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A group of women raise their arms above their heads, striking a ballerina pose, raise up on tiptoes and reach to the sky. After several sequences of movement, TyLinn Dodd asks a health-related...

Ten years since its inception, the Antelope County Ag & Home Expo has grown into an annual showcase of agriculture and home improvement businesses from the area. Attendance to the event, planned for...

A section of 510 Avenue, between 869th and 870th Road, will be the subject of a road study following action by Holt County supervisors, Feb. 5. The board accepted a petition to close/vacate the road...

Like other communities in the Summerland region, garbage rates for the Village of Page increased, effective Feb. 1. Trustees approved the new rates, for service with J & J Sanitation, of O’Neill, d...

Summerland Board of Education will hold a special meeting, Monday, March 4, at 7 p.m. At this time, the lone item of business on the agenda is to discuss and take action on a contract for Molly...

Ewing’s business district will soon have a new look. During its Feb. 12 meeting, village trustees approved a down payment to JTK Holiday Lighting for installation of lights on Nebraska Street b...

Thoughts that keep a news publisher awake at night: Would Benjamin Franklin cringe at the tardiness of mail delivery? Franklin, publisher of “The Pennsylvania Gazette,” first ran Philadelphia’s post...

This week marked the halfway point of the 2024 legislative session, meaning the remaining time will be spent on senator, committee and speaker priority bills. Given the time left in the session, I...

With the short session of the Nebraska Legislature slightly more than half over, repeat after me: When it comes to taxation, it's all about whose ox is getting gored. The governor wants a 40%...

Recently, amid renewed concern about “the brain drain,” my thoughts returned to a particularly inspiring moment during Nebraska Community Foundation’s 2023 annual celebration. At the end of her lunch...

Chief Probation Officer for District 7, Kathryn Liebers, will retire effective April 30. She has served the residents of Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton and Wayne counties for more...

Summerland speech students have competed in three invites since Feb. 17 and several students have placed in finals. At the Battle Creek Invite, on Feb. 17, Alanna Doll placed fifth in informative...

Two Antelope County commissioners will face opponents in the 2024 election. Incumbent Charlie Henery of Neligh, who serves District 4, will face Harlan Brandt, Republican. Matthew Klabenes has filed...

Rancher Lemoyne Dailey says he's careful about how he "makes his footprints" when he works on his land near Thedford. The rolling Sandhills are fragile, Dailey said, the grasses and sands easily torn...

A fourth-quarter surge in Friday's D1-7 girls' district final led to overtime for Summerland. But at the end of the extra period, the Bobcats fell one point shy of knocking off the defending Class D1...

By the time this edition of SAM lands in readers' mailboxes, they'll know if the Bobcats will make a trip to the 2024 state basketball championships. Summerland was slated to play Perkins County,...