Sentences handed out for misdemeanors, felony cases bound over

Martin R. Siems, 47, of Clearwater was sentenced last week by the Honorable Donna Taylor, in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh, for reckless driving, a Class 3 misdemeanor committed March 20. Taylor fined Siems $500 and sentenced him to a six-month term of probation, including $220 in probation-related fees and taxed him $50 costs of prosecution.

Siems pleaded guilty to the reduced count Oct. 6, pursuant to a plea agreement. Antelope County attorney Joe Abler reduced a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense, and dismissed a second count, refusal of chemical test....