Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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North Central District Health Department reported Monday, 135 new cases of COVID-19, since the last update released Dec. 3, including 16 in Antelope; 2, Boyd; 18, Brown; 14, Cherry; 24, Holt; 4, Keya Paha; 34, Knox; 15, Pierce and 8, Rock. The department received notification a Knox County man, in his 90s, died from COVID-19. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in addition to the gold standard PCR test already offered. The rapid test is only...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 159 cases in the district since the last reporting on Nov. 12, including: 19-Antelope; 9-Boyd; 21-Brown; 26-Cherry; 27-Holt; 6-Keya Paha; 13-Knox; 36-Pierce and 2-Rock. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in addition to the gold standard PCR test already offered. The rapid test will be offered only to individuals who are currently exhibiting symptoms associated with COVID-19. All testing is offered free of charge at the below...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 145 cases in the district since the last reporting on Nov. 9: 21-Antelope; 6-Boyd; 18-Brown; 17-Cherry; 31-Holt; 1-Keya Paha; 21-Knox; 28-Pierce and 2-Rock. NCDHD announced 110 new recoveries since the last recovery report from Nov. 5, including: 16-Antelope; 2- Boyd; 10-Brown; 4-Cherry; 24-Holt; 0- Keya Paha; 41-Knox; 10-Pierce and 3-Rock. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 158 cases in the district since the last reporting on Oct. 29: 12, Antelope; 7, Boyd; 5, Brown; 33, Cherry; 47, Holt; 0, Keya Paha; 28, Knox; 26, Pierce; 0, Rock. NCDHD has been informed of three additional deaths in the district: a Holt County male in his 70s and two Pierce County females in their 70s and 80s. Effective immediately, North Central District Health Department will transition to reporting COVID-19 case counts on Mondays and Thursdays only. Recoveries will be included...
Are masks giving people a false sense of security? The question was posed to Summerland School Board of Education members during its Oct. 12 meeting in Clearwater. During public participation, three district patrons offered comments, asking questions about the school mandate, which requires students in all grades to wear masks during the school day. The mandate went into effect Sept. 28. Sara Lemburg asked the board to be "objective and practical." She acknowledged COVID-19 is a dangerous...
North Central District Health Department will offer a drive-through flu vaccine clinic, Thursday, Oct. 15, in Orchard. The clinic will be held between 2 and 6 p.m., at the Rex Theater. Enter the alley from the east to line up. Individuals taking part are asked to remain in their vehicle and follow the signs. Individuals six months old and older may participate in the clinic. A high-dose vaccine will be available for individuals more than 65 years old. A screening form must be filled out and can be found online at ncdhd.ne.gov. Health...
North Central District Health Department will host the following upcoming drive-through public influenza vaccine clinics throughout the district: • Monday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Ainsworth - Ainsworth School – Ag Tech Building • Monday, Oct. 12, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Springview - Activity Center -Enter on the south side • Tuesday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Bloomfield • Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2 to 6 p.m., Plainview – Plainview Elementary School – Line up on Woodland Avenue and enter from th...
Summerland School officials announced Monday all students in grades preschool through 12th grade will be required to wear masks. The decision came about following an increase in COVID cases and exposures in the district and surrounding communities, according to an alert sent to district patrons at approximately 4:35 p.m. On Monday, the North Central District Health Department announced 41 additional cases were reported in the district, including 10 cases in each Antelope and Holt counties. Other...
North Central District Health Department was made aware, Monday, of 39 additional cases in the district: Holt, 4; Knox, 11; Cherry, 6; Antelope, 7; Pierce, 2; Brown, 8 and Boyd, 1. On Tuesday, NCDHD was been made aware of 28 additional cases in the district: Holt, 4; Knox, 10; Antelope, 8; Cherry, 1; Pierce, 3; Brown, 1 and Rock, 1. Additionally, NCDHD regrets to inform the district on notification of one death in Rock County. The office of Governor Pete Ricketts has issued an updated directed health measures to include details about...
The North Central District Health Department, in collaboration with Summerland Public School, has been notified that a positive COVID-19 case has occurred with a student at the Clearwater site. Principal Mike Sanne confirmed Monday that a high school student has tested positive for the virus and has been asked to self-isolate until Aug. 30. According to communication sent to patrons by the school, received by the Advocate-Messenger Monday morning, "Family and other close contacts are also being...
Superintendent Dale Martin shared the following information with Summerland families, July 28. Our district administrative team and the Summerland Board of Education, in consultation with the North Central District Health Department, Nebraska Department of Education and following the Center for Disease Control guidelines, is planning to start the 2020-2021 school year with in-person, normal instruction, Aug. 13. The schools of Summerland - Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard - will operate within the...
North Central District Health Department reported Monday it has been made aware of six additional COVID-19 cases in the region. Four cases in Antelope County, though not all contact-related to one another, are result of direct contacts with positive cases. All direct contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. All cases are at home in isolation. One case in Antelope County is due to community spread, which has been present in the county. The individual is in isolation at home. All direct contacts have been contacted and asked to...
North Central District Health Department reported June 24, an Antelope County resident, in his 70s, was determined to be the first COVID-related death in the region. The individual was reported to have underlying health conditions. On June 29, NCDHD reported it is receiving an increase in trends for cases and direct contacts over the last week. With the July 4 holiday approaching and guidance loosening in the state, NCDHD reminds district residents to stay healthy and safe by being mindful of the importance of social distancing, only making...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of two additional positive COVID-19 cases in Knox County. The first case, through contact investigations, has been deemed to be from community spread. Close contacts have been identified and asked to quarantine. The second case is currently under investigation. Contacts in this case have been identified and asked to quarantine. Residents of Knox County should assume the illness is in their community, as community spread is present in the county. NCDHD reminds residents that Test...
West Nile virus season has arrived. The North Central District Health Department is once again providing surveillance throughout the nine-county district that includes Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Pierce and Rock counties. Mosquito trapping has started in Cherry, Holt and Knox counties. If any West Nile virus-positive mosquito pools are trapped, NCDHD will report them to the public. The health department will not be collecting corvid birds for West Nile Virus testing...
New COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the North Central District Health Department region. Monday, NCDHD was made aware of another positive case in Pierce County. On Friday, the health department was made aware of an additional positive case in Pierce County. The individual contracted the illness through direct contact with a confirmed case. Boyd County reported its first positive case on Monday. The individual is in isolation at home and through investigations, is deemed to have contracted the illness through community spread. All close con...
North Central District Health Department, on Friday, was made aware of an additional positive case in Pierce County. The individual contracted the illness through direct contact with a confirmed case. This brings the number of cases in Pierce County to five and 26 total cases in the NCDHD region. Additional testing for Test Nebraska will take place in the area this week. One of the first testing events will be Tuesday, June 2, in Valentine. On Friday, June 5, testing will take place in O'Neill. To sign up for the Test Nebraska event, visit the...
North Central District Health Department was made aware Friday of a positive case in Antelope County. The case was due to direct contact with a positive COVID-19 case. All close contacts have been identified and asked to quarantine. Yesterday, NCDHD announced two additional positive COVID-19 cases in Knox County. Through investigations, it has been determined the cases are due to community spread. This means the source of the person's exposure could not be identified through the case investigation process. Case counts for each county in the...
North Central District Health Department said Sunday, it had been made aware of a positive COVID-19 case in Antelope County. NCDHD is in the process of contacting the individual using various means. At this time, the risk of exposure to the public is unknown. On Saturday, NCDHD was made aware of a positive case in Knox County. The resident contracted the illness through direct contact with a positive individual. The individual is in quarantine and all close contacts have been identified and are...
North Central District Health Department was made aware of the first positive COVID-19 case in Holt County, they announced Sunday evening. The individual resides in Holt County but is currently in quarantine outside of the district. The individual was exposed in a county outside of the NCDHD district and has not been in the district for one and one-half weeks prior to symptoms. All close contacts have been identified and contacted. The risk to the communities of Holt County from this positive case is none....
North Central District Health Department announced Thursday, May 7, it was made aware of two psotive COVID-19 cases. One individual resides in Antelope County and contracted the illness due to direct exposure to a confirmed COVID-19 case. The individual is currently hospitalized in isolation. Investigation determined the risk to Antelope County communities, from this individual, is low. In Knox County, the individual is in isolation in the hospital. All direct exposures are being contacted, according to NCDHD, and are asked to quarantine. An...
North Central District Health Department will be hosting two additional mass testing events in partnership with the Nebraska National Guard. Testing will take place Tuesday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Neligh at the Antelope County Fairgrounds, and Wednesday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Valentine, at the Valentine Elementary School parking lot. These events are an effort by NCDHD to offer greater testing capacity to the communities in the nine counties we serve. Testing...
On Saturday, April 25, North Central District Health Department reported it was made aware of a positive COVID-19 case in Antelope County. This is the second positive case in the county. NCDHD initiated contact investigations with the individual and was able to quickly determine the case is not due to community spread. It was determined the case is due to close contact with an individual who has tested positive with COVID-19 in another health department district. The individual has been in self-isolation at home since the onset of symptoms and...
Ten district health department areas across the state, including North Central District Health Department, which includes Antelope and Holt counties, will have changes to restrictions on social gatherings and business operations, beginning May 4. Governor Pete Ricketts announced upcoming changes to Directed Health Measures across the state during an April 24 press conference. The current state DHMs for Douglas County will be extended through May 3. Local DHMs from the Sarpy/Cass Health Department and the Douglas County Health Department will al...
A third case of COVID-19 has been identified in Antelope County. North Central District Health Department, in O'Neill, was made aware of a positive COVID-19 case. The individual and their family are in quarantine. The case is due to work-related travel in Dawson County, where a high incident of confirmed cases exists and community spread is present. As of noon, Thursday, April 30, 424 cases have tested positive in Dawson County; 844 individuals have been tested there. NCDHD has initiated...
