Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Food intolerance and food allergy are common these days. When I was a kid, no one asked about nut allergies or gluten sensitivities when inviting you to a birthday party. You could bring homemade snacks to school. Peanuts were served to everyone on airplanes. Today, we are constantly reminded to be aware and take precautions to help prevent exposure for those who are intolerant or allergic. Understanding the difference between allergy and intolerance is important. Allergies can result in life...
Nebraska is more than cows and corn — and really may be for everyone after all. The state will get its Discovery Channel debut Jan. 8 when “RV There Yet?” airs episode two, “Not just Cows and Corn,” featuring Arbor Lodge State Historical Park, Platte River State Park and Chadron State Park. The new reality show comes just at the right time. State and national parks saw record levels of visitors in the past few years, with more people investing in recreational vehicles and campers to travel and explore nature, according to the RV Industry...
Emergency medical services in rural America are in a state of crisis. Difficulty recruiting emergency medical technicians and the financial constraints of EMS agencies are the major causes of this crisis. Many rural areas are considered medically underserved, indicating too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty or a high elderly population. Most of the MUAs are also designated as rural or frontier, increasing the likelihood of prolonged transport times to...
An 18-year-old O’Neill woman, who appeared in the Holt County court Dec. 7 on eight counts, will be tried in juvenile court. A motion to transfer the case was made by Holt County attorney Brent Kelly, who amended the complaint, dropping four counts – zero tolerance violation, possession of open alcohol container, possession of marijuana and obstructing government operations. Counts approved for transfer by the Honorable Kale Burdick include false reporting, littering, tampering with evidence and speeding, all alleged June 19. Kelly asked tha...
Forgive George Barnes if he looks a little grim. That day in 1887, ol’ George had ample reason to mean-mug photographer Solomon Butcher, and homesteader life in general. The night before the family photo, it had rained. Hard. The rain had soaked the roof of their soddie. The decaying pole holding the roof had snapped. The whole thing had come down on itself, like a bad metaphor, ruining everything the family owned. The year before, George Barnes’ wife had died of an unknown illness. Barnes was raising three children by himself while he tri...
As a family physician living on the upper Great Plains, I have many patients of Norwegian and German descent. Thus, I am familiar with some diseases that are prone to affect people of northern European ancestry. One such example is Dupuytren’s contracture. Dupuytren’s contracture is a gradual thickening of the connective tissue of the palm of the hand. It may begin innocently as a nodule in the palm or joint stiffness, which are common for anyone. However, with Dupuytren’s contracture, over...
Richard C. Jelich Jr., 27, of Neligh, appeared in the Antelope County court in Neligh last week for arraignment on two counts alleged Nov. 29 at 405 N Street in Neligh, disturbing the peace, a Class 3 misdemeanor, and criminal mischief, a Class 2 misdemeanor. Jelich’s request for continuance to consult an attorney was granted by the Honorable Donna Taylor, with further arraignment set Dec. 15. A bond hearing was held. Taylor reduced bond, from $10,000, 10% cash, to $5,000, 10%, with conditions including no contact with victim. Jelich r...
Brooklynn Chipps, a Wayne State College track and field team member, surpassed the National Collegiate Athletic Association's provisional mark of 17.08 meters in the weight throw, Friday, at the South Dakota State University Holiday Invitational in Brookings, South Dakota. Chipps is a 2018 Clearwater Public Schools graduate. She is the daughter of Corey and Amy Chipps, of rural Clearwater. Chipps finished fourth in a field of 50 throwers, with a toss of 60' 1 1/4" or 18.31975 meters. Teammate,...
JILL KRUSE, D.O. The holiday season is here, and many wonderful activities are happening. As you hustle and bustle, be aware that accidents and injuries can occur. When you see a doctor, they record a diagnosis code explaining the purpose of the appointment. Some codes describe the actual injury and others describe what happened during the injury. For example, Y93.2 is the code for “activities involving snow and ice”. So, if you went sledding, crashed into a tree and broke your left femur or thigh bone, your medical chart would show these codes...
Kevin M. Socha, 33, of Elgin faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom Wednesday, Nov. 17, for a pretrial hearing on a count of second-offense driving under the influence of alcohol, .15 grams or more, a Class 1 misdemeanor. A plea agreement with Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler was announced. Abler amended the charge to second-offense non-aggravated DUI and agreed to recommend a minimum sentence. Socha pleaded guilty to the amended charge. An enhancement hearing was held, with Taylor finding one previous conviction...
A South Dakota man was given probation for his angry behavior at two Atkinson businesses in August. Joseph W. Reiser, 20, of Gregory faced the Honorable Kale Burdick for sentencing in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Burdick sentenced Resier to a six-month term of probation for three Class 3 misdemeanors committed Aug. 25, Count I, reckless driving and counts II and III, criminal mischief, 0 to $500. Reiser’s probation includes probation fees of $210 and he was assessed $60 costs of prosecution. According to a pro...
I love Thanksgiving. I love preparing the food all day and enjoying it while sitting around a table with some of the people I love most. And, there is one holiday tradition I have grown to adore. As we sit down to eat, we share one thing we feel grateful for this year. Practicing gratitude has been shown to improve aspects of mental health and our sense of well-being and it isn't hard to understand why. Saying or thinking "I am grateful for..." feels really good and doing so regularly can help...
The Honorable Donna Taylor cleared three cases from the Antelope County court docket when she presided over the Nov. 17 court session in Neligh, including one dating back to 2014. Joe Wylie, 66, of Cozad, formerly of Ewing, was charged in April 2015 with two felony counts of issuing insufficient-fund or no-account checks (second offense) to Mr. S’s in Oakdale one year earlier. A warrant for Wylie’s arrest, issued in May 2015, was served in Hall County on Nov. 3 of this year. Pursuant to a plea agreement with Antelope County attorney Joe Abl...
Obesity affects approximately 40% of American adults and I've been one of them for nearly as long as I can remember. There are innumerable schemes that promise effortless, or nearly effortless, weight loss, and many diets that claim to be the best approach. Most of us recognize that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. It's much simpler to identify the miracle potion advertised on our social media feed as snake oil, than it is to sort through all the conflicting and seemingly...
Daylight savings time has just ended and now everyone has had the chance to "fall back" to standard time. While many people enjoy that extra hour of sleep that comes each fall, 63 percent of Americans say that they would support the elimination of seasonal time changes and there are some health issues to consider. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine also supports this stance due to the sleep disruption that occurs related to this biannual change. Our body has its own internal clock called...
A woman had been feeling short of breath for several weeks. Physical activities which had previously been easy for her were becoming a chore. In fact, simply laying down resulted in difficulty breathing. She had gained some weight and her legs were swollen. This woman was a patient of mine and she was in heart failure. This doesn’t necessarily mean her heart was going to completely stop, but it was having trouble keeping up. For whatever reason, her heart struggled to pump and fluid was b...
When we think of Henry VIII, most of us envision an oversized man with multiple wives, a bitter personality and a propensity for beheading his enemies. A lesser-known fact is that he suffered with chronic leg sores the last twenty years of his life. Living in a time before antibiotics, anesthesia and proper wound care, this king endured excruciating ulcers with no cure available. Would history have been different if his sores could have been treated with today's advanced wound care? As a young...
In medicine, we routinely ask people about their family health history. Knowing that your mother had diabetes, or that your grandfather battled alcoholism, helps us be alert for health conditions to which you may be predisposed. Sometimes, though, what is revealed by those histories isn't a medical problem, but a family tragedy. Earlier in my career, my older patients commonly told me that their grandmother, or even their mother, died in childbirth. Today, it is all too easy to forget just how p...
In the last couple years, I have developed a renewed awe and appreciation of our scientists around the world who work for entire careers to advance science and medicine in their laboratories and beyond. One such scientist is Dr. Barry Marshall. Marshall is an Australian physician scientist, who, in the early 1980’s along with his cohort Dr. Robin Warren, initiated a paradigm shift in the world’s understanding of gastrointestinal disease when they discovered the bacterium Helicobacter pyl...
Imagine yourself in a blizzard so thick and cold and blinding that you could not see your hands right in front of you. Such blizzards were common 150 years ago on the upper Great Plains. Without much for houses and trees, the wind blew the snow with such force that the little ice crystals were more like little knives making it hard to keep one’s eyes open even if there was something to see. Thus, to get safely from the house to the barn, farmers often hung a rope between the two, to not get l...
Alcoholism, and addiction overall, isn't a character flaw, or a weakness of self-control. It's a disease. And, if you are like most of us, you've probably been affected by it. Maybe you struggle with alcohol consumption yourself or have a friend or family member who does. I rarely talk with anyone who doesn't have a personal story about how addiction has affected their life. About 14 million adults have an alcohol use disorder and there are about 95,000 alcohol-related deaths every year in this...
It is September, fall is in the air and what we might call "respiratory season" is nearly upon us. Respiratory season refers to the colder months in which we spend much of our time indoors, maybe October through March. Normally, this season correlates with when we see high rates of typically seasonal respiratory infections, such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. Living through the COVID-19 pandemic has given us knowledge we can use to greatly decrease the spread of all respira...
Summerland School District will feature five new staff members in the 2021-2022 school year, including one elementary and four high school educators. Staff members met for inservice training, in Orchard, Aug. 16 and 17. On Aug. 23 and 24, staff and students moved materials from the three former sites into the new facility, in preparation for the Aug. 30 start date. Jacob Goldfus His first impression of the Summerland School system and new facility can be summed up in one word: incredible. Okay,...
The kidneys may be called the Rodney Dangerfield of the body, as they often "don't get no respect." The National Kidney Foundation estimates that one in three adult Americans are at risk for kidney disease, yet these organs are mostly ignored unless they develop stones or stop working. When healthy, kidneys work continuously at their main job of filtering blood to remove unwanted products and help produce urine. Kidneys clean approximately 200 liters of blood each day, removing up to two liters...
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...
