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Add Dec. 13 to your calendar and make plans to attend Ladies Night Out at The Office, in Clearwater, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Several vendors will offer last-minute gift ideas or an opportunity to pamper yourself. Jacey’s Nail Bar, Stay Golden Permanent Jewelry, Woodshed Vittles and others will participate. The Waterhole will hold a wine tasting. Other beverages will be available for purchase....
Trent Loos, a sixth-generation rancher from central Nebraska, will be the featured speaker at Dec. 4 forum in Neligh.The event will run from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Neligh American Legion. Loos, who hosts Loos Tales, a daily radio show airing on 100 radio stations in 21 states, highlights issues facing American food producers. Now, he's fighting against carbon capture pipelines, which he says threaten property rights and food production in America's heartland. Loos has spoken in 48 states and four...
An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Thursday, Dec. 7, at the American Legion in Clearwater. Donations will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Individuals who donate between Dec. 1 and 17 will receive a $10 Amazon gift card. Register at redcrossblood.org/donate....
Researchers are investigating how artificial intelligence can help improve Nebraska crops. Although AI has become a popular new topic for many, researchers have been discussing, for several years, the ways this technology may help the future of farming. Unlike what most people mean when they talk about using generative Large Language AI models like ChatGPT, Michael Tross, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln complex biosystems graduate student, said researchers are using AI to generate more than...
Jennifer L. Nekolite, 46, of O’Neill had one of four cases heard in the Holt County court last Monday, Nov. 20, bound over to the Holt County district court. Nekolite waived her right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, a Class 4 felony alleged May 10. The Honorable Kale Burdick bound the case over to the district court, where arraignment is set Dec. 18. Bond in continued in the amount of $1,000, 10% cash, with multiple conditions as set in other pending county court cases. She is r...
During the busy holiday season, don’t forget to purchase Nebraska Game and Parks Commission permits for the upcoming year. The 2024 annual hunt (small game), fishing, fur harvest and state park entry permits are now available online, at district offices and parks near you. Consider buying permits as a gift for a friend or family member. Permits are valid Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2024. A Nebraska vehicle park entry permit is an affordable way for families and friends to have fun outdoors. It is an incredible value, providing everyone in the vehicle a...
A spur-of-the-moment idea led to the creation of a new Clearwater business. Rolling' Transportation, LLC, co-owner Hailey Schlecht said the original plans were to purchase a trolley, but she and husband, Adam, decided it would only offer seasonal use. On the other hand, a bus would provide party services year round. "We started talking about it on a Monday, we found a bus by Tuesday and we picked it up by Friday," Schlecht said. When the Schlechts retrieved the bus from its former owners in...
A new messaging system will keep Holt County residents abreast of up-to-date information. Holt County Treasurer Shelly Ross told supervisors, last Thursday, that TextMyGov™ alerts were set to launch during the third week of November. County residents may receive a text notification from 91896. "This will be a legitimate text from Holt County," Ross said. Residents who do not receive an initial text message may choose to opt in by texting HCALERTS to 91896. After placing the text, users will b...
Danelle Charf, 49, of Neligh, was sentenced Monday, Nov. 20, in federal court in Omaha, for making a false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in connection with health care services. Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr made the announcement Monday afternoon in a press release. Chief Judge Robert F. Rossiter sentenced Charf to two months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Charf’s release from prison, she will begin a three-year term of supervised release. Charf was also ordered to pay $573,337.53 in res...
Ed. note: This is the second in a series about Clearwater's downtown revitalization efforts. When Clearwater village officials receive the Downtown Revitalization Capital Improvement Plan, it will include proposed improvements at focus areas, which were unveiled Nov. 8, during an open house at the American Legion. Additionally, it will outline what types of infrastructure and streetscape improvements may best fit the village, based on feedback from visitors during the open house. Bobbi Pettit,...
The Honorable Donna Taylor, presiding from the Antelope County court bench in Neligh on Nov. 15, continued arraignment or further arraignment procedures for several defendants. Denis F. Kerkman, 90, of Tilden appeared for further arraignment on a charge of violating a protection order, a Class 1 misdemeanor alleged Oct. 13. Kerkman, who had been granted a continuance Nov. 1, so he could hire an attorney, appeared without one. He requested court-appointed counsel. After questioning him about his income, Taylor appointed Antelope County public...
The deadline for 2023 Phase II Annual Reports is Dec. 31. If you farm in a Phase II or Phase III area, you are required to submit a Phase II report for every field larger than 40 acres. Where more than 50 pounds per acre of actual nitrogen fertilizer, commercial or organic, is applied, (for example: corn) a full report is required. A mandatory two-foot deep soil sampling analysis is required for the Phase II report. The soil sample used on the 2023 annual report should have been taken in Fall 2022 or Spring 2023. If less than 50 pounds per...
This month, Antelope Memorial Hospital received both a national and state award for excellence. The hospital was first recognized for the 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in quality and patient perspective as part of the National Rural Health Day celebration. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Award honors top quartile performance (75th percentile or above) among rural hospitals across the United States in quality, outcome and patient pers...
As the conversation and stigma surrounding mental health continue to evolve, access to care, or lack thereof, remains a barrier, even in the presence of heightened public awareness and empathy. “We need kind of both,” Dr. Marley Doyle said. “We need an increase in mental health awareness. But then we also need an increase in access to care. Because if you don’t have both, then it’s not going to really improve things.” Doyle, a psychiatrist serving as director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, said the shortage of mental h...
Austin Bertschinger, 30, of Omaha appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on Nov. 15, to explain why he hadn’t paid a fine and costs ordered Aug. 2, for a December 2022 crime. He said he had lost his job. A time-payment warrant had been issued Nov. 8, after he failed to appear in court on Nov. 1. He was arrested Nov. 14 in Lancaster County and transported to Neligh. He posted 10% of a $1,500 bond. Taylor amended the bond to a $150 cash bond and applied it to his unpaid balance. She gave him u...
North Central Community Care Partnership Coalition, a local 501c3 non-profit organization whose fiscal agent is North Central District Health Department, successfully concluded its second annual winter coat drive, spreading warmth to local schools in need. Four area schools actively participated in the initiative, facilitated by the collaborative efforts of dedicated coalition partners. Val Wecker, representing Avera St. Anthony's, Bob Thomas from Building Blocks, Tonya Hytrek of CASA, and...
Following a Sunday informational meeting, at the Clearwater Legion, members of the Sons of the American Legion and Clearwater Legion, fundraising efforts will begin immediately. Sons of the American Legion Commander Kelly Kerkman said the current Legion building has several problems, including a leaky roof, a rotten kitchen floor, lights and expensive utility bills. "When you start fixing those things, you get to the point of where you do you stop and turn the page to a couple options?" Kerkman...
The Upper Elkhorn NRD will be accepting requests for the transfer of groundwater irrigated acres from Nov. 1 through March 1. There is a $50 application fee for landowners who would like to make an appointment and review a possible transfer. The Transfer Agreement, transfer procedures and support information can be found on the UENRD website at www.uenrd.org. We are encouraging anyone interested in signing up for a transfer to go through the information on the website first before making an appointment. If you have questions, please feel free...
Clearwater residents received a sneak peak of what the village's business district could look like, Nov. 8, during an open house at the American Legion. Bobbi Pettit, owner of Five Rule Rural Planning, along with other members of the planning team, shared concepts designed by architect Patrick Moore, an architect with Good Life Architecture, in Kearney; landscape architect Austin Arens, with RDG Planning & Design in Omaha; and John Zwingman, civil engineer with Advanced Consulting Engineering...
Holt County Supervisors will cover multiple topics, including acceptance of the audit report, discussion on a communications tower lease and an interview for a mechanic’s position when they meet Nov. 16, at 9:45 a.m. A public hearing for consideration of a conservation easement will be held at 10:15 a.m., Nov. 16, at the supervisors’ room at the Holt County Courthouse in O’Neill. Randall and Tara North submitted an application for the easement. During the Oct. 16 supervisors’ meeting, Holt County Planning and Zoning Commission adminis...
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, Tuesday, Nov. 21. Pick-up will be available between 3 and 4:30 p.m., at the American Legion Club, 115 W. 3rd Street, in Neligh. Recipients are asked to remain in vehicles. Volunteers will load the food....
Gerald C. Strackbein, 32, of O’Neill appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick on Nov. 7, in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, for sentencing on a count of first-degree criminal trespassing. Burdick sentenced Strackbein to a 12-month term of probation, including $390 in fees, and taxed him $62 costs for the July 17 crime. Strackbein pleaded no contest Sept. 19, pursuant to a plea agreement with Holt County attorney Brent Kelly. In return Kelly dismissed a count of attempted burglary. According to an arrest affidavit filed by an O’N...
Not all gardeners are used to changing their gardens with the seasons, but the city of Lincoln has a routine for prepping its gardens for winter weather. Every fall, employees remove all the plants at the Sunken Gardens and host an event called “Put the Beds to Bed.” This year, the annual event was on Nov. 4. Every year, Lincoln Parks and Recreation invites volunteers to dump compost into the beds and turn over the soil. Parks employees remove all flowers and plants before this volunteer event. “Specifically, we try to get everything in there b...
The Honorable Mark Kozisec, on Nov. 6, in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill, signed a warrant for the arrest of Jeffrey F. Kale, 31, of Yukon, Oklahoma. Kozisec ordered a new bond of $10,000, 10% cash. Kale had not personally appeared in the Holt County courtroom since his Jan. 13 release from jail on a $2,500 personal recognizance bond. Kozisec had granted several continuances on oral motions made by Holt Public defender Rod Smith. On Aug. 28, and again on Sept. 25, the judge advised Smith that Kale’s failure to appear for his nex...
Construction on the Village of Ewing duplex project is underway. Thramer Construction is working on the project. During Monday's Ewing village meeting, trustees selected siding, shingles and trim options for the units....
