Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Clearwater's water and sewer systems are treading water financially, and village officials are looking at a rate increase to keep the utility funds from running dry. A recent utility rate study shows operating costs have steadily outpaced revenue, particularly in the water fund, leaving the village dipping into reserves to cover everyday expenses and prompting a push to adjust rates so the system can once again pay its own way. Trustees will discuss a potential rate increase when they meet Monda...
Ewing Fire Chief Ryan Schrunk and Clearwater Assistant Fire Chief Ted Mlnarik announce donations totaling $8,364.50 were collected for the Mokhalad family of Minnesota, following a Jan. 2 accident that claimed the lives Michael Mokhalad and son, Tym, on 508 Avenue, south of Ewing. Three Mokhalad children survived the crash. The donation includes a $2,500 match from the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce. Donation jars were set up in Clearwater, Ewing, and Orchard. Multiple donations were sent...
Chasing goals. Bobcat wrestler Austin Mendoza said his first thought, after reaching 100 wins, was "Wow, it's about time I joined the club. It's a goal I've been chasing all year." The chase came to fruition, Friday, at the Central Valley Invite, when the Summerland junior pinned Yutan's Charlie Tasich in just over two minutes. " I knew I was close to 100 but did not think I would have gotten it the first match of the meet," Mendoza said. Head Coach Dan Roeber said reaching the century milestone...
Summerland wrestlers found success at Friday's Central Valley Invite. Five Bobcats earned medals, including two gold meals. For junior Austin Mendoza, competition included a special outcome. He reached 100 career wins. The team tied for fourth place with St. Paul. The two teams finished with 108.5 points. Aquinas Catholic took top honors, with 153.5 points. Yutan finished as runner up, scoring 131 points, and the host team ended in third, with 113 points. Mendoza worked his way through the...
The Sunset Store, located in the former Ewing Public School, donated $10,039.73 in monetary donations to area community members in 2025. The board announced the annual give back amounts when they met in January. In addition to monetary donations, the Ewing-based thrift sop packed and shipped 317 boxes to the Orphan Grain Train based in Norfolk. In-kind donations were also made to the Norfolk Veterans Home, Holt County Animal Shelter, Norfolk Rescue Mission, Schools, Shoe Box Gifts for children,...
They're all moving on. All eight Summerland FCCLA members who competed at Monday's District STAR event in Wayne will advance to the state competition in March. Lilly Spangler and Averie Pelster earned a silver and were named champion in sports nutrition, level one. In sports nutrition, level two, Hayden Hobbs and Ethan Barner were named champions, earning gold. Jenna Funk and Braelyn Bergman submitted the chapter service project portfolio, earned gold, and topped the field. Emma King led the...
Multiple times a month, never fail, I listen to friends, neighbors, acquaintances, etc., opine about government operations, from the local to federal level. After I listen to their concerns, my first questions to them are simple. What steps are or have you taken to make your voice heard? Or, have you attended a meeting and shared your thoughts? The questions are usually met with silence. Don’t say you’ve attended a fill-in-the-name-of-a-government-body meeting. At most local meetings, I’m the l...
Filings for the 2026 Primary Elections are underway. Holt County Clerk Cathy Pavel reported several incumbents, as well as newcomers, have announced their intentions. Timothy L. Wallinger has filed to run for the Holt County Assessor. Shelly Ross announced she will run for the county treasurer position. Stefani Colfack registered to run for the county clerk position. Ed Nordby will run for county sheriff. Steven L. Rasmussen will be running for county surveyor. Two candidates have filed for the...
The Bobcat girls wrestling team finished sixth in a field of 23 teams, Saturday, at the Cedar Bluffs Girls Invitational, finishing with 100 points. Lincoln East claimed the top spot, scoring 181, and Omaha North ended in the runner-up spot, with 168 points. Five Bobcats earned meals, including Ava Cleveland, 110; Abbey Chipps, 120; Lilly Kester, 125; Charlee Wagner, 145; and Honey Luby Bartling, 235. Cleveland worked her way through the championship bracket and a gold medal with a 6-0 decision...
Wausa played spoiler on the Bobcats Parents Night, as the Vikings pushed past Summerland, 55-35, on Jan. 29. The Vikings held a 17-11 advantage at the end of the first quarter and extended the margin to 24-17 at the half. Wausa added 19 points in the third quarter, while the Bobcats hit a dozen. Summerland only mustered six points in the final quarter. Ryan Rifer led Summerland with nine points. Aiden McAllister added eight. Preston Watson had a strong night on the boards, pulling in seven...
It was a tale of two halves, Thursday, as the Wausa Vikings downed the Bocats, 51-43. Summerland scored 12 points in the first half, but bounced back by scoring 18 in the third and another dozen in the final quarter. Kanyon Alleman led the team with 16 points. Belle Anson and Jenna Funk each pitched in 11. Funk and Caydence Schumacher grabbed seven rebounds apiece. Funk also recorded three steals. Shots from the three-point range wouldn't fall, as the Bobcats went 0-8. They converted 82% of...
Summerland held Elkhorn Valley to three points in overtime, ending with a 63-52 game, played on the Bobcats home court Jan. 27. Ryan Rifer and Ryder Hemenway scored 14 apiece. Aiden McAllister chipped in 10. Preston Watson ended with 10 rebounds, including nine defensive boards. Mason Schwager finished with five assists. Coach Brett Kaczor said, "I thought we showed great composure. It was a game of runs, and our guys just kept doing what we asked of them. We were fortunate EV missed some open...
The Girls Class B2 District Wrestling Meet opened Friday, Feb. 6. Here's where the Bobcats sit heading into Saturday morning's competition: Ava Cleveland: Will face Amber Hodges, Elm Creek, in the 110 semifinal. Abbey Chipps: Will wrestle Olivia McDonald, SEM, in the 120 semifinal. Lilly Kester: Will meet Emma Glendy, Lakeview, in the 125 semifinal. Charlee Wagner: is in the semifinal. She'll meet Taylor Ahlman in the 145 match. Consolation round 2: Abby Arroyo will face Violet Carstensen,...
Ava Cleveland believes in setting goals. When she began her high school wrestling career two years ago, she was determined to reach 100 match wins. Cleveland shattered that goal on Jan. 16, in a semifinal match at the Ord Invitational against O'Neill's Molly Corkle. "I knew I was close, but I didn't know how close, so it was a surprise," Cleveland said. Cleveland's mom and coach, Shayna Strope, said Ava didn't want to know when she would hit the milestone. "She was definitely surprised when she...
Bobcat head girls basketball coach, Jackson Medina, believes that setting career milestones for a school does not come around often so when it does it is a special thing. When Jenna Funk reeled in nine rebounds against Laurel-Concord-Coleridge on Jan. 16, the standout senior surpassed Summerland's career rebound record of 492, set by Adyson Mlnarik between 2020 and 2024. As of Jan. 16, Funk recorded 494 rebounds. Since then, she's pulled in six against Boone Central and added another seven in a...
The Bobcat Speech Team tallied 194 points at Saturday's Summerland Invite and finished second in sweepstakes. West Holt topped the field with 278 points. Creighton finished third and O'Neill St. Mary's fourth. Shane Kindred claimed the Bobcats lone gold medal in extemporaneous speaking. One individual and one group earned silver medals. Braelyn Bergman finished second in persuasive speaking. The oral interpretation of drama team, comprised of Hudson Gray, Bergman, Kanyon Allemang, Taylen Nilson,...
Scroll through social media - any platforms - and you’ll see artificial intelligence-generated photos and videos. While elements of AI products may make it difficult to differentiate between what’s real and what’s not, the rapid rollout of deepfakes makes the line between fact from fiction a blurry mess. Case in point: A person from my hometown posted multiple pieces of AI-generated media on the book of faces over the weekend. So many, in fact, that I snoozed her for 30 days, all the while...
Jason Shaver won a gold medal in the 215 division of the GNAC Wrestling Meet. Shaver, along with six teammates, returned home with medals from the Jan. 22 event, held in Plainview. Shaver opened with a pin, in :53, over Hunter Robertson of Elkhorn Valley. He pinned Beau Duhacek, West Holt, in 2:16, before pinning Kyptin Collier, Hartington-Newcastle, in 4:40. Ethan Kester ended second in the 150 division. He opened by pinning Lincoln Forbes, Plainview, in 1:20, followed by a win by pin in 2:50...
Two Bobcat athletes established school records in their respective sports on Friday. Ava Cleveland becomes the first Bobcat girls wrestler to reach the century mark, a feat she accomplished during Friday's semifinal match at the Ord Invitational. Jenna Funk set the career rebound record for the Bobcat girls basketball program. In Friday's contest at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Funk ended with nine rebounds, bringing her career total to 494....
Charitable gaming in Antelope and Holt counties played out like a split deck this past year, with sharp town-by-town swings reshaping the odds, even as statewide wagering slipped. While Nebraska overall saw charitable gaming decline of about 2.6%, Holt County bucked the house with a sizable increase and a modest rise in keno play, even as Ewing's wagering dipped. Antelope County, meanwhile, followed the statewide slide, posting a roughly 4% drop overall as Orchard's surge at the keno counter...
A recycling program could return to Clearwater if village trustees decide to apply for a grant through FirstStar Recycling. The grant would fund a sectioned trailer for cardboard, newspapers, plastic milk jugs, and glass. The sole cost to the village would be to transport recyclables to the compactor at Neligh. During the Jan. 12 village meeting, chairman Kelly Kerkman said he supports recycling and he had given the idea considerable thought. "I'm more concerned about the headache the trailer...
The Bobcat boys wrestlers brought home five medals and placed seventh at Saturday's Battle Creek Invite. Ethan Kester finished second in the 150 division. He opened with a pin over Bridger Krammer, Gretna East, in 1:10. In the second round, he pinned Adan Hoff of Madison in 1:34. Next, Kester pinned Barrett Koehler, Battle Creek, in 1:02. In the semifinal, Kester pinned Denny Reynolds, Logan View, in 1:28. Easton Hochstein, Cedar Catholic, pinned Kester in the championship match, in 4:57....
I’ve been thinking a lot about hands-on education. Recently, I read an article from the Daily Yonder, which focuses on stories from rural America, highlighting a newspaper in Wisconsin - the Pulaski News - which has been a student-run community newspaper for 80 years. When the former owner decided to halt publication, the local school superintendent opted to keep the newspaper operational by having students deliver the news. The journalism teacher serves as the editor-in-chief. Students r...
Summerland boys basketball finished last week 1-2. Coach Brett Kaczor said he thought his squad competed well. After leading most of the game, the Bobcats experienced a "tough loss to Creighton. It was another scenario that this group is going to learn from." Thursday's game against St. Mary's isn't indicative of how well the Bobcats played against a quality team, according to Kaczor. On Friday, the team finished with a quality win over LCC. "We found ourselves down early, battled back and held...
Everything's coming up roses - and daisies and carnations - in Ewing with the opening of This & That Floral. Owner Juliana Botha of Plainview said the shop officially opened Jan. 5 in the former Ewing School building. The business is located in the former science room at 416 N. Spruce St., Suite 6, a setting that now favors fresh cuts over test tubes. She discovered the space while visiting the Sunset Second Hand Store, also housed in the building. "I asked about possibly renting and decided...
