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Antelope County may need to weed out candidates depending on how many applications it receives from people wanting to replace a longtime employee.

The board of commissioners received a letter of resignation from county weed superintendent Bruce Ofe during its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Neligh.

The Oakdale man plans to retire from the full-time position Dec. 31 after more than 40 years of working for the county.

"I'd be willing to stay that long so that if you get somebody hired, I could help them kind of transition into the job or however you want to do it," Ofe said.

"If you don't have s...