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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Five Bobcat volleyball players received post-season honors from the Niobrara Valley Conference. Awards were announced Tuesday morning. Junior Hadley Cheatum and sophomore Adyson Mlnarik were named to the first team. They join Elgin Public/Pope John players Ashlynne Charf, Lexi Bode, Skyler Meis and Taylynne Charf; Brooke Wilcox and Carney Black, Elkhorn Valley; Lorissa Reiman and Mya Hedstrom, St. Mary's; and Lexi Schroder and Sydney Estill, Stuart. Freshman Lydia Robertson was selected for the...
Community may well form the foundation for success of Clearwater's Big Rodeo, sponsored by the local chamber of commerce. On any night of the three-day event, held annually the last full weekend in June, more than 100 community members volunteer time to sling sloppy joes and nachos, fill beverage orders, take tickets, assist with mutton busting and open chutes to bring visitors from near and far a top-notch performance. Hometown hospitality from locals, coupled with capital improvements at the...
A hunter safety course will be offered in Orchard, Nov. 9, 10 and 11, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Orchard community room. Attendees must be at least 11 years old as of class time. Individuals must preregister online at www.huntsafenebraska.org. For more information, contact Dennis Bridge at 402-340-1974....
Antelope County Commissioners approved five tourism grants during Tuesday’s meeting, in Neligh. Two promotional grants were approved for the Neligh Chamber of Commerce, for $350 apiece. One grant is for the upcoming Novemberfest event, scheduled for Nov. 6 and the second is for the yearly parade of lights. Neligh-Oakdale TeamMates received $200 to promote the Raft of Crafts event, planned for Nov. 13. St. Boniface Church, in Elgin, will receive a $350 grant for promotion of the yearly T...
Clearwater Sons of the American Legion will host its annual veterans' dinner, Sunday, Nov. 14. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, dinner rolls and dessert will be served for a freewill donation. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., at the American Legion, in Clearwater....
Sitting at a desk in front of a green screen, Emma Funk double-checks copy on a teleprompter. Next to her, Adrian Mejia-Mon adjusts a microphone. Then, Logan Eacker signals the countdown and presses the record button on an iPad. It's showtime. These Summerland students are part of a new course on this year's schedule. Bobcast, a video production course, is in its infant stage. Students and instructor Patty Sukup believe the class will continue to learn new skills. After spending a month...
et's talk needs versus wants, particularly as it relates to two packages under consideration in Congress – the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package and a $1.75 trillion budget reconciliation bill. Infrastructure is a need. A big social spending and climate bill is a president's want. Our communities, state and nation are still recovering from economic and personal hits we took during the pandemic and, in Nebraska, historic floods just prior. Now, we face record deficit spending, s...
When one thing goes awry, everything goes awry. At least that’s how it feels today. It’s seven-something Monday evening and technology does not want to cooperate. Excuse me, it’s almost deadline day. Work with me. I cannot accurately describe what I would like to do to this old and worn out MacBook, but patting the computer next to the keypad and coaxing her (yes, my laptop is a her ... and appropriately named Cordelia) is a huge fail. Actually, it’s showing me just how temperamental she has bec...
A woman had been feeling short of breath for several weeks. Physical activities which had previously been easy for her were becoming a chore. In fact, simply laying down resulted in difficulty breathing. She had gained some weight and her legs were swollen. This woman was a patient of mine and she was in heart failure. This doesn’t necessarily mean her heart was going to completely stop, but it was having trouble keeping up. For whatever reason, her heart struggled to pump and fluid was b...
Creating a safe environment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic often means additional expenses for farmers, farmers markets, food processors and distributors. A new U.S. Department of Agriculture program may be able to help. The Pandemic Response and Safety Grants program provides funding to help small-scale specialty crop producers and processors, other select producers, meat and other processors, distributors and farmers markets recover some of the costs incurred, including for measures to...
Holt County Supervisors approved two agreements of an opioid ligitation settlement during the board’s Oct. 29 meeting in O’Neill. But how much the county will receive and when the payout will arrive wasn’t immediately clear. According to board chairman Bill Tielke, Holt County Attorney Brent Kelly suggested the county support the ligitation, which started in 2016. At that time, Nebraska joined a compact with a dozen other states, suing pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson and Ameri...
The Honorable Mark Johnson, presiding from the bench in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh last week, sentenced two individuals who had previously been convicted pursuant to plea agreements. Hope M. Petite, 27, appeared for sentencing on four counts. On Count II, the most serious of the four, third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor, Johnson ordered her to spend 180 days in the Antelope County Jail. She was given credit for 56 days served prior to sentencing. Petite was also sentenced to 90 days for Count III, leaving the...
Mike Petersen, of O’Neill, won the Husker football prediction contest. He selected Purdue to upend Nebraska, 28-24. The final score was 28-23. The tenth week of pigskin predictions will open Friday, Nov. 5, on the Advocate-Messenger Facebook page. The individual selecting the winning team and closest final score reigns as the weekly contest victor. The weekly winner will receive a cash prize from SAM and a gift certificate, courtesy of Sly’s Family Bar and Grill, in Neligh....
Tyler J. Napier, 31, currently held at the Antelope County Jail, appeared before the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom for a pretrial conference Oct. 27. Napier was accused of, Count I, third-degree domestic assault, a Class 3A felony; Count II, strangulation, a Class 3A felony; Count III, strangulation, a Class 3A felony; Count IV, strangulation, a Class 3A felony; Count V, terroristic threats, a Class 3A felony; and Count IV, third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The alleged crimes took place April 25...
Make plans now to attend the annual turkey dinner, hosted by the Orchard Historical Society. The Nov. 14 event will take place at the Rex Theatre, in Orchard, with serving from 5 to 7 p.m. Drive-through or dine-in service will be available. A freewill donation will be accepted....
NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION Riverview Repair, LLC The name of the limited liability company: Riverview Repair, L.L.C. The address of the designated office is 209 W. 2nd Street, Neligh, Nebraska 68756. The name and mailing address of the initial agent for service of process of the company is Martin V. Klein, 101 W. 4th Street, P.O. Box 166, Neligh, NE 68756. It is organized to transact any lawful acts concerning any and all lawful business other than banking or insurance for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the Sta...
A Norfolk woman, who claimed there was not enough evidence to support a burglary charge, was back in the Antelope County district courtroom last week to face the charge. The Honorable Mark Johnson, on Oct. 4, overruled a plea in abatement motion filed by Antelope County public defender Patrick Carney, on behalf of 55-year-old Debra F. Jordan. Jordan entered not guilty pleas Oct. 27 to Count I, burglary, a Class 2 felony, and Count II, theft by unlawful taking, a Class 1 misdemeanor. If convicted, Jordan faces up to 20 years in prison on Count...
Two defendants were arraigned by the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh on Oct. 27. Brian G. Tibbens, 50, of Elgin was arraigned on two counts alleged Sept. 26 at a rural Elgin home, first-degree assault, a Class 2 felony, and terroristic threats, a Class 3A felony. If convicted, Tibbens faces potential sentences of a minimum of one year, up to 50 years in prison on Count I and up to three years and/or a $10,000 fine on Count II. Bond continues at $100,000, 10% cash. Pretrial is set Nov. 24, with jury...
Retired social studies teacher Laura Nelson is used to seeing her small town send its children, and its dollars, off to bigger cities. "We tend to go that way," to Lincoln and the Omaha metro, where her nieces and many former students live and shop. But lately, from her seat at the cafe table where she meets friends most mornings for coffee and an omelette, she's witnessed a reversal of fortune. City folks are spending their money in her hometown. "The cafe has managed to bring them up here,"...
Four Summerland football players were named to the all-district football team and six more received honorable mention. The 2021 D1-7 all-district football team was released Tuesday afternoon. Seniors Logan Mueller and Colton Thiele and juniors Joe Ahlers and Trevor Thomson received top honors. Named to the honorable mention list were seniors Mason Hoke, Gabriel Gamez and Dillon Moser, juniors Levi Cronk and Kendrick Schroeder and freshman, Alec Schindler. Ainsworth is represented by Caleb Allen...
One of my family's favorite "comfort food" recipes most likely won't be in any of your cookbooks. For what it's worth, it isn't in any of mine either. It's a dish affectionately called "soupy taters," and my grandmother was making it more than an hundred years ago on her farm along the Niobrara River near Sparks, east of Valentine. It's pretty simple: Bacon or stew beef (I've made it with both), potatoes (duh), green beans, chopped onion, beef broth and salt and pepper. That's pretty much it. I...
