Update (8/31/23 2:31 PM) The driver of the semi was Larry C. Vasquez, a 67 year old Stapleton, NE male. The deceased driver of the road construction broom sweeper was Mark F. Wells, a 56 year old Broken Bow, NE male. (8/30/2023 release) The Custer'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Tuesday morning. All supervisors were present. In Board of Equalization talks resolution #19-2023, which is approval of levy allocation requests for 2023 to 2024, saw some changes voted'... Read More

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy have issued a smoke advisory for eastern and central Nebraska. The issuance runs from midday Wednesday through midday Thursday for central and eas'... Read More

What began as the Farmer’s State Bank on main street in Arnold in 1914, is now the future home of the area’s historical museum.  According to Holly Hornung Remund, a committee member of the Arnold Area Historical Society (AAHS), the group was re'... Read More

In July of 2023, an effort was mounted by some disgruntled voters in the Sargent Public School District to recall board of education members Laura Kipp, Tammera Moody, Loyd Pointer, and Marty Riddle. The effort started after the board voted earlier t'... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY- The Custer County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying two unknown subjects who burglarized businesses in Oconto and Callaway. The subjects are believed to have been driving a red Toyota pickup with black '... Read More

“Get To Know Your Roots.” That is the slogan for the Arnold Area Historical Society (AAHS) and that is the message the group is focusing on with their current “Cornerstone Campaign” fundraising effort. Before exploring information about th'... Read More

(NORTH PLATTE, NEB.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person after locating more than 130 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 80. Friday, at approximately 7:40 a.m., a trooper observed an eastbound'... Read More

We hear them buzzing and zipping around our ears all throughout the warm weather season, and before we know it there comes that sharp pain on our arm, leg, neck, or forehead. You’ve probably been a part of a conversation recently about how it seem'... Read More

CALLAWAY- The community of Callaway is growing, one building block at a time. Sunday marked the second ribbon cutting for a childcare location in just 19 days for the town. On August 9, the Callaway Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting cere'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., in the Supervisors room on the top floor of the Courthouse. AGENDA: 9:00 a.m. Disc/dec – Minutes, Mail, Committee Reports Disc/dec'... Read More

The following was featured in the August 17th issue of The Arnold Sentinel. KCNI/KBBN thanks the staff of the Sentinel for their permission to share this local interest story: In 2009, Allison Rosentrater was walking the halls of Arnold Public Sc'... Read More

Justin Spencer, age 49 of Kearney, appeared for resentencing after violating his five year probation sentence from August of 2022 on a charge of third degree domestic assault, a class IIA felony. The State argued that Spencer had “a great opport'... Read More

BURWELL- The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating a suspicious death that occurred in Garfield County Wednesday morning. At approximately 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from troopers in response '... Read More