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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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SEN. TIM GRAGERT The Legislature gave the budget bills second-round approval this past week, making only minor adjustments. After the budget is passed, the speaker plans to schedule taxation and spending measures. The session is more than two-thirds complete, but we still have many significant issues to discuss. As introduced, LB 406 focused on flood-control infrastructure projects along the lower Platte River. Senator Mike McDonnell, the primary sponsor of LB 406, has offered an amendment to...
The Legislature has completed Day 50 of this 90-day legislative session and is in the middle of debate on bills that have been designated as a priority by senators, committees and the speaker. As a general rule, only bills that have been designated as a priority are placed on the agenda at this point in the session. There is an exception to this rule for a procedure called consent calendar. This process allows non-controversial, non-prioritized bills to be considered in an efficient manner....
Signs noting a seven-ton weight limit were posted along Antelope County oil roads, following discussion by county commissioners at the board's March 9 meeting, in Neligh. Discussion on the potential dominated nearly one hour after county road superintendent Aaron Boggs referenced restrictions in neighboring counties. Knox and Holt counties have restrictions currently in place. According to Boggs, Holt County implements a speed limit restriction, with trucks allowed to go up to 40 miles per hour...
Kevin D. Rudloff, 22, of Verdigre faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill last Tuesday, March 23, to be sentenced for three crimes committed last October. Burdick ordered Rudloff to serve 21 days in the Holt County Jail, beginning March 27, for operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, a Class 1 misdemeanor. He was given credit for three days previously served. The count was reduced from felony flight to avoid, pursuant to a Dec. 2, 2020, plea agreement with Holt County attorney Brent Kelly. Rudloff was s...
North Central District Health Department will vaccinate residents 18 years of age and older for COVID-19. Any district residents born in 2003 or prior, who resides in Antelope, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Rock or Pierce counties, is now eligible to receive a vaccine. The first step on the way to receiving a vaccine is registering. It is important for people 16 and older to register at vaccinate.ne.gov. Access to this registry can also be found on the NCDHD homepage at: www.ncdhd.ne.gov. Currently, vaccine NCDHD is dispensing at...
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The counties of Antelope, Knox and Holt are seeking grant application assistance and sealed bid proposals from qualified consultants to provide assistance with their 2022 update and revision of their current Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan for all three counties and their sub-jurisdictions. Interested applicants may contact Bobbi Risor, Emergency Management Director, at 402-844-2050 or [email protected] with any questions regarding the grant application assistance and proposal submissions. Grant application...
Antelope County businesses participating in the northeast The Best of the Backroad Tour of northeast Nebraska, sponsored by News Channel Nebraska and area economic development groups, will receive an economic incentive, in the form of $100. Visitor fund committee member Rick Schuchardt, along with NCN representative Laurie Larsen, addressed the Antelope County Commissioners March 2. Schuchardt said a discussion with Neligh Chamber of Commerce officials led to discussion about the tour and...
The counties of Antelope, Knox and Holt are seeking grant application assistance and bid proposals from qualified consultants to provide assistance with their 2022 update and revision of their current Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan for all three counties and their sub-jurisdictions. Interested applicants may contact Bobbi Risor, emergency management director, at 402-844-2050 or [email protected] with any questions regarding grant application assistance and proposal submissions. Grant application assistance and bid proposals must...
The counties of Antelope, Knox and Holt are seeking grant application assistance and bid proposals from qualified consultants to provide assistance with their 2022 update and revision of their current Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan for all three counties and their sub-jurisdictions. Interested applicants may contact Bobbi Risor, emergency management director, at 402-844-2050 or [email protected] with any questions regarding grant application assistance and proposal submissions. Grant application assistance and bid proposals must...
North Central District Health Department, in O'Neill, has been made aware of 51 new cases in the district since the last report issued Dec. 23. On Monday, NCDHD reported new cases by county, including 12-Antelope; 1-Boyd; 4-Brown; 2-Cherry; 6-Holt; 0-Keya Paha; 15-Knox; 10-Pierce; 1-Rock. NCDHD reports five additional COVID-19 deaths in Pierce County: three women and two men in their 80s. As of Dec. 28, at 4 p.m., case count totals include 3,684 total cases, 1,633 recoveries and 55 deaths. In...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 80 new cases in the district since the last reporting on Dec. 17: 18-Antelope; 0-Boyd; 3-Brown; 7-Cherry; 17-Holt; 0-Keya Paha; 22-Knox; 11-Pierce; 2-Rock. NCDHD regrets to report five additional COVID-19 deaths in the district: two Knox County men in their 70s, one Holt County man in his 80s, an Antelope County woman in her 80s and a Holt County woman in her 90s. Case count update as of 4 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21, includes 3,574 total cases, 1,445 recoveries, 47 deaths and 499 total...
Josue E. Saenz-Guevara, 27, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom Monday, Dec.14, to be sentenced for third-degree sexual assault of a child, who was 13 years of age at the time the crime was committed in December 2018. Kozisek sentenced Saenz-Guevara to a term of three years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex at Lincoln, under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections, with credit for 301 days previously served. Provided he loses none of his good time, he must serve o...
North Central District Health Department reported Monday, 135 new cases of COVID-19, since the last update released Dec. 3, including 16 in Antelope; 2, Boyd; 18, Brown; 14, Cherry; 24, Holt; 4, Keya Paha; 34, Knox; 15, Pierce and 8, Rock. The department received notification a Knox County man, in his 90s, died from COVID-19. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in addition to the gold standard PCR test already offered. The rapid test is only...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 159 cases in the district since the last reporting on Nov. 12, including: 19-Antelope; 9-Boyd; 21-Brown; 26-Cherry; 27-Holt; 6-Keya Paha; 13-Knox; 36-Pierce and 2-Rock. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in addition to the gold standard PCR test already offered. The rapid test will be offered only to individuals who are currently exhibiting symptoms associated with COVID-19. All testing is offered free of charge at the below...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 145 cases in the district since the last reporting on Nov. 9: 21-Antelope; 6-Boyd; 18-Brown; 17-Cherry; 31-Holt; 1-Keya Paha; 21-Knox; 28-Pierce and 2-Rock. NCDHD announced 110 new recoveries since the last recovery report from Nov. 5, including: 16-Antelope; 2- Boyd; 10-Brown; 4-Cherry; 24-Holt; 0- Keya Paha; 41-Knox; 10-Pierce and 3-Rock. NCDHD has expanded its COVID-19 testing capacities to include a 15-minute rapid test, in...
Antelope County is looking into improving courthouse security to better protect its employees. County treasurer Deb Branstiter spoke to the board of commissioners Tuesday, Oct. 13, about purchasing and installing new security windows and related items for various offices inside the courthouse in Neligh. "I recently traveled to Cedar County and Knox County," Branstiter said. "In June, I called six different contractors and got varying responses." Representatives from Glass Edge Inc. of Norfolk...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of 158 cases in the district since the last reporting on Oct. 29: 12, Antelope; 7, Boyd; 5, Brown; 33, Cherry; 47, Holt; 0, Keya Paha; 28, Knox; 26, Pierce; 0, Rock. NCDHD has been informed of three additional deaths in the district: a Holt County male in his 70s and two Pierce County females in their 70s and 80s. Effective immediately, North Central District Health Department will transition to reporting COVID-19 case counts on Mondays and Thursdays only. Recoveries will be included...
Funeral services for Jan Dewalt Curtis, 79, of Creighton, were Saturday, October 31, at the Royal gymnasium in Royal. Bob Moore officiated, with burial in Royal Cemetery in Royal. Jan died Monday, Oct. 26, at Avera Creighton Hospital. ~~~ Jan Dewalt Curtis was born to Fremont and Mayola Curtis, on the family farm southeast of Royal, Jan. 23, 1941. He died Monday, Oct. 26, at the Avera Creighton Hospital at the age of 79 years, 10 months, 3 days. Jan attended District 113 in Royal, from first grade until he graduated in 1958, the third of five...
Funeral services for Jan Dewalt Curtis, 79, of Creighton, will be Saturday, October 31, at 10:30 a.m., at the Royal Gymnasium in Royal. Bob Moore will officiate, with burial in Royal Cemetery in Royal. Visitation will be Friday from 3 to 8 p.m., at Brockhaus Funeral Home in Creighton. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Jan died Monday, Oct. 26, at Avera Creighton Hospital. ~~~ Jan Dewalt Curtis was born to Fremont and Mayola Curtis, on the family farm southeast of Royal, Jan. 23, 1941. He died Monday, Oct. 26, at the Avera...
North Central District Health Department was made aware, Monday, of 39 additional cases in the district: Holt, 4; Knox, 11; Cherry, 6; Antelope, 7; Pierce, 2; Brown, 8 and Boyd, 1. On Tuesday, NCDHD was been made aware of 28 additional cases in the district: Holt, 4; Knox, 10; Antelope, 8; Cherry, 1; Pierce, 3; Brown, 1 and Rock, 1. Additionally, NCDHD regrets to inform the district on notification of one death in Rock County. The office of Governor Pete Ricketts has issued an updated directed health measures to include details about...
Fred Thiele wants to make sure part of a gravel road located near Clearwater is not forgotten by Antelope County. The rural Clearwater resident was the only member of the public to speak up on the county’s one-year and six-year road improvement plan during the commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Neligh. Before Thiele gave his input, county highway superintendent Brian McDonald spoke to the commissioners about the road improvement plan and its corresponding map of projects. “This is pa...
The North Central District Health Department, in collaboration with Summerland Public School, has been notified that a positive COVID-19 case has occurred with a student at the Clearwater site. Principal Mike Sanne confirmed Monday that a high school student has tested positive for the virus and has been asked to self-isolate until Aug. 30. According to communication sent to patrons by the school, received by the Advocate-Messenger Monday morning, "Family and other close contacts are also being...
North Central District Health Department has been made aware of five additional positive COVID-19 cases in the district. One case in Cherry County is currently under investigation. One case in Holt County is due to direct contact with a positive individual. All close contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. One case in Knox County is due to community spread and all close contacts have been identified and asked to quarantine. One case in Pierce County is due to community spread and...
Holt County Supervisors spent nearly one hour discussing force spraying, conducted by the Holt County Weed Department, during the board's July 16 meeting. Superintendent Bill Babutzke told the supervisors more than 120 inspections have been completed across the county. One property, consisting of approximatley 900 acres, will require a force spraying for leafy spurge and musk thistles. The price tag could tally between $20,000 and $30,000. "There's not a plane out there that will do it. Not a...
North Central District Health Department reported Monday it has been made aware of six additional COVID-19 cases in the region. Four cases in Antelope County, though not all contact-related to one another, are result of direct contacts with positive cases. All direct contacts have been contacted and asked to quarantine. All cases are at home in isolation. One case in Antelope County is due to community spread, which has been present in the county. The individual is in isolation at home. All direct contacts have been contacted and asked to...
