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Cassandra Howell, who was in the custody of Antelope County sheriff Bob Moore, admitted violating terms of her probation when she faced the Honorable James Kube in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, Jan. 31. She also admitted failing to appear at a hearing last October. Howell waived her right to counsel, expecting to be resentenced that day, to time already served. However, Kube insisted a report be prepared by an officer with the Nebraska probation office before he will pass sentence. “You may be sentenced to tim...
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 organized the morning brunch, which featured hints of vintage Victorian flowers, teapot tablescapes, tiers of assorted pastries, a variety of finger sandwiches, charcuterie boards, fresh fruit skewers and a plenty of tea. Each place setting included glass snack trays and cups and vintage-inspired...
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 feature a granite monument with names of area heroes who took a piece of Clearwater to the war zone and, in some instances, made the selfless sacrifice. A mural featuring a solider covers the south wall of the Clearwater Public Library, establishing a backdrop for the area. Eventually, a statue of a...
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, Melissa Keetle-Nelson, and Lindsay Nelson, includes a three-day shopping loop, covering a 250-mile path in northeast and north central Nebraska, April 26 to 28. The 2024 event will include garage sales, flea markets, antiques and more in 38 towns, including the Summerland communities of Clearwater,...
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 award showcases and recognizes projects that utilize NAHTF to create safe, decent and affordable housing for Nebraska. This award celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments and outstanding leadership in housing and support services. The award honors individuals, agencies, projects and programs...
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 Pitzer Enterprises, of Oakdale, is a 20-year old magazine known for its celebration of the people, heritage and communities in northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota, and northwest Iowa. The publication was founded in 2004 by Dale and Mary Ann Hoebelheinrich, of Yankton, South Dakota....
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, and possession of an open alcohol container, an infraction. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Macias Vega pleaded guilty to an amended Count I, reckless driving, still a Class 3 misdemeanor and Holt County attorney Brent Kelly dismissed Count II. Burdick fined Macias Vega $500 for the Jan. 16 offense and t...
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 reschedule this planned outage due to upcoming graduation and holiday weekends and will wait until September to conduct the final planned outage. Electric customers who would’ve been impacted by the outage are being contacted and notified of the change in plans. ****** The second in a series of three pla...
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 charges in each case. In the first case, committed Sept. 20, 2023, Sleister was committed to the Antelope County Jail for 60 days on Count I, obstructing a peace officer, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and 10 days on Count II, driving under suspension, a Class 3 misdemeanor, and he was taxed $1 costs....
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 April 13, 2023, in Boone County district court, with the 90-year-old man’s former spouse listed as the protected party. She alleged mental and physical abuse. Antelope County attorney Joe Smith said Nebraska probation officials recommended jail in a presentence investigation report. He said a mental h...
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. Their letter, sent April 16 to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittees, requests $8 million in funding for the program. Supporters said RMAP provides much-needed support for the small businesses that strengthen our nation’s rural c...
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 an individual who expressed interest decided to remove their name from consideration. CORE formed in 1991, when Clearwater, Orchard, Royal and Ewing joined to promote economic development and “improve the quality of life in their communities by organizing CORE.” Any Clearwater resident inter...
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 courtroom April 22. Johnson remains in custody at the Holt County Jail in O’Neill, pending posting10% of $100,000 bond. He is charged with three felonies - delivery of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a Class 2 felony; possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (meth), a Class 1C...
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 possession of a controlled substance (concentrated THC), a charge that was reduced from a Class 4 felony, pursuant to a plea agreement. As part of the probation conditions, he was ordered to serve 24 days in the Holt County Jail unless waived; obtain a chemical dependency evaluation and complete any tre...
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 led engaging activities to inspire students to develop their creativity. Jewel's passion extends beyond poetry; she is dedicated to fighting urban blight in her community. To achieve this, she has completed two notable projects in North Omaha: Tierra Park, a charming pocket park located at 2413...
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. This year, troopers have stopped 289 drivers for speeding at over 100 mph and 1,385 for over 90 mph. Those figures represent a 60% increase for 100 mph-plus and a 35% increase for 90 mph-plus over the previous 10-year average. “Excessive speeds reduce your reaction time and greatly increase stopping d...
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 a search warrant in Ewing. The search warrant was served at a camper located at the northeast corner of Highway 20 and Highway 45B. Substances alleged to be controlled substances and several items believed to be drug paraphernalia were found during the execution of the search warrant. Torrey Peterso...
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 just can’t resist clipping the flowers when they bloom in my garden. They remind me of what I think were gentler days, or perhaps a slower-paced lifestyle. My mother-in-law had grape hyacinth in her country garden and had shared the bulbs with me. I enjoy sharing them too. I’m not sure of the pro...
"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, arrived Sept. 12, 2023, at Boone County Health Center in Albion. It would take approximately six weeks before the Reynolds would learn Teigyn was battling neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy, a rare disorder of the lungs. This Sunday, residents from Skylar's hometown will host a benefit for...
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 dedication to exceptional patient care. The award's criteria are based on eight pillars of excellence: inpatient and outpatient share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge and finance. AMH also qualified in an additional category of excellence, best practices in patient satisfaction. AMH...
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 zoning administrator Megan Wingate told commissioners. The question of who is responsible for upgrades to an unimproved road occupied discussion amongst commissioners when they met in regular session, April 2 and again April 9. According to county attorney Joe Smith, county resident Gary Yoder...
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 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. This is associated with Nebraska Public Power District's permit application for the incidental take of the American burying beetle. The R-project starts at the Gerald Gentleman substation near Sutherland, goes north to near Thedford and extends east to a substation...
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 event will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at the American Legion Club, located at 115 W. Third Street, in Neligh. "This is a time change for the new year," organizers said....
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 up old properties and bringing in new projects. "The group hopes to keep projects rolling," said member Heather Tomjack. The club has completed its first new project, a 1,500 square foot home with three bedrooms, two baths, and a 26 x 30 two-car garage. The home sits on a 153 x 153-foot lot. Some...
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 criminal mischief, $1,500 to $4,999, a Class I misdemeanor, and second-degree criminal trespass, a Class 2 misdemeanor that took place July 23, 2023. He was credited for nine days previously served. In a companion case, that led to the second of his two bond revocations in the first case, Burdick fined Cla...
