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An O’Neill man will spend at least five years in prison. Cody L. Kizzire faced the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill last Tuesday, June 3, to be sentenced for three Class 2 felony counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor. The 39-year-old was sentenced to three concurrent 10-to-20-year prison terms for the sexual assault of a minor, committed between April 1 and June 30, 2022. Kizzire was given credit for 284 days served prior to sentencing. If he loses none of his good time, he must serve five yea...
NOTICE HOLT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION The Holt County Planning Commission will hold a meeting on June 25, 2024, at 7 p.m., at The Evergreen, O’Neill, Nebraska. This meeting will be a workshop meeting and no final decisions will be made at this meeting. Published June 12, 2024 ZNEZ...
An O’Neill man who faces felony charges in three Holt County court cases now awaits extradition to Iowa. On May 20, the District Court of Fremont County, Iowa, issued a bench warrant for 41-year-old Tyler Bain’s arrest for a violation of his probation. The State of Iowa asked Bain’s return to that state to face the alleged violation. Bain appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick on the Iowa probation violation charge May 21, when he declined to waive extradition. However, Burdick found he had signed a waiver June 3, 2022, when his super...
Two cases with charges from 2021 and 2023 reached resolution in the Holt County court last week when the Honorable Kale Burdick presided from the bench at the O’Neill courthouse. Mark J. McCrea, 63, of Correctionville, Iowa, pleaded no contest to an amended charge in a nearly three-year-old case, pursuant to a plea agreement with Holt County attorney Brent Kelly. On March 16, 2022, Kelly charged McCrea with criminal impersonation, a Class 4 felony alleged Nov. 22, 2021. He provided an O’Neill police officer with an incorrect name and date of...
Christopher J. Deepe, 49, of Broken Bow was bound over to the Holt County district court on a Class 1 D felony, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, first offense. Deepe faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on May 14. He waived his right to preliminary hearing and Burdick bound the case over to district court, where he was set for arraignment June 17. Bond is continued at $75,000, 10% cash. Deepe is represented by Frederick Bartell of Norfolk. Deepe, who was employed at the Holt County Locker in S...
Two planned outages will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for customers in Boyd County as well as parts of Holt and Knox Counties on May 28 and 29, to repair an emergent issue on a Western Area Power Association transmission line. This second outage is updated from the original date of May 31 due to a WAPA schedule change. The outage will impact Nebraska Public Power District customers in the communities of Butte, Bristow, and Lynch, as well as the Village of Spencer and Niobrara Valley Electric Membership Corporation customers in rural Boyd...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska May 7, 2024 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the 4-2-2024, 4-9-2024 and 4-15-2024 BOC Meeting. Approved minutes of the 4-09-2024 BOE meeting. Correspondence was reviewed. Monthly Reports: Clerk of the district court fee report; treasurer’s fund balance report; treasurer’s miscellaneous revenue report. Zoning administrator report. Zoning permit report for April. CP survey results discussed. Disc...
There is a lot of information floating around on social media about the integrity of elections. Since the May 14 primary election is around the corner, I wanted to share more insight into election procedures in Holt County. Holt County, like every other county in Nebraska, operates its own elections. Our duties include handling our county’s voter registration list, operating precincts on Election Day, operating and testing election equipment and completing other election-related requirements. Our office, including the permanent and temporary e...
Last week, a jury convicted a Ewing woman of making terroristic threats against a former romantic interest, stemming from incidents that happened between Sept. 28 and Oct. 9, 2023. Jessica J. Snyder, 41, was found guilty of terroristic threats, a Class IIIA felony. Jury selection began May 1, with testimony commencing that morning. On Thursday, May 2, the jury deliberated for approximately two hours and found Snyder guilty. According to Holt County Attorney Brent Kelly, two minor children were...
Scholarship Recipients CHRISTIAN BEHNK UNL Husker Power Scholarship UNL O & G Kammerer Scholarship Paul D. Cooper Scholarship KELTON BRUHN Northeast Community College Livestock Judging Scholarship ALANNA DOLL Creighton University Award Scholarship Menard Family Business Scholarship Father John Labaj Scholarship The John Greer Memorial Scholarship Timothy J. Thramer Memorial Scholarship AISLYNN KESTER NECC Scholastic Contest Waiver Clearwater Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Scott L. Reynolds...
Summerland Advocate-Messenger personnel brought home 23 awards from the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest for the Nebraska Press Association. Awards were presented Saturday evening, at the awards banquet held at the Cornhusker Marriot Hotel in Lincoln. SAM finished second in Class A, which includes weekly newspapers with a circulation up to 699 subscriptions. The Stanton Register won the division. In advertising categories, publisher LuAnn Schindler won seven awards. An ad featuring financial services at Brunswick State Bank, promoting FFA Week,...
UPDATE: (APRIL 25, 2024) The planned outage, originally scheduled to take place April 28, for Boyd County and parts of Holt and Knox counties, is being canceled due to forecasted severe weather conditions. Crews don’t currently have plans to reschedule this planned outage due to upcoming graduation and holiday weekends and will wait until September to conduct the final planned outage. Electric customers who would’ve been impacted by the outage are being contacted and notified of the change in plans. ****** The second in a series of three pla...
NOTICE TO BIDDERS CULVERTS - HOLT COUNTY Sealed bids will be received by the Holt County Clerk until April 30, 2024, at 11 a.m., and opened shortly thereafter, for the construction of corrugated metal pipes with steel headwalls and wingwalls, and other related incidental work at two sites. The project sites are located as follows: C-45(560) – on Road 895 between 474 Avenue and 475 Avenue; C-45(562) – on Road 898 (aka River Road) between 480 Avenue and 481 Avenue, both in Holt County, Nebraska. The projects are referred to as “Holt County 2024...
NOTICE TO BIDDERS HIGHWAY STRIPING HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA Sealed bids will be received by the County Clerk of Holt County, Nebraska, in the courthouse in O’Neill, Nebraska. Sealed bids may be sent to: Holt County Clerk, 204 N. 4th Street, P.O. Box 329, O’Neill, Nebraska 68763 until the 16th day of May, 2024, at 11 a.m., and should be clearly marked “SEALED BID FOR 2024 HIGHWAY STRIPING.” The sealed bids will be opened on the 16th day of May, 2024, at 11 a.m. and a contract will be approved by the board of supervisors at the May 16th meeting...
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA Sealed proposals for the construction of one bridge superstructure replacement. The bridge superstructure replacement is a two-span superstructure replacement 20’-4” wide by 51’-10 ½” long on 499 Avenue over the Cache Creek – Bridge No. C004507505 – Project C45 (566). The sealed proposals shall include removal of the twin span superstructure at 857 Road and construction of the new superstructure including materials, labor, equipment, tools, along with appurtenances and accessories for Holt County, Neb...
James L. Palik, 23, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on April 9, for sentencing on nine counts committed Dec. 7, 2023. Burdick sentenced Palik to a 12-month term of probation for attempted possession of a controlled substance (concentrated THC), a charge that was reduced from a Class 4 felony, pursuant to a plea agreement. As part of the probation conditions, he was ordered to serve 24 days in the Holt County Jail unless waived; obtain a chemical dependency evaluation and complete any tre...
On Friday, April 12, at approximately 7 p.m., the Holt County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Holt County Attorney’s Office, O’Neill Police Department, Atkinson Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol and Antelope County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant in Ewing. The search warrant was served at a camper located at the northeast corner of Highway 20 and Highway 45B. Substances alleged to be controlled substances and several items believed to be drug paraphernalia were found during the execution of the search warrant. Torrey Peterso...
NOTICE TO BIDDERS CULVERTS - HOLT COUNTY Sealed bids will be received by the Holt County Clerk until April 30, 2024, at 11 a.m., and opened shortly thereafter, for the construction of corrugated metal pipes with steel headwalls and wingwalls, and other related incidental work at two sites. The project sites are located as follows: C-45(560) – on Road 895 between 474 Avenue and 475 Avenue; C-45(562) – on Road 898 (aka River Road) between 480 Avenue and 481 Avenue, both in Holt County, Nebraska. The projects are referred to as “Holt County 2024...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a 30-day public comment period extension for the R-Project Transmission Line Draft Revised Habitat Conservation Plan and revised draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. This is associated with Nebraska Public Power District's permit application for the incidental take of the American burying beetle. The R-project starts at the Gerald Gentleman substation near Sutherland, goes north to near Thedford and extends east to a substation...
NOTICE TO BIDDERS HIGHWAY STRIPING Sealed bids will be received by the County Clerk of Holt County, Nebraska, in the courthouse in O’Neill, Nebraska. Sealed bids may be sent to: Holt County Clerk, 204 N. 4th Street, P.O. Box 329, O’Neill, Nebraska 68763 until the 16th day of April, 2024, at 11 a.m., and should be clearly marked “SEALED BID FOR 2024 HIGHWAY STRIPING.” The sealed bids will be opened on the 16th day of April, 2024, at 11 a.m., and a contract will be approved by the board of supervisors at their April 16 meeting. Copies of the bid...
A 19-year-old O’Neill man, originally accused of committing 11 crimes last April, was sentenced to prison for five of the offenses last week in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill. The Honorable Mark Kozisec sentenced Ethan J. Peterson to imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for a period of 24 months, with credit for 54 days already served, on Count I, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a Class 3A felony; 12 months, with credit for 54 days, on Count II, pos...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HOLT COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Notice is hereby given that the Holt County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider the vacation or abandonment of the following described public road: 510 Avenue between 869th Road and 870th Road on the Holt/Antelope County line, East line Section 1, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the 6th P.M., Holt County, Nebraska. Said hearing will be held on the 16th day of April 2024, at 10:45 a.m., in the supervisors’ meeting room at the Holt County Courthouse, O...
NOTICE TO BIDDERS Gravel - Holt County, Nebraska Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Holt County Board of Supervisors, O’Neill, Nebraska, for gravel for 2024. Said bids will be opened at 11 a.m., on March 29, 2024, in the county board meeting room, at the Holt County Courthouse. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Holt County Road Superintendent. Holt County Clerk -ss-Cathy Pavel Published March 13, 2024; and March 20, 2024 ZN...
PROCEEDINGS ANTELOPE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Neligh, Nebraska March 12, 2024 Chairman opened the meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the 3-5-2024 BOC meeting. Approved payroll. Approved vendor claims. General: AMERITAS LIFE INS CORP ins 19,047.64; ANTELOPE CO COURT ex 168.00; APPEARA ex 35.31; APPLIED CONN TECH ex 4,829.82; BLACK HILLS ENERGY ut 2,697.68; BCBS ins 60,532.81; BOMGAARS ex 191.93; BROGAN & STAFFORD ex 616.75; CANDLEWOOD SUITES ex 319.90; CARNEY LAW ex 15,209.00;...
A planned outage is scheduled for electric customers in Boyd County, as well as parts of Holt and Knox counties, Sunday, March 17, from 1 to 5 p.m., to prepare for the replacement of a transformer at the substation that serves the area. The outage will impact Nebraska Public Power District customers in the communities of Butte, Bristow, Lynch and the village of Spencer, as well as Niobrara Valley Electric Membership Corporation customers in rural Boyd County, northwestern Knox County and northern Holt County. “Outages are not convenient for a...
