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Antelope County's annual audit report was released by the Nebraska auditor of public accounts office in August with fewer issues of concern to auditors than found in the previous audit of county financials.

The single countywide issue prompted repeated advice for segregation of duties in offices.

The NPA recommended officials weigh the cost to hire additional personnel against the benefit of segregating duties.

County Attorney Joe Abler responded, "As noted and discussed during the previous audits, my office is very small and employs only one full-time clerical employee and one part-time cleri...