Orchard resident working to make dangerous building 'pretty'

Jennifer L. Trease, 54, of Orchard faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on May 3, to be sentenced for maintaining a dangerous building, in violation of an Orchard village ordinance.

Village attorney Joe McNally told the judge he had recently driven by the property and didn’t see much progress. Trease said she was working on it and explained work that had been accomplished.

Taylor fined Trease $100 and assessed costs of $50 for the November 2022 violation. The judge told Trease that she needed to continue to work to bring the property into compliance. “The...