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Guests at northeast Nebraska state park areas were treated to some improvements in 2022, with more set to be completed in 2023. The following is a roundup of those improvements and projects: Summit...

Brennon J. Coleman, 39, of Neligh appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on March 15 for first hearing on a Class 3A felony, third-degree domestic...

Two years after Donald Trump won the 2016 president election, four Nebraska women joined to form a progressive political group in the state dedicated to holding lawmakers like those in the Nebraska...

Organizations and non-profit groups in Antelope County applying for funding through the county’s Antelope County Visitors Improvement Fund will need to familiarize themselves with new rules...

The Honorable Kale Burdick signed a bench warrant for the arrest of two South Dakota men who failed to appear for arraignment hearings in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill last week. Both...

Changes are coming to communities served by Catholic parishes that are part of Rural Family K, including St. Theresa's in Clearwater, rural St. John's and St. Peter's in Ewing. In a letter sent to...

Clearwater Public Library received a gift of 100 new children's books, ranging from prekindergarten through early readers. The books were a donation from the Brownstone Book Fund, a private...

The consumption tax, or the transaction tax, or maybe it's the EPIC tax, has reared its ugly, shortsighted head again. Call it what you will, but elimination of the highly sustainable three-pronged...

This month’s State Board of Education meeting convened March 2 and 3 at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln. During Friday’s public meeting, Wakefield Community School, of District 6, was...

How many brackets were busted over the weekend as the field of 64 narrowed? I'm not talking about college hoops. I'm talking about voting in the Nebraska Beer Bracket, a 64-brewery tournament that...

The Legislature is now halfway through the current Legislative session. Public hearings were held this past week on two bills that I introduced in the Appropriations Committee. As amended, LB 766...

Funeral services for Merle J. Sehi, 83, of Elgin, were held Tuesday, March 21, at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Clearwater, with Rev. John Norman officiating. Interment followed at St. Patrick's...

Summerland speech team members competing in last Thursday's Class C2 state championship in Kearney finished the season by earning superior ratings. Faith King finished ninth overall after preliminary...

Students at Summerland School will see new faces next fall as three teachers and one paraprofessional offered letters of resignation at the school board’s March 14 meeting. After 23 years, family...

The 2023 ESU 8 kindergarten to 12th-grade art show will be held at the Antelope County Fair Grounds Building in Neligh. The show will be open to the public for viewing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day...