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Village of Orchard officials will continue talks with the Summerland School board of education regarding the sale of the former Orchard school building and grounds. After listening to input from community members for nearly an hour, Monday evening, during a community meeting, village chairperson Stephanie Cleveland said she and trustee John Ferguson will meet with the school's Building and Grounds Committee members again April 1. Video of the Orchard community meeting available on the SAM YouTub...
The Village of Ewing is accepting nominations for Ewing’s Hall of Fame. Nominations may be submitted via the Ewing, Nebraska Facebook page or dropped off at the village office. The village board of trustees plans to select the newest members during its April 11 meeting....
Summerland-area residents can have their pups pampered and cats coddled at a new grooming business, located at 325 Windom Street, in Orchard. Orchard resident Kayla Smith owns Kay's Klips Pet Grooming. The Sioux City native earned a veterinary technician degree from Western Iowa Tech Community College. She brings four years of experience working in a veterinary clinic in LeMars, Iowa. "Working there, I got a lot of experience with shave downs. I got seriously interested in grooming there."...
The air fryer sitting on your counter can cook more than frozen French fries. Learn uses, discuss recipes and sample air-fried foods during an April 25 class, sponsored by Clearwater Public Library. The class will begin at 6:30 p.m., at The Office, at 522 Main Street. Register by calling The Office at 402-485-2101 or the library at 402-485-2034....
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture announced Friday, an order cancelling all poultry events across Nebraska, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza. The order prohibits birds of any type at events including, but not limited to, fairs, expositions, swap meets, exotic sales and live bird auctions. The order is effective immediately and will be in effect until May 1, at which time the order will be reevaluated. “The decision to cancel poultry events was not taken lightly but is a necessary s...
Holt County Supervisors voted unanimously to deny a perpetual easement application for Graham Crowe Ranch, LLC, during its March 16 meeting. Supervisor Doug Frahm was absent. After a Feb. 28 public hearing, supervisors voted to table a decision until the 16th. Prior to the vote, landowner Les Graham told supervisors, “I guess it’s one of those deals we feel we have the right to do it and it would be good for our ranch. I guess it’s up to you guys to make the decision whether we have the right to...
Saturday evening, while sitting at school taking photos of the juniors and seniors in their finest attire, I couldn’t help but think about days gone by and prom, 1970s-style. Our junior year, my classmates and I spent weeknights leading up to the big event, decorating the old gymnasium in varying hues of pastel. The ceiling was coated with strips of crepe paper, creating a whimsical carousel-like roof. I’m not sure how long it took us to cut streamers, maybe we started before the decorating mar...
The Legislature gave second-round approval to budget bills this past week, working late each evening. This will allow the budget to be read on Final Reading next week, meeting the requirement to have it passed by the 50th legislative day. The budget provides funding to cover salary increases recently negotiated with the union and the state for employees at correctional facilities and other 24/7 facilities that were experiencing dangerous staffing shortages. Worker shortages and competition also...
Since ancient times, marijuana has been used for medicinal and recreational purposes in many cultures. In the United States, it became illegal during prohibition, like alcohol. Later, under the Controlled Substances Act in the 1970s, the federal government classified marijuana a Schedule 1 drug. This classification includes heroin, LSD and ecstasy, all deemed to have no safe, effective medical use and a high potential for abuse. This Schedule 1 status imposes bureaucratic and legal barriers,...
In 2011, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services wrote a bill that would allow well-behaved prisoners the chance to shorten their time behind bars. Eleven years later, that same department is applying the resulting law in a way neither the state senator who sponsored the bill nor the then-director of Nebraska’s prisons intended. Prison officials now shorten a prisoner’s final release date, but never change the day that prisoner becomes eligible for parole. The result: Thousands of prisoners sentenced under the law have potentially sta...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE - ANTELOPE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL "In recent months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have relaxed its recommendation for wearing a mask in most indoor spaces – in protecting against exposure to COVID-19," said Diane Carlin, chief executive officer of Antelope Memorial Hospital. "However, the mask requirement is still in effect for entrance into health care facilities because many of their patients are immunocompromised or weakened. We thank the public ahead of time fo...
The 2022 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, featuring 11 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. Three Summerland lifters competed in the championships. The small, but mighty, Summerland Bobcat team earned fourth place overall. Special trophies were awarded to the outstanding individual male and female lifters of the meet, based on the Wilkes coefficient index. The outstanding male lifter of...
VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER ORDINANCE NO. 2022-4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER, NEBRASKA, TO DECLARE THE USE OF PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS A NUISANCE; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; TO PROVIDE WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IN PAMPHLET FORM. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CHAIRPERSON AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF CLEARWATER, NEBRASKA: SECTION 1. That Municipal Code §3-402 is hereby transferred to Municipal...
PUBLIC NOTICE Antelope County Planning Commission The Antelope County Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in the county board meeting room at the Antelope County Courthouse, beginning at 2 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. All interested parties are welcome to attend. The agenda is kept continually current and is available for public inspection at the zoning office. For more information, contact Megan Wingate, zoning administrator at 402-887-4248 or [email protected]. Published March 31, 2022...
NOTICE OF MEETINGS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2022 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County Nebraska, will hold meetings in the county commissioners’ meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska, on the following dates and times: April 5, 2022, at 9 a.m. April 12, 2022, at 8 a.m. Meetings will be open to the public. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the Antelope County Clerk’s off...
PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE OF EWING BOARD OF TRUSTEES March 14, 2022 The Ewing Village Board of Trustees convened in regular session on March 14, 2022, at 7 p.m., at the City Hall. Notice of the meeting was published March 9, 2022, in the Summerland Advocate. An agenda was kept current and on file at the village clerk’s office. Chairman James Ramold called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Notice was given to the posted location of the open meetings law. Board members present were Kane Fry, Dustin Jorgensen, Dustin Wright, and James Ramold. Absent was B...
An Inman couple will spend the next few years in prison. Austin T. Thyfault, 32, of Inman was sentenced by the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on Monday, to imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections for thefts and possession of drugs found at an Inman residence. The sentences include not less than 120 months, nor more than 180 months, for each of two Class 2A felony convictions of theft by receiving stolen property, more than $5,000. The thefts included a 2004 C...
A 16-year-old Neligh youth is being held at the Northeast Nebraska juvenile detention facility at Madison, following break-ins in downtown Neligh last week. The juvenile is accused of breaking into two Main Street businesses, Neligh Vape Shop and Fit Stop, on March 21. The youth, who faces three felony counts, two counts of burglary and a count of theft by unlawful taking, $1,500 - $4,999, appeared before the Honorable Michael Long in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on Monday morning. Long found probable cause existed for the youth’s a...
NOTICE OF MEETING ANTELOPE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Antelope County Republican Convention will be held Saturday, April 9, at the Neligh Senior Citizens Center, 206 M Street, Neligh Nebraska. Meeting will begin at 9 a.m., with Sherry Jones, candidate for State School Board. General meeting, with election of officers will begin at 9:30 a.m. and two guest speakers will give presentations at 10 a.m....
Michael J. Long, 32, of O’Neill was recently bound over to the Holt County district court when he faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom on several felony charges in two separate cases. Long waived his right to preliminary hearing and was bound over March 15, on three felonies alleged June 5, 2021, two Class 4 felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, (methamphetamine and a sedative, eszopiclone) and first-degree false imprisonment, a Class 3A felony. He is also charged with two infractions, possession of m...
The Honorable Mark Kozisec ruled on a motion to forfeit bond, when he presided from the bench in the Holt County courtroom district courtroom in O’Neill on Monday, March 28. The motion was filed by Holt County attorney Brent Kelly in a 2018 case. Adan M. Lopez, 46, posted 10% of $5,000 bond Feb. 5, 2018, after he was arrested on allegations of strangulation and third-degree domestic assault. Lopez was bound over to district court after a preliminary hearing was held in the county court. Lopez failed to appear for arraignment in the district c...
