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  • Notice for Bids Village of Orchard

    Oct 19, 2023

    NOTICE FOR BIDS VILLAGE OF ORCHARD The Village of Orchard is requesting sealed bids for an a/c unit in the Orchard Community Center gym. Sealed bids should be dropped off at 407 E. 4th Street or mailed to Village of Orchard, PO Box 256, Orchard, NE 68764. Please call 402-893-3811 if you would like to view the space. Published October 19, 2023, October 26, 2023 and November 2, 2023 ZNEZ...

  • Proceedings Antelope County Board of Commissioners

    Oct 19, 2023

    PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Oct. 10, 2023 Neligh, Nebraska Vice-chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the Sept. 12, and Oct. 3, 2023, BOC meetings. Correspondence was reviewed. Reports were reviewed: sheriff’s fee report; clerk of the district court, zoning permit report and treasurer’s sweep account report, treasurer’s fund balance report; treasurer’s miscellaneous revenue report. Review of claims. Approved payroll. Approved vendor claims....

  • Registration underway for AgCeptional Women's Conference

    Oct 19, 2023

    Registration is underway for the 15th annual AgCeptional Women’s Conference at Northeast Community College. The conference, with the theme, “Grace, Gratitude, Grit,” will be held Friday, Nov. 17, in the Lifelong Learning Center on the Northeast campus, 601 E. Benjamin Ave., in Norfolk. The AgCeptional Women’s Conference will feature over 20 presenters, including the opening session featured keynote speaker who has had the opportunity to get acquainted with many women in agriculture. Julie Kenney will share the special stories of farm women a...

  • Differences Matter

    Debra Johnston MD, Prairie Doc|Oct 19, 2023

    Aristotle is said to have referred to the female as a mutilated male, and this philosophy seems to have carried forward into much more modern times. In 1977, official FDA guidelines recommended that women of “childbearing potential” be excluded from early stage clinical trials. Men, particularly white men, were considered the ideal model, from which the success and side effects of any particular treatment could be judged. Somehow, women’s menstrual cycles made them too difficult to study, while...

  • Racing legends inducted into Northeast Nebraska Motorsports Hall of Fame

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Oct 19, 2023

    If you closed your eyes Saturday, during the inaugural Northeast Nebraska Motorsports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, you could almost hear motors revving as cars drifted into the bank of turn three before heading for the the finish line. A group of northeast Nebraska legends received the ultimate checked flag in front of a crowd of nearly 300, gathered at the Norfolk VFW, to honor the 2022 and 2023 NENMHOF classes. The organization formed in 2022 and set the pace by selecting the first two...

  • O'Neill woman fined for trespassing in city park

    Sandy Schroth, Publisher|Oct 19, 2023

    Nicholas D. Harris, 37, of O’Neill appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, on Oct. 10, for sentencing on a DUI charge committed Jan 22. Burdick fined Harris $500; ordered an 18-month term of probation, including fees of $570; ordered a 10-day jail sentence, with credit given for one day previously served; and revoked his driver’s license for 18 months. Harris was assessed $105 costs of prosecution. He pleaded guilty, in July, to driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense, a Class...

  • Public urged to check boats, equipment for invasive species

    Oct 19, 2023

    As recreation boating season winds down and waterfowl hunting season ramps up, Nebraskans are urged to check boats, boat lifts and docks for invasive species when removing them from the water. Waterfowl hunters are encouraged to take special care prior to launching boats so as not to contribute to the spread of zebra mussels or aquatic invasive plants. Aquatic hitchhikers like zebra mussels can live up to two weeks out of water and several lakes across the Midwest are first noticed to be infested by people removing boats, lifts and docks for...