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ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska June 22, 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. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Correspondence was reviewed. Review vendor claims. County Attorney to write letter to Newman Signs. Met as a Board of Equalization. Pledge Collateral was reviewed. Approved vendo...
North Central District Health Department has announced dates for upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Locations in the Summerland area are listed below. Dates, location, times and type of vaccine available include: • Tuesday, July 6, Avera Creighton Hospital, call directly for an appointment, 1 to 3 p.m., Moderna • Wednesday, July 7, Niobrara High school parking lot, appointment not needed and walk-ins welcome, 10 to 11 a.m., Pfizer • Wednesday, July 7, Santee High School parking lot, appointment not needed and walk-ins welcome, 12 to 1 p.m...
Four contestants will compete for the Miss Clearwater Rodeo title, this Friday, at the 54th annual Clearwater Rodeo. Queen contest chairman Devon Baum said contestants will be judged in multiple events, including horsemanship, congeniality and appearance categories. Josey Booth, Neligh, Morgan Erhardt, Clearwater, Amanda Sellin, Norfolk and Jordyn Stempek, Duncan, will begin competition Friday afternoon. The 2021 Miss Clearwater Rodeo will be announced that evening, at 7:30 p.m., in Gene...
A. Jared Blevins, 36, of Pierce faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last week for arraignment on a Class 4 felony, possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, alleged May 14. Blevins requested court-appointed counsel. Taylor found him indigent and appointed Brad Montag of Norfolk and set preliminary hearing for July 21. A bond hearing was also held. Bond, in the amount of $10,000, 10% cash, filed May 16, and subsequently revoked June 8, was reinstated with an additional condition for no...
The Honorable Donna Taylor sentenced two Minnesota men when she presided from the bench in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on June 16. Tyler J. Brands, 27, of Glencoe and Nathaniel A Kosek, 28, of Hutchinson were each fined $500 and assessed $50 costs for possessing more than one ounce but less than one pound of marijuana. They pleaded guilty to the Class 3 misdemeanor counts, after reaching plea deals with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler. In return, Abler dismissed an infraction count of possessing drug paraphernalia for each. They...
A capital campaign to construct a youth enrichment center on the Antelope County Fairgrounds is underway. The idea hatched after the 2020 show-and-go fair, as participation numbers in poultry and rabbit exhibits skyrocketed. Rhonda Meyer, campaign committee chairman, said exhibitor numbers in these areas have increased exponentially in the past five years. "Poultry exhibits have gone up 44% and rabbit entries are up 256%," she said. "We went from eight rabbits to 50 last year." During fair...
Clearwater site will host an auction this weekend. Items up for bid include furniture, shop equipment, technology, educational items, kitchen equipment, building items and nostalgic specialty items, including Clearwater Cardinal base drums and championship banners. Also part of the auction, scheduled to begin at the school, located at 501 Iowa Street, at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, June 13, are three tracts of real estate, including sections where grain bins and a basketball court were previously...
“Someone is going to die.” Naturally, this sentence piqued my attention. I wasn’t eavesdropping on the conversation where the above-mentioned line was uttered. Oh, contrare. It was said during a public gathering, by an individual sitting next to Scott and me. In fact, several comments from this person and the group he/she was with caught my attention. I was making a mental note to speak with them privately about their concerns, when one of the group members told about an incident they witne...
Test Nebraska clinics will be held in O’Neill, on Mondays, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at North Central District Health Department. Access to the clinic will be through the alley on the north side of the NCDHD building. NCDHD will be ending Test NE services as of June 28th. After this date, testing can most readily be accessed through traditional healthcare access points. NCDHD has the following clinic times available for walk-ins.Thosw who have a scheduled appointment time for a clinic on this list, arrive at that scheduled time. These clinics w...
The mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Neligh United Methodist Church, as well as various other churches, individuals and businesses in the area, will be dispersing food on Tuesday, June 15, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Antelope County Fairgrounds, in Neligh. Volunteers will be available to assist with parking. Food Bank for the Heartland has requested volunteers collect the total number of households served, as well as the ages of household members in the following groups: 0 to18, 19 to 64, and age 65-plus. Volunteers will go car to car and...
Chairman opened meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the May 4th BOC, May 11th BOE and BOC meetings. Correspondence was reviewed. Approved one improvement grant and one promotional grant. Zoning administrator report. Zoning permit report was reviewed. Summerland School information signs placement authorized. Clearwater School property access discussed. Public hearing – preparing joint resolution with Holt County for closing of bridge area. 524th Avenue follow-up minimum maintenance s...
Russell L. Meyer, 62, of Orchard appeared before the Honorable Donna Taylor last Wednesday, June 2, for arraignment on a charge of second-degree trespass/defy order to leave. Meyer requested court-appointed counsel. After holding an indigency hearing, Taylor appointed public defender Melissa Figueroa. Further arraignment is set June 16. Bond, in the amount of $1,500, 10% cash, posted May 4, is continued. According to a probable-cause affidavit filed by Antelope County sheriff Bob Moore, Meyer was arrested after he continued to trespass,...
A crash, in Neligh, Friday afternoon claimed the lives of three individuals. Geraldine Elsberry, 74, and passenger Norman Elsberry, 72, of Orchard and Shane Ernest, 31, of Dalton, were killed in the accident, which occurred at approximately 1 p.m., at the intersection of Nebraska Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 275. The Nebraska State Patrol released names of the individuals involved in the accident at approximately 8:45, Friday evening. According to a press release from NSP, troopers said they...
Flashing lights and reduced speed limit signs will be placed on 513 Avenue, near the Summerland School site. AaronBoggs, Antelope County road superintendent, told commissioners, Tuesday, they gave a nod for approval a year ago. Lights will flash when school is in session, as well as when activities are held. Speed limit on the stretch will drop to 35 miles per hour. The Summerland district will reimburse the county for the cost of the signs, which will run approximately $14,000. The county will...
Plea bargains were announced in two Antelope County district court cases last Wednesday, May 26, when the Honorable Mark Johnson presided from the bench of the courtroom in Neligh. Michael G. Loy, 51, of Elgin faced Johnson for a pretrial hearing on a felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol, (.15 grams or more) and an infraction open container violation. A plea deal was announced. Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler reduced the felony DUI charge to to a Class W misdemeanor count, DUI, less than .15 grams, first offense, and...
NOTICE OF BIDS Antelope County Commissioners Low Boy Trailer Bid The Antelope County Commissioners have the intent to purchase a new or used lowboy trailer with detachable neck. The Antelope County Commissioners will invite informal quotes from now until 10:30 a.m., on June 8, 2021. Quotes should be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Antelope County Commissioners, 501 Main Street, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756- 0026. The envelope must be clearly marked with “Informal quote for lowboy trailer” on the outside of theenvelope. Quo...
WHEREAS, the Antelope County Board of Commissioners directed the County Highway Superintendent to study the use of the county road located between Sections 7 and 12, Townships 28 North, Range 8 and 9 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Antelope County Nebraska. Located on 510 Avenue between 868th and 869th Road WHEREAS, a written report of the use of the road has been completed by the Highway Superintendent and is filed with the County Clerk The Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska, set a public hearing for 10 a.m., the first...
Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold meetings in the County Commissioner’s meeting room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska, on the following dates and times: June 1, 2021 at 9 a.m. June 8, 2021 at 8 a.m. June 22, 2021 at 9 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 may be modified at such meeting to include items of an emergency nature pur...
Justin W. Stoltz, 35, of Elgin faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom last Wednesday, May 19, for a pretrial hearing on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, .15 or greater, second offense, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Pursuant to a plea agreement with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler, Stoltz withdrew his previous not guilty plea and entered a no contest plea to an amended count, driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense, a Class W misdemeanor committed Jan. 23. In addition, Abler agreed not to...
William D. Anson, 37, of Orchard appeared before the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County court last Wednesday, May 19, facing a theft by shoplifting charge. Anson entered a not guilty plea to the Class 2 misdemeanor and requested a jury trial. Pretrial hearing is set June 16. Bond in the amount of $5,000, 10% cash, posted May 13 is continued. A warrant, ordered by Taylor on May 6, was served May 10. The arrest came after an investigation into the April 24 theft of DeWalt tools from the Neligh Bomgaars store. Anson allegedly left the s...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Neligh, NE May 11, 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-two tax roll corrections were approved. Approved allowing the Assessor to adjust 451 Reaffirmation permissive exemptions per TERC ruling. Approved motor vehicle exemptions. Meeting adjourned. Antelope County Board of Equalization Charlie Henery Attest: Lisa Payne Antelope County Clerk Published May 20, 2021 Z...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska May 11, 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. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved payroll. Pledge collateral was reviewed. Correspondence was reviewed. Monthly reports for sheriff, treasurer (two), clerk of district court. Approved NACO BC/BS m...
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Road closure hearing WHEREAS, the Antelope County Board of Commissioners directed the County Highway Superintendent to study the use of the county road located between Sections 7 and 12, Townships 28 North, Range 8 and 9 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Antelope County Nebraska. Located on 510 Avenue between 868th and 869th Road WHEREAS, a written report of the use of the road has been completed by the Highway Superintendent and is filed with the County Clerk The Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska, set...
Antelope County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a resolution declaring the county as a Second Amendment sanctuary county at the board’s May 4 meeting. The resolution, similar to one approved by Holt County Supervisors, pledges support for the right to bear arms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Approximately 35 counties have approved resolutions, according to the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association website. No discussion was held prior to the vote a...
Officials with Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company were guests at a coffee hour co-sponsored by the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce and the Summerland Advocate-Messenger, Friday, May 7, at 10 a.m., at The Office in Clearwater. NNTC general manager, Pat McElroy, introduced the company's newest employee, Barry Stearns. Stearns was recently hired to serve as the combination technician in the Clearwater and Bartlett areas of NNTC's service territory. McElroy also introduced Melissa Lanzourakis, the...
