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Month: May 2018

City to pay $185K settlement for employee’s collision

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The city of Omaha has agreed to pay $185,000 to a man who was injured when his vehicle was struck by a city worker who ran a red light.

The City Council unanimously approved the settlement Tuesday with Edward Hasenjager. His lawsuit says he was headed west one day in June 2015 when his vehicle was hit by a southbound vehicle that hadn’t halted for a red light.

Hasenjager’s lawsuit says the collision cost him the peripheral vision in his left eye. Documents say he’s had two eye surgeries and faces more.

Switching insurers could save U of Nebraska system $12.3M

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska officials say switching health insurance companies would save the school around $12.3 million next year.

A proposal headed to the Board of Regents for its consideration next month would move the coverage in 2019 from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska to UMR, a United Healthcare company.

The university would move dental insurance from Blue Cross to Ameritas and keep CVS Health for pharmacy insurance, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.

A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska spokeswoman declined to comment.

Changing insurance carriers will keep premiums from increasing next year, according to Bruce Currin, the university system’s associate vice president for human resources. The premiums rose 5 percent for 2018.

The move comes as university administrators are conducting several budget cuts.

University officials requested proposals from several insurers after reviewing its programs and expenses last year, said Currin. The review sought to close a $46 million budget gap, which was created through increasing salaries, health insurance premiums, utility costs and a loss of state aid last year.

UMR and Ameritas will look into adding new health care providers to their networks in order to “minimize the changes of any employee having to find a new doctor or dentist,” Currin said.

Nearly 96 percent of providers used by employees and their families through the university’s current insurance plan are covered under UMR’s network. About two-thirds of employees were in the Ameritas network.

The Board of Regents will consider the proposed change in insurance carriers on June 28.

Parole denied to woman who helped boyfriend dump mom’s body

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Gabriela Guevara

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A woman who helped her boyfriend dump his mother’s body will not be released on parole.

The Nebraska Parole Board denied parole for Gabriela Guevara. She was sentenced in 2016 to three to seven years in prison for her role in the death.

Guevara’s one-time boyfriend, Roberto Martinez-Marinero, is serving a life sentence for two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his mother, 45-year-old Jesus Ismenia Marinero, and his 4-year-old half brother, Josue Ramirez-Marinero.

After killing his mother, Martinez-Marinero took her two youngest children in an attempt to eliminate witnesses. He dumped his then-11-month-old half brother in a La Vista trash bin. The child was found later, bruised but otherwise uninjured.

He threw the 4-year-old boy off a bridge to his death.

Georgia company moves operations to south-central Nebraska

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HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) – A Georgia company has moved its production of frozen beef patties to south-central Nebraska.

Flanders Provision Co. began operating Monday in the Hastings plant that’s been idle since Bubba Burger stopped operating there in 2013.

The City Council will be voting on Flanders’ request for $125,000 from Hastings Utilities’ economic development funds. Maggie Vaughan is interim director of the Hastings Economic Development Corp., and she says the company has committed in return to create at least 50 jobs and spend $3.75 million on plant upgrades. So far 32 people are employed.

Vaughan says Flanders is leaving its Waycross, Georgia, plant because it wanted to grow.

Alice Victoria Morton

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Alice Victoria Morton, 91, of North Platte passed away May 13, 2018 at Linden Court.

Alice was born on January 26, 1927 in Omaha to John and Victoria (Hancock) Nyberg.  She grew up in Omaha and graduated from Omaha Central.  After graduating she worked in Omaha for a travel agency and transferred to North Platte to manage the office.  On August 11, 1956 Alice married Lee C. Morton.  She worked as a bookkeeper, and then quit to raise her family.

Alice was a member of the Methodist Church, Rebecca Lodge, and the VFW Auxiliary. After Lee’s retirement he and Alice traveled across the country, especially enjoying Hawaii.  She enjoyed sewing, crafting, camping, dancing, and shopping.

Alice will be remembered as a sweet, quiet, loving person with the best laugh.

Survivors include children, Susan and William both of North Platte; grandchildren, William Jr. Kerby, Eli, Etta, Anna, and Roena Morton; 3 great-grandchildren; brothers, John (Roberta) Nyberg of Lakewood, CO, and Henry (Jean) Nyberg of Independence, MO; several nieces, nephews, and other family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lee; and a brother Carl Nyberg.

Memorials may be made in her name and online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.

Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home with Chaplain Deb Dishman officiating.  Burial will follow at Fort McPherson National Cemetery near Maxwell.  Visitation will be 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home which is in charge of arrangements.

 

Commission says seed business operating without license

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AXTELL, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Public Service Commission has told an Axtell seed business it can’t continue operating without a grain dealer license.

The commission issued a cease-and-desist order Tuesday to Roberts Seed Inc. The commission says the company is operating although it hasn’t fulfilled requirements for the license it applied for last year.

Roberts Seed office assistant Teresa Fisher told the Lincoln Journal Star that the order covers only the purchase of grain from farmers and the sale of it as seed. She says the company has no active contracts for that business.

She says the company can’t provide some of the licensing documents, such as a 2017 tax return, because they don’t exist yet.

The commission has scheduled a hearing June 18 in Minden to discuss possible punishments for Roberts Seed.

Area Boys headed to State Track

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North Platte, Neb – Here is a list of all the area boys, with the help of the NSAA, who are headed to the state track meet:

North Platte Boys

# Name & Grade
235 Jacob Harvey (12)
236 Joey Larson (11)
237 Elliott Purdy (10)
238 Kaden Ross (10)

 

Class B Boys:

Gothenburg Boys

 

#Name & Grade

130Marc Ackerman (10)

131Bennett Folkers (12)

132Tyce Hruza (11)

133Patrick Hudson (12)

134Dillon Wilkerson (12)

 

Lexington Boys

# Name & Grade
151 Jairo Alvarez-Rivas (12)
152 Ean Bailey (10)
153 Jaxon Fagot (11)
154 Levi Haines (12)
155 Timothy Ram Nyinguan (10)
156 Tanner Rowe (12)
157 Nicholas Saiz (10)
158 Dalton Schumacher (12)
159 Draake Taylor (11)
160 Ajack Waikur (11)
161 Ethan Woehrle (12)

 

McCook Boys

# Name & Grade
167 Cameryn Berry (10)
168 Alec Bunger (11)
169 Joel Carter (10)
170 Seth Dugger (11)
171 Morgan Fawver (11)
172 Colin Giron (11)
173 DJ Gross (11)
174 Drew Harvie (12)
175 Isaac Hegwood (11)
176 Steven Hinze (12)
177 Joshua Huff (12)
178 Tyler Ltyle (11)
179 Riley Mai (11)
180 TJ Renner (10)
181 Zach Schlager (12)
182 Tyson Stevens (9)
183 Landon Towne (10)
184 Ethan Wilcox (12)

 

Ogallala Boys

# Name & Grade
216 Jack Lindgren (12)
217 Cameron Raffaeli (11)
218 Jeron Tuttle (11)

 

Class B Boys Additionals:

Pole Vault:

4 Joel Carter, 10, McCook 13-02.00

Long Jump:

 

4 Alec Bunger, 11, McCook 21-03.75

Shot Put:

Colin Giron, 11, McCook 51-01.005

Patrick Hudson, 12, Gothenburg 50-07.50

 

Discus:

 

4 Colin Giron, 11, McCook 151-01.00

100m Dash:

 

4 Alec Bunger, 11, McCook 11.34

200m Dash:

Ethan Wilcox, 12, McCook 23.095

Drew Harvie, 12, McCook 23.12

 

1600m Relay

 

3 McCook 3:31.96

400m Relay

 

3 Gothenburg 44.18

 

Class C Boys:

Hershey Boys

# Name & Grade
128 Kyler Banks (12)
129 Elias Huebner (11)
130 McKade Smith (12)

 

North Platte St. Patrick’s

Coach: Brad Braithwait

#Name & Grade

199Tyler Ferguson (11)

 

Sutherland Boys

# Name & Grade
266 Garrett Elfeldt (12)
267 Connor Floyd (10)
268 Noah Holm (10)
269 Ryan Richardson (11)

Class C additionals:

Pole Vault:

 

3 Connor Floyd, 10, Sutherland 14-00.00

800 M Run:

 

3 Tyler Ferguson, 11, North Platte St. Patrick’s 2:03.82

 

Class D Boys:

 

Brady

# Name & Grade
61 Noah Jurjens (10)
62 Colton Lovitt (12)
63 Logan Porter (10)
64 T.J. Roe (10)

Paxton

# Name & Grade
233 Roper Chandler (12)
234 Ryan Fox (12)
235 Bennett Perlinger (11)
236 Mason Schimonitz (11)
237 Kaden Schow (11)

 

Class D Additionals:

200 M Dash:

 

3 Ryan Fox, 12, Paxton 23.59

3200M relay:

 

2 Brady 8:29.55

 

Area Girls headed to State Track

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North Platte – Here is a list, with help from the NSAA, of all the area female athletes who are headed to the state track meet:

Class A Girls:

 

North Platte

# Name & Grade
197 Chakera Hough (10)
198 Madison Irish (10)
199 McKenna Little (9)
200 Kathy Mathieu (12)
201 Peyton Neff (9)

 

Class A Additionals:

Pole Vault:

7 Madison Irish, 10, North Platte 9-08.00

100M dash:

5McKenna Little, 9, North Platte13.04

 

Class B Girls:

 

Cozad

# Name & Grade
91 Brittney Aitken (9)
92 Kennedy Berreckman (12)
93 Ashley Burkholder (12)
94 Megan Burkholder (10)
95 Katelyn Calhoun (10)
96 Jercey Irish (10)
97 Carissa Jensen (11)
98 Mckenzie Lee (10)
99 Sydney Lindstedt (11)
100 Margaret McGinnis (11)
101 Abigail Nelsen (10)
102 Hanna Wright (12)

 

Gothenburg

 

# Name & Grade
144 Amaya Ackerman (11)
145 Hannah Anderson (11)
146 Alexis Bliven (9)
147 Amber Brown (11)
148 Arleigh Costello (12)
149 Jaiden Davis (9)
150 Courtney Harpole (11)
151 Bella Rickertsen (9)
152 Gracie Stienike (12)
153 Kayla Weyers (12)

Lexington Girls:

# Name & Grade
166 Hana Brock (12)
167 Klair Fagot (9)
168 Courtney Hanson (11)
169 Jacquelin Ostrom (9)
170 Mollie Rowe (11)
171 Madison Smith (10)
172 Madison Sutton (10)

 

McCook Girls:

# Name & Grade
176 Robin Grigg (11)
177 Jayceea Hanson (11)
178 Emily Jacobs (12)
179 Haiden Loop (12)
180 Riley Sis (12)
181 Mackenzie Smith (11)
182 Holli Thomas (12)

Ogallala

Coach: Shane Fruit

#Name & Grade

208Tyrianne Baney (11)

209Milan Coggins (9)

210Jaedy Commins (10)

211Rylee Dehning (10)

212Lucia McKeag (11)

213Kaylee Wach (10)

214Taylor Williams (11)

 

Class B additionals:

 

Pole Vault:

Megan Burkholder, 10, Cozad 9-10.006

Logan Holly, 9, Sidney 9-10.003

Haiden Loop, 12, McCook 9-10.00

 

800M Run:

 

4 Emily Jacobs, 12, McCook 2:28.01

100M Hurdles:

4 Jaedy Commins, 10, Ogallala 16.43

 

300M Hurdles:

 

4 Jacquelin Ostrom, 9, Lexington 48.28

 

3200M Relay:

3 Cozad 10:21.25

 

400M Relay:

 

3 Ogallala 50.87
4 Gothenburg 50.94

 

Class C Girls:

 

Hershey

Coach: Amy Beyer

#Name & Grade

140Ashley Hassett (11)

141Delaney Love (9)

142Autumn Miller (11)

143Bailie Vanarsdall (11)

 

Maxwell

Coach: Ryan Jones

#Name & Grade

193Tahjzha Botts (9)

194Nicole Howitt (12)

195Sydney Mullin (12)

 

North Platte St Pats

# Name & Grade
225 Kelsey Folchert (11)
226 Hayley Homan (11)
227 Kaleigh Kummer (11)
228 Allison Montgomery (12)
229 Gracie Rippen (11)
230 Julie Slattery (10)

Sutherland

Coach: Jessica Saner

#Name & Grade

268Bailee Fear (12)

 

Class C additionals:

 

Long Jump:

 

Hayley Homan, 11, North Platte St. Patrick’s16-03.253

 

Sydney Mullin, 12, Maxwell16-02.503

 

Julie Slattery, 10, North Platte St. Patrick’s16-00.004

 

High Jump:

Allison Montgomery, 12, North Platte St. Patrick’s5-01.00

 

Triple Jump:

 

3 Kaleigh Kummer, 11, North Platte St. Patrick’s 34-03.25

100M Dash:

 

Sydney Mullin, 12, Maxwell 13.18

3200M Run:

 

3 Kelsey Folchert, 11, North Platte St. Patrick’s 12:54.92

300M Hurdles:

 

3 Ashley Hassett, 11, Hershey 50.32

 

Class D Girls:

 

Brady:

# Name & Grade
41 Elizabeth Sitorius (10)
42 Emery Swan (12)

Paxton

Coach: Scott Jorgensen

#Name & Grade

207Adrian Eakins (9)

 

NPHS snags Boys Golf State invite

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North Platte – The North Platte Bulldogs recently came in third place at the district tournament, high enough to push them on to the State Golf Tournament.

The team as a whole shot 315 in districts with Kyle Zimbelman leading the Bulldogs with a 75.  Chesney Tatman was just behind him with a 76. Also competing were Finn Lucas who shot an 80, Jayden Jones with an 84, and Tanner Ruda finishing with 85.

The boys now turn their sights to Norfolk, the location of the state championship, held May 22-23.

Stay tuned into ESPN radio 1410 or right here on the post for more information.

Nebraska man gets 15 years for production of child porn

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 26-year-old Bellevue man has been given 15 years for producing child pornography.

Federal prosecutors say Nicholas Alford was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha. He must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison. He’d pleaded guilty in February.

Authorities say he persuaded a 13-year-old to send dozens of sexually explicit images to his instant messenger mobile app account.

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