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Funeral services for Robert Walnofer, 95, of O'Neill, will be Monday, Nov. 27, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing with Father John Norman officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, rural Clearwater. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church, with a 4 p.m., wake service. Robert died Nov. 22, 2023, at Avera St. Anthony Hospital in O'Neill. Arrangements are under the direction of Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater. C...
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...
Approximately 65 years after serving in the United States military, three Ewing veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor, for their service. Robert Bartak, Leonard Hawk and Dwayne Hobbs received the quilts Dec. 12, during a gathering at the Ewing Sanders American Legion Post 214. American Legion Auxiliary president, Kathleen Jorgensen, said a blue-star mom, Catherine Roberts, started Quilts of Valor in 2003. "With a son deployed in Iraq, a gunner sitting atop a Humvee, she felt only 10 seconds...
Paulette Anderson 1960-2021 Funeral services for Paulette (Walnofer) Anderson, 61, of Rogers, Arkansas, were Monday, Sept. 6, at Full Gospel Church in Ewing. Burial was in the Butte Cemetery in Butte, Nebraska. Paulette passed away peacefully Aug. 29, 2021, surrounded by friends and family, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Arrangements were entrusted to Biglin’s Mortuary in O’Neill. ~~~ Paulette was...
The voters of Holt County have spoken by casting ballots in the 2020 general election. Important local races, combined with a battle for the White House, brought 78.6% of the county's registered voters to select their choices for leadership positions. County clerk and election commissioner, Cathy Pavel, said of the county's 7,144 registered voters, 5,615 voted. "Early voters totaled 2,163 and 3,462 individuals voted at the polls. Very busy all day with voting," Pavel said. Vote counts for local...
A funeral Mass for Bernadine Walnofer, 87, of O'Neill, will be at Monday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing with burial to follow at St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, south of Ewing. Visitation will be Sunday, Nov. 3, from 2 to 4 p.m., at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Ewing, with a rosary at 4 p.m. Bernadine died Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Avera St. Anthony's Hospital in O'Neill. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family for future designation. Biglin's...
