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  • Local author weaves hunting, fishing essays into captivating compilation

    Sonia Rittscher, Journalist|Jun 15, 2023

    Clearwater native, Chris Stamp, achieved a bucket-list goal in 2022 when he opened a box and pulled out one of the copies of this first published book "Just Me ... In a Tree:" Stamp, the son of longtime Clearwater residents Jerry and Sharon Stamp and a 1986 graduate of Clearwater High School, has artwork that dates from 1987 included in his collection of fishing and hunting stories that span from about that time to 2022. In addition to personal artwork, his book includes 60 stories and some 200...

  • Merle John Sehi

    Mar 23, 2023

    Funeral services for Merle J. Sehi, 83, of Elgin, were held Tuesday, March 21, at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Clearwater, with Rev. John Norman officiating. Interment followed at St. Patrick's Cemetery, rural Clearwater. Merle died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Levander Funeral Home, of Elgin, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.levanderfuneralhome.com. ~~~~~ Merle John Sehi, son of Albert J. and Erma (Zegers) Sehi, was born...

  • Merle Sehi

    Mar 16, 2023

    Funeral services for Merle J. Sehi, 83, of Elgin, will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Clearwater, with Rev. John Norman officiating. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery, rural Clearwater. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., Monday at the church, with a 7 p.m. wake service. Merle died unexpectedly at his home on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Levander Funeral Home, of Elgin, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at...

  • Supervisors forward easement resolution to county attorney

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 25, 2021

    When Holt County Supervisors meet Nov. 30, the board may finally consider a resolution on land-use development concerning conservation easements. During the Nov. 16 meeting, supervisors agreed to forward the resolution, for review, to Holt County Attorney Brent Kelly. The item appeared on the agenda in October, also. The board may also consider a wetland reserve easement for Bar K Bar, LLC, located near Goose Lake. In October, supervisors tabled discussion on the easement, requested by Melvin...

  • Former state senator, rural champion dies

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Oct 28, 2021

    Merton L. "Cap" Dierks spent years serving as an advocate for agriculture and rural Nebraska issues, including education, wind energy development and the right to life. The longtime Ewing resident and former Nebraska legislator, died Friday, Oct. 22, from complications following a stroke, at Arbor Care Center, in O'Neill. Dierks was 89. His love of rural Nebraska began at birth, at his family's ranch, comprising six sections near Goose Lake, in southeastern Holt County. The ranch included a sod...

  • Georgine Funk

    Jan 21, 2021

    Funeral service for Georgine Funk, 89 of Ewing, will be Friday, Jan. 22, at 10:30 a.m., at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Clearwater. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, Jan. 21, at St. John’s Catholic Church, rural Clearwater, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. wake service. Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater is handling the arrangement. Georgine died Jan. 16, 2021 at Norfolk Homestead in Norfolk. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com. Georgine Marie Dozler, d...

  • -Isms

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Nov 12, 2020

    Greetings, SAM readers. For the past two weeks, I have shared a breakdown of the differences between news articles and editorial items, after SAM began a partnership with Trusting News, a project of the Reynolds Journalism Institute and American Press Institute. We worked to devise strategies that promote responsible and ethical journalism. One goal I established, through the project, is to provide a breakdown of what makes a news article, an editorial and a column. This week, I will address...

  • Holt County Judge hears variety of cases

    Sandy Schroth, Editor|Feb 13, 2020

    The Honorable Kale Burdick, in Holt County court last week, sentenced Joshua A. Boettcher, 28, to serve 30 days in the Holt County Jail for a Class 2 misdemeanor count of theft, less than $500. The complaint, filed in June 2019, stated Boettcher took movable property of another between Jan. 9, 2018, and Jan. 9, 2019. Boettcher will serve a 45-day sentence at the same time on a conviction of second-degree forgery, a Class 2 misdemeanor committed Oct. 27, 2018, included in the same complaint. As part of a plea agreement entered in October 2019,...

  • -Isms

    LuAnn Schindler, Publisher|Feb 6, 2020

    Author Eugene O'Neill, when writing his Dalmatian's last will and testament, wrote, "Dogs ... do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith." For 12 years, our chocolate lab, Copper, freely gave her love and showed faithfulness, especially to the master of our house. Copper crossed the rainbow bridge over the weekend, entering doggy heaven, where...