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Ian T. McConkey, 30, of Mankato, Minnesota, faced Antelope County judge Donna Taylor Wednesday, Dec. on 15 at the courthouse in Neligh, on Count I, possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony; Count II, inhaling intoxicating substance, a Class3 misdemeanor; and Count III, possession of drug paraphernalia, an infraction. McConkey requested court-appointed counsel. Taylor found him indigent, appointed Antelope County public defender Melissa Figueroa and set preliminary hearing for Jan. 5. Bond posted Nov. 17, in the amount of $20,000,...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Neligh, Nebraska December 14, 2021 Notice of meeting published as required by statute. A complete record of these minutes are on file at the county clerk’s office and are open to the public. Thirty-four tax roll corrections were approved. Meeting adjourned. Antelope County Board of Equalization Charlie Henery Attest: Lisa Payne Antelope County Clerk Published December 23, 2021 ZNEZ...
ROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska December 14, 2021 Notice of meeting published as required by statute. A complete record of these minutes as well as all resolutions and agreements are on file at the County Clerk’s Office and are open to the public. Chairman opened meeting. Approved agenda. Pledge Collateral and correspondence were reviewed. November report from sheriff was presented. Review of claims. Approved Payroll. Approved vendor claims: General: MELVIN AHLERS ret 24.00; AFLAC ins 910.45; A MERITAS LIFE I...
The Grinch promises he will not steal Christmas this year. Instead, he invites youngsters to visit Sly's Family Bar & Grill, at 408 Main Street, in Neligh, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 18, for a photo opportunity. Cost is $5 or bring $5 worth of food or supplies for the Antelope County Food Pantry. Free hot dogs and chips will be available for youngsters who take a photograph....
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Dec. 7, 2021 Notice of meeting published as required by statute. A complete record of these minutes, as well as all resolutions and agreements, are on file at the county clerk’s office and are open to the public. Chairman opened meeting. Approved agenda. Minutes of 11-09-2021 BOC meeting was approved. Appointed county newspapers for 2022. Correspondence was reviewed. Treasurer fund balance and miscellaneous revenue reports, clerk of district court revenue reports were presented. Approved LEC civil proce...
INVITATION TO BID Oakdale South Project Sealed proposals for the construction of “Oakdale South, for Antelope County, Nebraska,” JEO Project No. 210337.00, QuestCDN No. 8084708, will be received by the Antelope County Clerk at 501 Main Street, Rm. 6, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756-0026, until 10: a.m., on the 4th day of January 2022, and thereafter will be read aloud. The work is generally described as follows: Bridge removal, box culvert construction, grading and riprap. Opinion of probable cost $250,000.00 Proposals will be taken for said con...
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Antelope County Board of Commissioners are convening a special meeting Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at 8 a.m., in the county commissioner meeting room, Antelope County Courthouse, 501 M Street, Neligh, to discuss and possibly take action on official wages and other matters that might be necessitated. The meeting is open to the public and will be available via ZOOM. Published December 15, 2021 ZNEZ...
Antelope County Commissioners approved redistricting plans, Tuesday, although a final map, with township boundaries and village overlays will not be available until Dec. 17. Commissioners listened to Josie Schafer, from the University of Nebraska-Omaha Center for Public Affairs Research, discuss how districts were proposed, based on compactness and equalized population. Two changes from previous district lines include Neligh, which will use Highway 275 as a dividing line, and Orchard, which...
Richard C. Jelich Jr., 27, of Neligh, appeared in the Antelope County court in Neligh last week for arraignment on two counts alleged Nov. 29 at 405 N Street in Neligh, disturbing the peace, a Class 3 misdemeanor, and criminal mischief, a Class 2 misdemeanor. Jelich’s request for continuance to consult an attorney was granted by the Honorable Donna Taylor, with further arraignment set Dec. 15. A bond hearing was held. Taylor reduced bond, from $10,000, 10% cash, to $5,000, 10%, with conditions including no contact with victim. Jelich r...
Amy E. Fergusen, 33, of Royal faced the Honorable Donna Taylor last week, in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh, on a Class 3A felony count, intentional child abuse, no injury, along with two Class 1 misdemeanor counts, third-degree assault and negligent child abuse, no injury. The crimes allegedly took place Oct. 24. Fergusen requested court-appointed counsel. Taylor found her indigent and appointed public defender Melissa Figueroa. Preliminary hearing is set Dec. 15. After failing to appear in court Nov. 17 and his subsequent arrest by...
Roger R. Hauf, 19, of O’Neill appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on Dec. 1, for further arraignment on a count of driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense, a Class 1 misdemeanor alleged Sept 12. Hauf pleaded not guilty and requested jury trial. Pretrial hearing is set Jan. 5, 2022. Bond in the amount of $3,000, 10%, is continued. Hauf is represented by Antelope County public defender Melissa Figueroa. Stephen E. Wood, 51, of Neligh appeared before Taylor for arraignment on a...
William D. Anson, 38, of Orchard appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, Dec. 1, alongside his attorney, Antelope County public defender Melissa Figueroa. Anson, who was transported to court from a Nebraska Department of Corrections facility in Lincoln, was fined $300 and committed to the Antelope County Jail for a term of six months, with credit given for three days previously served. In addition, Taylor ordered restitution paid to Bomgaars, in the amount of $129.99, and taxed...
Russell L. Meyer, 63, of Orchard, who faces charges in two separate cases, once again failed to appear in the Antelope County court on Dec. 1. After failing to appear Nov. 17, he was rescheduled for arraignment on charges of second-degree trespassing and disturbing the peace, both Class 3 misdemeanors alleged Aug. 12, in Orchard. He was also set for a status hearing in another case, charging him with second-degree trespassing/defy order to leave, a Class 2 misdemeanor alleged May 1, also in Orchard, with a different victim. Meyer’s c...
Plan to visit Clearwater, Saturday, Dec. 4, for the village's old-fashioned Christmas. Soup, sandwiches and desserts will be served from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Clearwater American Legion. A freewill donation will be accepted. Santa will make an appearance and listen to youngsters' wish lists. Goodie bags will be distributed. Youths will have an opportunity to create a holiday-theme craft, courtesy of the Clearwater Public Library. A horse-drawn sleigh will be used for rides around town. Food...
The bulk of the criminal case calendar was cleared in about one-half hour last Wednesday, Nov. 24, by Antelope County district court officials in the Neligh courtroom. The Honorable Mark Johnson arraigned one defendant on four felony counts and the remaining defendants were granted continuances of their pretrial hearings. Justin M. Golter, 46, of Orchard, faced Johnson for arraignment on charges alleged Aug. 20, 2020 – Count I, possession of methamphetamine, with intent to deliver (two ounces), a Class 1D felony; Count II, possession of m...
Kevin M. Socha, 33, of Elgin faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom Wednesday, Nov. 17, for a pretrial hearing on a count of second-offense driving under the influence of alcohol, .15 grams or more, a Class 1 misdemeanor. A plea agreement with Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler was announced. Abler amended the charge to second-offense non-aggravated DUI and agreed to recommend a minimum sentence. Socha pleaded guilty to the amended charge. An enhancement hearing was held, with Taylor finding one previous conviction...
NOTICE OF MEETING COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS A COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska, will hold a County Board of Equalization meeting in the commissioner’s meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska, on Dec. 14, 2021, at 9:45 a.m., for the purpose of approving tax roll corrections and various other items which may become necessary to act upon. Meeting will be opened to the public. An agenda, kept c...
The Honorable Donna Taylor cleared three cases from the Antelope County court docket when she presided over the Nov. 17 court session in Neligh, including one dating back to 2014. Joe Wylie, 66, of Cozad, formerly of Ewing, was charged in April 2015 with two felony counts of issuing insufficient-fund or no-account checks (second offense) to Mr. S’s in Oakdale one year earlier. A warrant for Wylie’s arrest, issued in May 2015, was served in Hall County on Nov. 3 of this year. Pursuant to a plea agreement with Antelope County attorney Joe Abl...
Warrants were issued by the Honorable Donna Taylor for two defendants who failed to appear in the Antelope County court last Wednesday, Nov. 17. Angela Flores, of Neligh failed to appear for a bench trial on a City of Neligh junk ordinance violation alleged Aug. 1. Taylor issued a warrant for Flores’ arrest, with a $1,500, 10% bond, after a motion was filed by Joe McNally on behalf of the city. McNally testified Flores had called his office 20 minutes prior to the scheduled trial, indicating she had to work. The attorney alleged he had seen h...
SECTION 00 10 00 INVITATION TO BID 2021 PAVEMENT REPAIR Sealed proposals for the construction of “2021 Pavement Repair, Brunswick East, Clearwater North, for Antelope County, Nebraska,” JEO Project Nos. 210460.00, 210457.00, 210458.00, QuestCDN No. 8064613, will be received by the Antelope County Clerk at 501 Main Street, Rm. 6, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756-0026, until 10 a.m., on the 7th day of December 2021, and thereafter will be read aloud. The work is generally described as follows: Pavement repair and concrete pavement. Opinion of probable...
NOTICE OF MEETINGS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2021 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: Dec. 7, 2021 at 9 a.m. Dec. 14, 2021 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 office and...
A Bartlett man escaped a single-vehicle accident without severe injury, Thursday, south of Ewing. Mark Simons was driving south on 508 Avenue, approximately two miles south of Ewing, when he served to avoid collision with a deer. Simons overcorrected and lost control of the 2019 Chevrolet Impala he was driving and rolled one and one-half times before the vehicle came to rest on its top. Ewing Fire and Rescue responded to the scene and transported Simons to Antelope Memorial Hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. Ewing Fire and...
Lines to the new Clearwater wastewater lift station were tested at the end of October. Village trustees learned about the testing during the board’s Nov. 8 meeting. Chairman Steve Hankla said he checked the line twice within a two-hour time frame and “it was a titch over 100 pounds.” “They wanted to get that done before it got cold,” Hankla said. To complete the project, a valve entering the new lift station needs to be installed, the inside of the station painted and pumps set. “Supposed...
SECTION 00 10 00 INVITATION TO BID 2021 PAVEMENT REPAIR Sealed proposals for the construction of “2021 Pavement Repair, Brunswick East, Clearwater North, for Antelope County, Nebraska,” JEO Project Nos. 210460.00, 210457.00, 210458.00, QuestCDN No. 8064613, will be received by the Antelope County Clerk at 501 Main Street, Rm. 6, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756-0026, until 10 a.m., on the 7th day of December 2021, and thereafter will be read aloud. The work is generally described as follows: Pavement repair and concrete pavement. Opinion of probable...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska November 9, 2021 Notice of meeting published as required by statute. A complete record of these minutes, as well as all resolutions and agreements, are on file at the county clerk’s office and are open to the public. Chairman opened meeting. Approved agenda. Approved 11-02-2021 Board of Commissioner meeting minutes. Pledge collateral and correspondence was reviewed. October reports from treasurer, sheriff, clerk of district court were presented. Review of claims. Approved p...
