NACO official visits Holt County

Jon Cannon of Lincoln, deputy director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials, was a guest at the Oct. 15 meeting of the Holt County supervisors at the courthouse in O'Neill.

Cannon is currently on a quest to visit each of the state's 93 counties.

The county leaders approved a one-year lease of a skid loader from NMC CAT in Norfolk, at a cost of $7,800, for use by the weed department. CAT was contacted with a request for the lease option by Bill Teilke, chairman, during the Sept. 30 meeting, when the supervisors heard a proposal for a possible $52,000 lease/purchase of a machine from...