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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Niobrara Valley Conference basketball tourney action tips off this weekend, with games scheduled in Niobrara and Santee. Girls bracket The fifth-ranked Summerland Lady Cats will meet West Holt at 5 p.m., Saturday, in Niobrara. The Lady Huskies enter as the number 12 seed. At 3:30, seventh-seeded Elgin Public/Pope John will play Niobrara/Verdigre, the 10th seed, at 3:30 p.m., in Niobrara. In Santee, the host team will face Neligh-Oakdale, at 3:30 p.m. Santee enters as the eighth seed, while the L...
A strong core of polished speakers, along with an ambitious group of novices, comprise the 2020 Ewing speech team. Coach Julie Harley said a dozen students will fill spots on the team. Participants include Skylar Eacker, Katie Hawk, Elizabeth Nordby, Sidney Stallbaum, Kyra Nilson, Allison Schrunk, Emily Nordby, Natalie Stallbaum, Emma Hoffman, Olga Mendoza, Austin Muff and Adrienne Parker. The team will compete at Stuart on Feb. 8; Burwell, Feb. 15; Grand Island Northwest or Ainsworth, Feb. 22;...
Three Holt County supervisors agreed, when the leaders met at the courthouse in O’Neill last Thursday, to serve on a committee to look for ways to improve efficiency within the road department. Road superintendent Gary Connot described several recent issues he attributed to lack of training, oversight and accountability. “I personally think we have got to get more oversight, more practical training and more instructions to our motorgrader operators,” he said. “We had a guy this last summer – we had the best set of roads in the county – in a per...
If you walk into the Orchard gym Saturday morning and see students talking to the wall, it means speech season is underway. The Clearwater/Orchard Invite is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 18. Coach Katie Schneider said 17 students comprise the OC team, including Jacob Behnk, James Kester, Faith King, Brynna Umphress, Sarai Mendoza, Jackie Olivan, Maryssa Long, Cassidy Bearinger, Kylie Hewitt, Grace Maxwell, Keara Summers, Larissa Thomson, Madleen Reipen, Madison Melcher, Lizett...
Levi Cronk poured in 8 points and Gage Clifton pulled down half a dozen rebounds in the Bobcats 48-39 loss to Stuart, Dec. 17. Summerland had several chances to take control of the game, but turnovers and personal fouls plagued the team. The Bobcats finished with 39 turnovers and 30 personal fouls. The host team held Summerland to 4 points in the first quarter, but the Bobcats clawed their way back into contention, tying the game at 18 apiece at the midway mark. Summerland added 7 in the third...
The Summerland Lady Bobcats downed undefeated Stuart Tuesday, 41-33, at Stuart After a slow start, the Lady Bobcats came on in the second half to down Stuart. It was a defensive battle in the first half as both teams' defenses ruled the day. The Lady Bobcats led at half, 20-19. A strong start to the third quarter gave the Bobcats a 6-10 advantage that they held throughout the second half. Ashley Koenig sunk 16 points and Sidney Stallbaum contributed 13 to lead the way offensively. Coach Greg...
Lady Bobcats downed Niobrara/Verdigre, 65-33, on Friday night and downed Boyd County, 53-43, on the road Saturday evening. Friday night, the Lady Cats jumped out to a 22-5 lead after one, and 39-16 at halftime, to cruise to the win. Sidney Stallbaum, with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 9 steals. led the way. Brenna Wagner had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Ashley Koenig finished with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, while Summer Schroeder added 9 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. "We...
Four Holt County residents were convicted and sentenced in the Holt County courtroom, by the Honorable Kale Burdick last Tuesday, Dec. 19 for sale/procurement of nicotine products to underage consumers. Shelley A. Jantz, 60, and Alexander Storjohann, 22, both of O’Neill, and Alberta Mikkelsen, 78, of Chambers, each pleaded guilty to the Class 3 misdemeanor count and was sentenced to $50 and $50 costs for Nov. 16 offenses. Jade E. Meusch, 18, of Stuart entered a no contest plea, also to a Nov. 16 offense, and was found guilty by Kale. Meusch w...
Two Cyclone football players and 11 Renegade gridiron grinders received all-district honors for D2-5. Wyatt Wagner, a CWCE senior, and Eli Macke, a senior for OC, were named first-team running backs, along with Colby Coons, of Twin Loup. Logan Sanford and Fran Ferran, CWCE juniors, landed on the first-team list for the offensive line and kicker, respectively. Other players named to the top offensive unit include Ty Nekoliczak, junior, Central Valley, quarterback; Raif Ruppert, senior, Twin Loup...
Summerland seniors Ashley Koenig, Tiana Thramer and Brenna Wagner were named to the Niobrara Valley Conference 2019 volleyball first team. The announcement was made Nov. 12. The trio joins Lauryn Hoffman, Boyd County; Ryann Haburchak, Taylor Jean Peter, Tessa Metschke and Morgan Ramsey, CWC; Olivia Nall, Elkhorn Valley; Sydney Linse, North Central; Abby Everitt, St. Mary's and Reaghan Engel, Stuart. Avery Cheatum and Sidney Stallbaum were second team selections, along with Heather Atkinson and...
The final item of business handled by the Holt County supervisors last Thursday afternoon at the courthouse in O'Neill caused some disunity among the leaders. As the supervisors passed time waiting to address an agenda item regarding outside counsel to handle a road-haul agreement with TC Energy, the meeting room filled with about two dozen county residents, many who are facing eminent domain proceedings for pipeline right-of-way easements across their land. While three of those citizens, Bryan...
Andy J. Casperson, 41, of Norfolk was sentenced on two counts in the Holt County district court last Monday, Oct. 21. The Honorable Mark Kozisek ordered Casperson serve two years on probation for Class 4 felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and tampering with evidence. The sentence includes fees and costs of $897. Casperson pleaded no contest to the crimes June 24, per terms of a plea agreement, and was judged guilty by Kozisek. In return for the pleas, Holt...
Orchard’s advisory board of education faced a short agenda when they met in the high school business room last Wednesday, Oct. 9. Principal Cathy Cooper updated board members Candace Hoke, Kristi Schutt, DeAnna Clifton and Nate Schwager on recent parent-teacher conferences. She reported a 93% elementary parent turnout, with 71% participation at the high school level. “That’s a really good percentage and it probably went up, because a couple of parents and teachers got together and talked at an alternate time,” she said. “We probably were clos...
Double trouble, for other teams, that is. Jackson Waldo collected six solo tackles and added four assisted stops, while Wyatt Wagner rushed for 154 yards in the Renegades 50-13 win over Stuart. The teams played Oct. 11 on the Broncos home field. CWCE dominated the first half of play, scoring 18 points in the first quarter and adding 24 in the second. The Renegades pushed Stuart into the endzone in the third quarter, adding a safety to the cause. Stuart finally landed in the endzone in the third...
Neither rain nor strong winds could keep the Cyclones contained during Friday's 52-2 rout of the Stuart Broncos. Eli Macke sprinted into the endzone in the first quarter for the lone Cyclones score. With the missed PAT, the Cyclones took a 6-0 lead. The second quarter belonged to the Cyclones. Houston Marino waltzed in from the 3-yard line and Macke added the PAT to boost the lead to 14-0. Two more big Macke attacks resulted in a 6-yard and 20-yard touchdown. Both PAT attempts failed, putting...
Seats in the Holt County supervisor’s chamber at the courthouse in O’Neill were all occupied and additional chairs were taken in, when the leaders met Monday. Many audience members voiced concerns, during the 10 minutes set aside for public comment, regarding TransCanada’s route across the county, as well as a new transmission line that will also cross the county. Diane Steskal of Stuart presented a letter to the supervisors, signed by herself and her husband, Byron Steskal, regarding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route. She read the letter...
The Nebraska auditor of public accounts released results Holt County's annual audit last week. The report covers July 2018 to June 2019, and includes numerous areas of concern for internal control that were listed in a letter sent to the county board of supervisors Sept. 10. The report is a matter of public record and is posted on the APA's website. Deann Haeffner, APA assistant deputy auditor, noted in the letter that the report is "critical in nature" as it addresses areas noted for...
Jeremy and Jenna Kaup, of Stuart, announce the arrival of their son, Nash Joseph. Nash was born Aug. 21. He weighed eight pounds, six ounces and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Joe and Carol Thiele, Clearwater, and Mike and Mary Kaup, Stuart. Louis and Jeanette Thiele of Clearwater and Marvin and Jackie Domina of Coleridge are great-grandparents....
Each spring and summer, Holt County officials deal with landowners who fail to comply with state statutes addressing watering of roadways, mowing road ditches and trimming trees. During the Holt County Board of Supervisors meeting July 17, at the courthouse in O'Neill, the members voted unanimously to install a new flag warning system to address the continued nuisance of roadways being watered by irrigation systems or other machinery. According to state statute 46-266, no person is permitted to...
As the school year approaches, so does volleyball season. This year Clearwater, Orchard, and Ewing will form the Summerland Bobcats. The co-op causes the team to move from a Class D2 to a C2 team. This means the competition level may get a lot harder. However, Bobcats Head Coach Suz Funk is already planning for the season. Funk stated, "Bringing girls up to this level is going to take a lot of hard work on all of our parts. Playing at the C2 level is going to present different challenges. A...
