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Two initiative measures - one requiring photographic identification, one increasing minimum wage - were passed by Nebraska voters during the Nov. 8 General Election. Initiative 432 amends Nebraska's constitution, to require voters to "present valid photographic identification" prior to voting. Nebraska's Legislature will hammer out the details, according to language in the measure. Voters also approved Initiative 433, which will gradually raise the state's minimum wage from the current rate of...
Max Heiter, of Royal, took a project to the Antelope County Fair with low expectations. Later, he learned his open class exhibit received the first-place blue ribbon for the 65-and-over class. It all started when Heiter saw a fiber optic knife made by someone on the internet a little over a year ago. "I saw a fiber optic knife somebody made on the internet, so I get on the internet and looked for this fiber optic and I found it in Oklahoma," he said. "I thought 'I'm gonna try it; he did it,...
Royal Fire Department will host its 39th annual ice fishing tournament, Sunday, Jan. 30, at the north end of Grove Lake. Fishing will take place between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Individuals interested in participating in the event may sign up the morning of the tournament or at the calcutta, Saturday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Royal Gym. Food and refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Gary Ober at 402-340-0170; Max Heiter, 402-893-4531 or Butch’s Body Shop, 402-893-5115....
Great ideas begin at the kitchen table. For Max Heiter and Gary Jones, a hobby hooked their interests and they turned it into a well-known business, H & J Lures, based in Royal. Now, the small-town company remains afloat, thanks to Jones' nephews: Alex, Brandon and Derek Sonnenfelt. Now known as Trio Tackle, the Sonnenfelt brothers have operated the business from their homes and garages in the Norfolk area since October 2018. Brandon plans to construct a shop in the Hadar area, which will have...
Two residents of the Royal community faced the Antelope County commissioners at their Aug. 13 meeting, asking the county leaders to intercede in the case of a dog running at large. Marlowe Jensen and Justin Jensen came to the meeting armed with copies of state statutes dealing with dangerous dogs, claiming the documents required the county sheriff to bring charges against the dog’s owner. “I was harassed by a dog,” Marlowe Jensen said, adding “It chased a deputy into Justin’s house.” “It’s the only dog in town that’s running loose,” his son s...
