Cheyenne County District Court Clerk Deb Hume and staff Mindy Wiegand & Taz Uhrig Cheyenne County Deputy Sheriff Deputy Ron Kissler As soon as Judges Derek Weimer and Randin Roland identified the need for a “tech” overhaul in their district and county courtrooms, court staff jumped into action...

Matt Fischer, Knox County District Court Clerk, worked with Niobrara school officials to convene jury selection at the school rather than in the courtroom at Center, Nebraska. The irony of the move was not lost on the community: The original courthouse was established in Niobrara and moved to the...

An overview of Veterans Treatment Courts in Nebraska appears in the Military and Veterans Law Issue of The Nebraska Lawyer Magazine (September/October 2020). It is reprinted with the permission of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Read article from The Nebraska Lawyer: Veterans Treatment Courts in...

On October 2, 2020, District 4A Specialized Probation Officers Angie Morehead, Patrick McNemar, and Zahra Sorensen-Snoza coordinated and supervised the Adams Park clean-up. Adams Park consists of 60 acres along John Creighton Blvd. at 30th & Bedford streets and includes a community center, a...

With the onset of the pandemic, another threat immediately surfaced. Cyberattacks spiked, with attackers finding new ways to exploit the conditions brought on by widespread remote working and sending a rash of targeted COVID-19 phishing email attempts. Security Officer Chris Hepburn made it his...

Relief sculptures under the arched windows in the Court quadrant of the State Capitol are covered to prevent damage during renovation. As HVAC upgrades in the Capitol continue, the Supreme Court has moved into the Court of Appeals courtroom and the Nebraska State (Law) Library has moved to UNL...

During the month of September, Statewide Language Access Coordinator Jennifer Verhein, with outstanding clerical support from Ashtin Pawloski, administered Written Interpreter Exams in Grand Island, Omaha, Norfolk, and Lincoln. Twenty aspiring court interpreters who collectively speak six different...

Monica Miles-Steffens, joins Your Nebraska Judicial Branch to discuss the philosophy and successes of the Juvenile Alternatives to Detention Initiative. Your Nebraska Judicial Branch is available to listen and subscribe on all podcast app platforms. Additionally, it is found on the web at: https:/...

District Six Probation Office located in Fremont hosts a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating an expansion to its Reporting Center. The event kicked off Friday, September 11. The expansion, announced earlier in March, allows for additional funding. Once a service center, this expansion now allows...

As the Coordinator for the Problem-Solving Court in District 1, Amanda VanAsperen was instrumental in the expansion of drug courts throughout the 10 counties within her district. VanAsperen helped organize a town hall meetings to explain drug courts to area stakeholders including attorneys, law...