare as a snowstorm in June. Most often – almost always – a request to talk to a governor, director or congressional representative goes unanswered and goes...


The mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Neligh Faith Community Church, as well as other businesses, churches, and individuals will disperse food on Tuesday, June 1. The event will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at the American Legion Club, located at 115 West Third Street in...

Last month, Summerland Fine Arts instructors presented top awards in their respective...
PROCEEDINGS HOLT COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY 29, 2026 Board meetings are held on the first working day after the 15th and the last working day of the month. Meetings are held at the Holt County Courthouse meeting room. Board of Equalization at 9:30 a.m., and Board of Supervisors at 9:45 a.m. Notice of meeting given in advance thereof by publication in paper as shown by Affidavit of Publication on May 21, 2026, in the Atkinson Graphic. The agenda for all meetings are kept continuously current and is available for...
ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NELIGH, NEBRASKA JUNE 2, 2026 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of May 11, 2026, Board of Commissioner and Board of Equalization meetings. Public comments. Correspondence was reviewed. Zoning administrator - no report. Authorized highway superintendent to do a road study on 852nd Road. Appointed printer for joint public hearing post cards. Road superintendent report: approved 34 oversized permits, and one (1) access permit....
NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold a regular meeting, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 7 p.m., in the school board meeting room at 51293 857th Rd., Ewing, Nebraska. The agenda sequence is provided as a courtesy only. The board reserves the right to consider each item in any sequence it deems appropriate. Therefore, we encourage visitors to attend the meeting from the beginning. The tentative agenda contains a list of subjects known at...
NOTICE OF AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH Notice is hereby given that the Articles of Incorporation of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, a Nebraska nonprofit religious corporation (the “Corporation”) have been amended and restated by the directors as of May 28, 2026, and filed with the Secretary of State on June 4, 2026. The Articles of Incorporation have been amended to generally provide as follows: 1. To clarify that the Corporation is governed by a...
NOTICE OF MEETING COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS A COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold a County Board of Equalization meeting in the commissioners’ meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska on June 23, 2026, at 9:15 a.m., for the purpose of approving tax roll corrections, 2026 over/under report, motor vehicle exemptions and various other items which may become necessary to act upon. The...
PUBLIC NOTICE HOLT COUNTY VALUATION PROTEST HEARING DATES Notice is hereby given that June 30, 2026, will be the final date for property owners to file valuation protests, to be heard by the county board of equalization. Forms for protest purposes are available at the Holt County Clerk’s Office. Protests will be heard as per the following schedule: 9:15 A.M. - June 16, 2026 9:15 A.M. - June 30, 2026 9:15 A.M. – July 16, 2026 The agenda, for the above meetings will be as follows: 1. Review, hear and consider valuation protests. 2. Equalize...