BROKEN BOW – The Custer County Ag Society’s April meeting has been officially rescheduled after its postponement due to the Cooksley Complex Fire; the meeting will now take place at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 17 at the Shooting Sports Building on th'... Read More

ANSELMO - As of 9:30 a.m. this morning, the Cooksley Complex Fire has been 85% contained, according to a release from the Custer County Emergency Management Department. Crews are still working to fully extinguish the blaze, and total damage has ye'... Read More

ANSELMO - The Cooksley Complex Fire is considered 50% contained this morning, according to a release from Custer County Emergency Management and Mark Finney, Anselmo Assistant Fire Chief. The statement goes on to say, "Because of the magnitude of '... Read More

LOUP CITY – The Broken Bow Lions Club will be hosting a benefit fundraiser for Ella Lou Roach, the daughter of Victoria and Austin Roach, on Saturday, April 29. Ella is approaching her first half-year of life having been born this past November '... Read More

Officials announced late Thursday night that Highway 2 was closed from Merna to Dunning and that the County cut across road from Dunning to Arnold was also closed due to grassfires. At 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, a grassfire, thought to be contained Wedne'... Read More

BROKEN BOW - Due to the ongoing Anselmo fire, the Custer County Ag Society will be postponing its monthly meeting, which was initially scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening. The board is unable to hold a quorum due to several of its members combatting'... Read More

ANSELMO – At 3:15 p.m., a grassfire, thought to be contained yesterday, flared up along Highway 2 at around mile marker 254. Merna and Anselmo Fire first responded to the call, and in ten minutes, called for mutual aid to Broken Bow Fire, at 3:2'... Read More

ANSELMO - A grass fire has flared up on Highway 2 outside of Anselmo near mile marker 254 at around 3:15 p.m. Anselmo and Merna Fire have responded to the call, and have requested mutual aid from Broken Bow at 3:25, and Sargent, Brewster, and Arnold '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County District Court heard 3 criminal cases Thursday, two in the morning and one in the afternoon. Branden J. Miller, 30 of Columbus, appeared for sentencing in his case to revoke his post-release supervision. It was con'... Read More

HOLDREGE –The Broken Bow varsity quiz bowl team has put together a run of 2 stellar performances in the past few weeks. The 10-student team, consisting of Sara Lindstrom, Lauren Svoboda, Caslyn Schmidt, Micah Brooks, Daniel Flint, Asher Jensen, '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow Fire Department has released a statement regarding Wednesday’s structure fire in the Council Street Area. According to the release, the department received the call at 3:59 p.m., with trucks containing the blaze and'... Read More

OMAHA – Local poet Addison Bryant, Anselmo-Merna senior, has had her poem “Un Corps” selected, along with 15 others statewide, for Opera Omaha’s Poetry & Music Project for 2022-2023. Her poem was picked from a field of 135 submissions '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow Fire Department responded to a house fire at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. Four trucks, two ambulances, a Utility Department vehicle, and a County Emergency Management vehicle appeared to extinguish a blaze on'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County Board of Supervisors held its mid-month meeting on Tuesday; all supervisors were in attendance. Supervisors Chairman Barry Fox, in committee reports, reported that the Custer Economic Development Corporation (CEDC)'... Read More