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O'Neill School Board To Hold Planning Retreat

Updated Jan 23, 2022

The O'Neill School Board will be meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11 to review progress toward district goals and plan for the district's future. Superintendent, Amy Shane...
O'Neill District Seven Takes 67% Cut In StateAid Over Last Year

Updated May 25, 2011

The O'Neill School District Seven has been anticipating state aid cuts and is in the process of taking actions to keep the budget manageable in anticipation of the cuts. Righ...
O'Neill School Board To Hold Planning Retreat

Updated Jan 23, 2022

The O'Neill School Board will be meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11 to review progress toward district goals and plan for the district's future. Superintendent, Amy Shane...
O'Neill School Board To Hold Special Hearing To Amend Budget

Updated Feb 7, 2022

The O'Neill School Board will hold a special hearing to amend their 2010-2011 budget on Monday, May 16, 2011, at 7:15 p.m.; the hearing notice is included in the issue of the ...
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Wednesday Morning Fire Destroys Home

Updated Feb 3, 2022

A mid-morning fire has left an O'Neill man homeless. The fire which started around 10:00 a.m. quickly spread through the house and when the fire department arrived the house w...
Independent Undergoes New Printing Tansformation

Updated Feb 7, 2022

Readers of the Holt County Independent will start to notice a change in their paper this week. Due to aging printing equipment the publishers have decided to outsource the pr...

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Storm Batters Area

Updated Dec 21, 2021

A dangerous storm that went through the O'Neill and Atkinson area had everyone on their toes Monday evening. The storm sent Holt and Boyd County residents to their basements ...

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Parts Of O'Neill Without Power For Two Hours Sunday Evening

Updated Dec 20, 2021

Parts of O'Neill were in the dark Sunday evening as a result of a tree falling on the power lines in the north east part of town. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Sunday evening a ...
9-Year-Old Raises Funds For Orphans Through 4-H Project

Updated Jan 23, 2022

By Amanda GregerStaff Writer A local 9-year-old boy has raised more than $1,300 to donate to Chicks 4 Orphans. The project is one that has touched Lawrence Werth of O'Neill pe...
Avera St. Anthony's Receives Multiple Awards At 13th Annual Healthcare Service Excellence Conference

Updated Dec 19, 2021

Representatives of Avera St. Anthony's Hospital accepted the prestigious international Summit Award for recognition of their Exceptional Nurse and OASIS Team at the 13th annua...
Avera Home Health, Hospice Unifying Into Single Agency

Updated Dec 20, 2021

Special to The Independent Home health and hospice services offered by Avera St. Anthony's Hospital will be unifying into a single agency called Avera@Home as of the New Ye...
Application Process Done

Updated Feb 7, 2022

In last weeks paper it was reported that the City of O'Neill is looking for a new police chief. Larry Wanamaker resigned his position as of Aug. 1 of this year. The city wante...
Supervisors Set Salaries For County Officials

Updated Feb 7, 2022

By Amanda Greger Staff Writer Base salaries for county elected officials serving for the 2015-18 term were set by Holt County Board of Supervisors during their regular me...
Council Discusses Land Purchases At Regular Monthly Meeting

Updated Jun 15, 2011

The O'Neill City Council met in regular session on Monday evening. All members of the city council were present and absent was Mayor Bill Price. The first order of business w...
Local Post Offices On Review List

Updated Aug 3, 2011

With the increasing demand from the Governement the US. Postal System again announced cuts on Tuesday. The Postmaster General released a long-awaited "post office study" of ne...
Pizza Hut Burglarized

Updated Sep 1, 2011

During the early morning hours of Aug.6 investigator Rachel Kohlman, with the assistance of reserve officer Kipton Kyrsl, both of the O'Neill Police Department, apprehended a ...
Holt County Sees Slight Decrease In 2013-14 Budget

Updated Dec 18, 2021

By Amanda Greger Staff Writer The Holt County Board of Supervisors approved unanimously a $20.3 million budget following a public hearing this Tuesday. The fiscal year 2013-...
Nebraska Highway Commision To Meet In O'Neill

Updated Jan 23, 2022

The State Highway Commission and the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) have scheduled a meeting to be held in O'Neill. On Friday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m. at Holiday Inn Expres...
Reminder of Holt County Independent Deadline Changes

Updated Jun 8, 2011

The Independent would like to remind its customers that because of our new printing schedule we have new deadlines for copy and advertising submitted to the paper. Because of...
O'Neill School Board To Hold Planning Retreat

Updated Feb 7, 2022

The O'Neill School Board will be meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, July 11 to review progress toward district goals and plan for the district's future. Superintendent, Amy Shane...
O'Neill School Board Members Set Wages At Last Meeting

Updated Feb 7, 2022

The O'Neill School Board held their monthly meeting on June 18 with Ellen Boshart, Gene Chohon, Brad Ducker, Jim Gotschall, Amy Rowse and Marge Ziska present. After approvin...
Deb Fischer Announces Candidacy For U.S. Senate

Updated Feb 7, 2022

Deb Fischer, State Senator and Valentine resident, announced her candidacy for Democratic Senator Ben Nelson's seat in the United State Senate. Fischer, a Republican and the o...
Johanns: Grain-System Fines 'Violate The Law'

Updated Jan 16, 2014

Special to The Independent Nebraska U.S. Senator Mike Johanns is demanding that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stop harassing small family-owned farm...

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West Holt Medical Services Welcomes Hoover As New Chief Nursing Officer

Updated Dec 18, 2021

A leader with more than 23 years of experience in a variety of nursing roles has joined West Holt Medical Services as the chief nursing officer. Tom Hoover’s nursing career...
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