Articles from the January 11, 2024 edition
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Familiar face back to chair Holt County board
Leadership in Holt County will remain the same. Supervisors elected Bill Tielke, of Atkinson, to serve as chairman for 2024. The vote was taken Friday when the group met for an organizational meeting...
Summerland receives excellent AQuestt rating
Great news. That's how Summerland Schools Superintendent Kyle Finke described the district's statewide assessment results. The results, released prior to Thanksgiving, were presented to school board...
Organization procedures, conference membership highlight January school board meeting
Will Summerland Schools be part of a new activity conference? Board of education members will answer that question when they meet Wednesday, Jan. 17. The meeting will be held in the board room at the...
2024 candidate filing underway
Election season is officially underway in Nebraska. Individuals who plan to run for state or federal office in the May 14 primary were able to file beginning Jan. 5. Incumbent candidates will have...
Pediatric influenza death reported in health department district
Two pediatric influenza-related deaths have been reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. One of the deaths occurred within the North Central District Health Department service area. “NCDHD shares our deepest condolences with... Full story
Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District
Applications to fill a vacancy on the Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors in subdistrict seven will be accepted until Feb. 1. Keith Heithoff, who currently serves in the role, submitted his resignation after announcing he...
Isms: Original views on life from rural America
Were you part of the mad rush at Target stores, trampling others or being pushed out of the way, to snag one of the hottest items in the retail world? Were you part of the Stanley stampede, where the...
DeKay begins second year in Legislature
Wednesday, Jan. 3 marked the first day of the 108th Legislature, Second Session. This session also marks the beginning of the second year that I am serving as the representative of the 40th Legislativ...
Sorry you're hungry kids, the governor doesn't believe in welfare
The hole keeps getting deeper. Remember when I suggested someone should give the governor a shovel so he could dig a deeper hole for himself? That was when he had refused to read a published report on...
Legislative priorities in the new year
In life and legislative work, a new year brings new opportunities and new undertakings. As we enter 2024 and the second session of the 118th United States Congress, there is much work to do and I’m o...
Former police chief fined for firing duty weapon
Former Neligh chief of police, Michael D. Wright, was fined $500 last week for firing his service weapon and injuring 38-year-old Josie Auld of Norfolk, while on duty in Neligh in May 2022. Wright pleaded no contest to a Class 1 misdemeanor,...
Donate blood in Ewing
Every two seconds, someone needs blood products, according to the American Red Cross. Individuals in the Ewing area will be able to donate blood, Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the city...
January mobile food pantry canceled
UPDATE: JAN. 13, 3:30 P.M., The mobile food pantry, scheduled for Jan. 16, in Neligh, has been canceled due to weather conditions. The mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Neligh Faith Community Church, as well as various other churches, individuals...
Seed starting despite the outdoor weather
It’s a new year which leads into new garden ideas. Visions of growing, blooming plants come to mind while a coat of snow coats the backyard as I look out my kitchen window. Garden seed catalogs h...
Troopers arrest 65 impaired drivers during holiday season
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed from the road 65 impaired drivers during the holiday season. During the final two weeks of 2023, troopers participated in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which ran from Dec. 15 to...
Lone Frosh: At one Nebraska school, the entire freshman class is just Bailley
TAYLOR – Bailley Leibert walks into civics class and plops her sunflower-print backpack onto an empty table. The 15-year-old rummages for her notebook and colored pens. Around her are enough chairs t...
Bobcats finish third at Summerland Invite
Six Bobcat wrestlers earned medals, Saturday, at the Summerland Invitational. The team finished third in the 15-team field, scoring 110 points. Ravenna took top honors, with 177 points, while...
Lady Cats sink Pirates
Summerland's girls' basketball team got off to a slow start when they met Plainview, Jan. 2, in a home contest. By the second quarter, the Bobcats were back on track, en route to a 37-33 win....
Plainview tops Summerland
An unproductive second quarter led to a Jan. 2 Bobcat loss to the Plainview Pirates, who returned to Pierce County with a 50-41 win. The two teams battled to a 12-12 tie at the end of the first...
Spring tukey permits available
Spring turkey season permits are now available from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Hunters also should reacquaint themselves with major changes from 2023. Those spring season changes that...
Summerland girls victorious in joust with Knights
Summerland won a Jan. 4 road contest against North Central, 50-34, after jumping to a 20-6 lead in the first quarter and extending the margin to 31-12 at the half. Adyson Mlnarik led the Lady Cats...
Four Bobcats hit double figures in road win against North Central
The Summerland boys’ basketball team rebounded from a loss earlier in the week and defeated North Central, 66-41, in a Jan. 4 road contest played in Bassett. Sam Cheatum, Michael Koenig, Alec S...
Sheriff's office investigates New Year's Day accident
Holt County Sheriff’s office investigated a Jan. 1 accident located a quarter mile north of 887 Avenue on 485 Road, near Emmet. At approximately 7 a.m., a white 2018 Chevy Silverado K 1500 LT pickup, driven by Lawson Hoefer, was northbound on 485 R...
Workshop series for veterans focuses on agritourism
Military veterans interested in agriculture are invited to attend a series of on-farm and virtual workshops highlighting farm stores, onsite and off. This course is free for active military service members and military veterans. Hosted by the Center...
Warrants issued for men accused in theft of pickup, ATV
Antelope County Judge Donna Taylor recently signed warrants authorizing the arrest of two Lindsay men on allegations of the theft of a 2000 Ford Ranger pickup, registered to James Meuret and a 2023 Polaris Ranger ATV and tires belonging to Meuret...
