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Tea for Two
Lynae Stelling dreamed of hosting a mother-daughter tea. Her vision became reality, Saturday, as the Orchard Historical Society hosted its first-ever tea party at The Rex. Society member Jillian Henn...
Chamber kickstarts fundraising for Clearwater Veterans Park
Six flags, recognizing each branch of the U.S. military, flank the American stars and stripes on the eastern edge of Clearwater's newest addition, Veterans Park. A cement walkway is poured and will...
Bargain Buyway buyers converge on area this weekend
Get ready to shop until you drop. The ultimate northeast Nebraska road trip begins Friday and continues through Sunday. Bargain Buyway, organized for a second season by Polly Anderson, Lisa Meisner,...
Clearwater receives 2024 NAHTF Award
The Village of Clearwater received the 2024 Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund Award at the 2024 Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Conference on Wednesday, April 17. Established in 2018, this...
ColdType Publishing acquires regional publication
ColdType Publishing, LLC, the Clearwater-based printing firm known for its commitment to community journalism, announces the acquisition of Living Here Magazine. The publication, previously owned by...
Holt County women sentenced after alcohol-related traffic stops
Dreidy M. Macias Vega, 29, of Atkinson appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick April 16 in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, for an entry of plea hearing on two counts, willful reckless driving, first offense, a Class 3 misdemeanor, a...
NPPD planned outage canceled
UPDATE: (APRIL 25, 2024) The planned outage, originally scheduled to take place April 28, for Boyd County and parts of Holt and Knox counties, is being canceled due to forecasted severe weather conditions. Crews don’t currently have plans to r...
Oakdale man serves time in county jail
Shane Sleister, 49, (in custody), appeared in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, April 17, for sentencing in two similar cases. The Honorable Donna Taylor sentenced Sleister to terms in the Antelope County Jail on each of two...
Elderly Tilden man sentenced for violating protection order
An elderly Tilden man was sentenced in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, April 17, to a one-year term of probation for violating a domestic abuse protection order. The protection order was issued April 13, 2022, and renewed...
Organizations call on Congress to increase support for rural small businesses
As work begins on the 2025 federal budget, the Center for Rural Affairs and 26 partner organizations from across the country are asking Congress for continued support of rural small businesses through the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program....
Clearwater trustees search for CORE board candidate
The search is on. Actually, the search has been on since January, when Dave Timm announced he would be stepping down from the CORE Development board. During the Clearwater village board’s monthly meeting, held April 8, chairman Kelly Kerkman said a...
Stuart man bound over to district court on felony drug charges
Timothy J. Johnson, 48, Stuart, waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Holt County district court when he appeared in the Holt County courtroom, in O’Neill on March 19. He is set for arraignment in the district c...
Judge orders probation, fines for drug, alcohol offenses
James L. Palik, 23, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on April 9, for sentencing on nine counts committed Dec. 7, 2023. Burdick sentenced Palik to a 12-month term of probation for attempted pos...
Omaha-based poet visits Summerland
Jewel Rodgers, an interdisciplinary poet and activist from Omaha, recently celebrated National Poetry Month with Summerland English classes. During the event, she shared some of her own poetry and...
Troopers report speedy start to 2024
Nebraska roadways are off to a speedy start to 2024. In the first 100 days of the year, Nebraska state troopers issued more citations for speeding at over 90 miles per hour and speeding at over 100 miles per hour than any year in the past decade....
Ewing search warrant results in three arrests
On Friday, April 12, at approximately 7 p.m., the Holt County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Holt County Attorney’s Office, O’Neill Police Department, Atkinson Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol and Antelope County Sheriff’s Office served...
Out My Kitchen Window
I was busy this spring morning clipping little stems of grape hyacinth in my garden which is out my kitchen window. Containers, including a small glass cream pitcher and a tiny crystal cordial glass, are now filled with the pretty purple flowers. I...
Benefit planned for infant diagnosed with rare lung disease
"We had no idea anything was wrong." That's how Skylar and Cabre Reynolds describe the first few minutes of their daughter Teigyn's life. The 5-pound 8-ounce bundle of joy, the couple's first child,...
AMH named to Top 20 critical access hospital list
Antelope Memorial Hospital is recognized as one of the Top 20 critical-access hospitals in America (out of 1,353). The award, presented by the National Rural Health Association, reflects AMH's...
Commmissioners deny zoning permit
How does Antelope County define an unimproved road? "An unimproved road is defined as any officially-declared minimum maintenance road and any road not graded or contains surfacing material," county...
Public comment period extended for R-Project
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a 30-day public comment period extension for the R-Project Transmission Line Draft Revised Habitat Conservation Plan and revised draft...
Mobile food pantry scheduled in Neligh
The mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Neligh Faith Community Church, as well as various other churches, individuals and businesses in the area, will be dispersing food on Tuesday, April 16. The...
Chambers Development Club plans open house
Big things are happening in the village of Chambers. In January 2019, a group of 20-plus investors started the Chambers Development Club. The goal of the group is to better the community by cleaning...
Man serves consecutive jail terms for criminal mischief, trespass
Andrew F. Clark, 57, of O’Neill was sentenced by the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on April 2, for crimes included in two cases. He was sentenced to consecutive 30-day sentences in the Holt County Jail for cri...
New Nebraska law will expand public records access for Nebraskans
Nebraska residents should have easier access to public records under a bill that, in effect, overrules a recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision allowing the state to charge high amounts for retrieving public records. Gov. Jim Pillen signed...
