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Holidays are about traditions. Summerland third-grade students share their favorite Christmas memories. My tradition is Santaland. My whole family goes to Creighton. We tell Santa what we want. I want a teddy bear this year. I like listening to the radio music as we drive around. I like the blue lights the best. It's the best tradition in the whole universe. Levi Tagel Going to my uncle's to remember him is my favorite Christmas tradition. First, we go to my other uncle's house and play at...
[email protected]?subject=Events Calendar submission&body=PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH AT LEAST THESE DETAILS: Event / Date and Time / Address of Event / PhoneSubmit an Event Thursday, August 29 Bobcat XC JH/HS XC @ Burwell Invite, 10 a.m., Calamus Golf Course Bobcat VB JV/V VB @ West Holt Triangular; v Elkhorn Valley @ 6 p.m; v West Holt @ 7 p.m. Friday, August 30 Holt County BOE and Supervisors Holt County BOE and Supervisors, 9/9:15 a.m., Holt County Courthouse, O'Neill - Budget hearing at 1:15 p.m. Bobcat Football V Football @...
Effective Thursday, Dec. 5, the Bank of Orchard was merged into Cornerstone Bank. Bill Kester will serve as vice president and manager of the branch. Other Orchard employees include Heidi Blomenkamp, Mary Erb, Gage Clifton and Andrea Williby. "Cornerstone Bank is excited to become a part of the Orchard community and grow our banking operation in this region," stated Zac Holoch, president and chief executive officer of Cornerstone Bank. "Cornerstone is committed to serving the smaller...
General Election Results - Antelope County President: Harris/Walz (Democrat) Early voting 119 Precincts: 277 Trump/Pence (Pence) Early voting 562 Precincts: 2455 Oliver/ter Maat (Libertarian) Early voting 0 Precincts 11 West/Abdullah (Legal Marijuana Now) Early voting 0 Precincts 6 Stein/Kpadenou (By Petition) Early voting 2 Precincts 0 US Senator Deb Fischer (Republican) Early voting 519 Precincts 2049 Dan Osborn (By Petition) Early voting 156 Precincts 670 US Senator Pete Ricketts (Republican)...
No medals. Just a lot of experience and personal bests. That describes the Summerland high school cross country teams' results from the first-ever Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet, held Oct 10 at the Plainview Country Club. Senior Lenora Kester was seconds away from a medal. She finished 17th, running 24:35.45. Carlee Livingston was two spots behind Kester. She placed 19th, running 25:17.32. Aubrey Parker ended 27th in the field of 34 runners. She cross the line in 27:52.62. West Holt c...
The Kansas City Royals game played through the car radio as Jeff Hovden drove south on a Friday night. Jeff and his son Jack had tickets for the next day. During the drive, the broadcast team noted the strong Omaha contingent in attendance, many sporting jerseys with the name "Bohm" across the back. The next day the Hovdens experienced it in person. "It was pretty impressive," said Hovden, a Phillies fan and car wash soap salesman from Vermillion, South Dakota. The "Bohm" on the many jerseys...
Holt County Supervisors gave the nod to VRDG, LLC, for construction of a commercial solar conversion system, following a public hearing held Monday in O'Neill. Opponents expressed concerns about setbacks, environmental issues and health concerns, while proponents touted the tax advantages, seeing the system as a way to keep the family farm viable. The 325-megawatt nameplate capacity site will cover 300 Holt County acres, with the balance of construction set to take place in Knox County. It is...
Summerland's varsity volleyball squad finished second, Saturday, at the Creighton Invite. Coach Danielle Birch said, "At the Creighton tournament, on Sept. 14, despite an early setback against West Holt, the team found its rhythm and ended the day on a high note with two well-earned victories. Our freshmen stepped up into new spots and showed they shouldn't be overlooked and our veterans used that to their advantage as that opened up the net and gave them more one on one block matchups to...
Driving north on Highway 14, one may be inclined to stop and smell the roses. Rylee Wagner, proprietor of Wild Arrow Farms, hopes you stop to smell the zinnias, sunflowers, snapdragons and other floral varieties at her you-pick flower farm, located at 87544 Highway 14 near Winnetoon. For $20, visitors to the not-so-secret garden can cut stems and fill a 20-ounce cup, creating their own bouquet. Wagner also offers made-for-you bouquets. She recently organized a you-pick fundraiser for a family...
On Aug. 7, Ben Clifton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Orchard in Orchard; Kelly Holthus, chairman of Cornerstone Bank, and Zac Holoch, president and CEO of Cornerstone Bank in York, announced an agreement has been reached for Cornerstone Bank to purchase the Bank of Orchard. The Bank of Orchard has total assets of approximately $35 million with total deposits of $30 million and total loans of $9 million. The purchase is subject to regulatory approval with a...
Ben Clifton, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Bank of Orchard in Orchard; Kelly Holthus, chairman of Cornerstone Bank, and Zac Holoch, President and CEO of Cornerstone Bank in York, Nebraska, announced today an agreement has been reached for Cornerstone Bank to purchase the Bank of Orchard. The Bank of Orchard has total assets of approximately $35 million with total deposits of $30 million and total loans of $9 million. The purchase is subject to regulatory approval with a...
The Tri-County Titan seniors were back in action Thursday, July 18, in Verdigre, after a two-week layoff due to 4th of July weekend and junior legion area tournaments. It was double-header night in Verdigre, so each game was only five innings. The first game pitted Tri-County vs. Albion. Albion defeated the Titans, 5-1. In the nightcap, it was Creighton/Bloomfield vs. Albion, and Albion, once again, came out on top, 6-2. The Titans used "pitcher-by-committee" for this game in preparation for...
The Tri-County Titan juniors opened postseason play Friday, July 12, in Creighton, for the Class C Area 1 district tournament. First round action matched the junior Titans against Adams. Adams won the game 9-0. Max Bruce was the starting pitcher, throwing two-thirds of an inning, allowing three runs on one hit and three walks. Jacob Pierzina came in relief to throw one and one-third innings. He allowed three runs on three hits, with one strikeout. Isaac Hoferer was the next Titan pitcher to...
The fifth time's a charm. In a fifth rematch of Tri-County Juniors playing the Creighton/Bloomfield Juniors, the Titans came out on top, 2-1, to advance to the next round of the Class C Area 1 tournament. The teams met Saturday, July 13, in Creighton. In this gem of a game, Ryan Rifer took to the mound for Tri-County and Braxton Eggerling for Creighton/Bloomfield. "Both pitchers threw complete 103-pitch, seven-inning masterpieces," said coach Jeff Shabram. What turned out to be the difference were two runs scored in the third inning for the...
The Tri-County Junior Titans' run for the Class C Area 1 title came to an end Sunday, July 14, as Tri-County lost to Albion 13-5, in Creighton. The Junior Titans got on the board first with a two-out RBI double by Landon Nelson scoring Ryan Rifer in the first inning. Tri-County then also made a late push with four runs scored in the fifth inning on RBI hits by Isaac Hoferer (1), Max Bruce (1), and Rifer (2). Junior Titans crossing home plate in the fifth were Levi Hoferer, Jacob Pierzina, I....
The Titan juniors lost to Ord by a score of 2-11, when they met in the first round of the Elkhorn Valley Tournament in Creighton. Max Bruce was the starting pitcher, throwing three-plus innings, allowing nine runs on six hits and five walks, while striking out three batters. Jacob Pierzina came in relief to throw one inning, allowing two runs on one hit and three walks, with three strikeouts. Ord got on the board first with two runs in the first inning. Tri-County answered in the third inning on a Ryan Rifer RBI hit, scoring Pierzina. But Ord...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The first round of the 2024 Elkhorn Valley American Legion League tournament was held in Orchard, with the Tri-County seniors taking on Creighton/Bloomfield. In a very efficient 90-minute game, Creighton/Bloomfield came out on top, 4-2. Wyatt Shabram took to the mound for Tri-County, throwing all seven innings, allowing four runs on five hits with five errors while striking out 10 batters. Pitchers Keldon Loecker, Taylor Nilson and Braxton Eggerling combined for the Creighton/Bloomfield victory. C/B opened the game with hot hi...
What a show! Overflow crowds watched nearly 300 cowboys and cowgirls provide thrills and spills over the weekend at Clearwater's Big Rodeo. In the process, competitors took home approximately $34,000 in prize money. "What an amazing three nights of rodeo," said Curt Thiele, Clearwater Chamber of Commerce president. "We were blessed with very good weather and competition was high, with a big number of competitors." Sutton Schrunk, of Valentine, scored 77 in bull riding to take home the top prize...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Creighton was definitely the place to be this past weekend for American Legion baseball action as nine teams were in action for the Berry Pepper Tournament, June 14 to 16. Five seniors teams competing were Tri-County, Creighton, Albion, PWG and Wagner, South Dakota. Four junior teams competing were Tri-County, Creighton, Albion and PWG. The Titans made the short trip over to Creighton for action all three days in either junior or senior games. In the first game on Friday, the junior Titans played Albion and lost the game,...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titan seniors were back in action Sunday, June 9, at Orchard against Creighton/Bloomfield, where they lost a tight game, 6-8. Wyatt Shabram took to the mound and threw four innings allowing only one run on two hits and 2 walks, while striking out 11 batters. The Titan seniors then turned to Jake Schroeder, who allowed five runs in the fifth inning, and A.J. Hobbs, who allowed two runs combined in the sixth and seventh innings on three hits and four walks. Each...
Joan M. Childers 1940 - 2024 A mass of Christian burial for Joan M. Childers, 83, of Elgin, was Monday, June 10, at St. Boniface Church in Elgin. The Rev. John Norman, Deacon Logan Hepp and Deacon John Starman officiated. Interment followed in the parish cemetery. Joan M. Childers, 83, died Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Edgewood Vista in Norfolk. Memorials are suggested to Pope John Catholic School and St. Boniface Catholic Church. Levander Funeral Home of Elgin was in charge of arrangements....
One of the great, unsolved mysteries in the state has been why the beloved Trev Alberts left his alma mater to become athletic director at Texas A&M. Alberts was an All-American football player at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, then eventually became athletic director at the school after a successful stint at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Seemed like a match made in heaven, and a job Alberts would hold for many years. But then, suddenly, it was over, and Alberts was trading Husker...
COACH JEFF SHABRAM The Tri-County Juniors fell to Creighton by a score of 6-12. The teams opened the season, May 23, in Creighton. "Ryan Rifer took to the mound and threw well (12 Ks), but the Titan juniors were just out of sync the entire game after falling behind 0-2 in the first inning," coach Jeff Shabram said. The Titans were able to put up a big third inning, scoring five runs, then followed by one run in the fourth inning. But that would be all the offense Tri-County could muster....
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titans Seniors opened the 2024 American Legion baseball season with a 10-0 victory over Creighton Thursday, May 23. “Wyatt Shabram was in complete control of the game en route to throwing a 14 strikeout no-hitter,” said coach Jeff Shabram. “What an awesome way to start the season.” Tri-County broke the game open in the third inning with five runs scored, highlighted by a 330-foot, two-run homerun over the left field fence by Landon McAllister. The 5th inning saw Tri-County score two more runs followed by thre...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska May 13, 2024 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Tabled minutes of the 5-7-2024 BOC Meeting. Approved payroll. Approved vendor claims. General: AMERITAS LIFE INS CORP ins 20,729.45; ANTELOPE CO COURT ex 89.00; ANTELOPE CO CLERK-REGISTER ex 46.00; APPEARA ex 35.82; APPLIED CONN TECH ex 5,611.30; BLACK HILLS ENERGY ut 1,129.62; BLACKBURN MFG ex 720.00; BCBS ins 66,227.56; BOMGAARS ex 202.96; BROGAN & GRAY ex 1,494.85; CARNEY LA...
