It’s a classic Christmas season scene: A family treks through the snow in search of the perfect tree for their holiday celebrations. Tree found, they cut it down, strap it to the roof of the car, and haul it (and any woodland critters the tree cont'... Read More

MERNA— An Anselmo man sustained life-threatening injuries as a result of a Tuesday morning accident outside of Merna, according to the Custer County Sheriff's Office. At approximately 8:26 AM, the Custer County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) responded '... Read More

The holiday shopping season will formally kick off with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, November 28 and 29. Local business owners in Broken Bow hope shoppers will keep their purchases close to home over the weekend, and in the weeks ahead. '... Read More

The Broken Bow City Council met in regular session at 6:00 PM on Tuesday evening, November 25. All members were present at the Broken Bow Municipal Building for the meeting. Vehicle for City Use Approved with Consent Agenda In approval of the C'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors met in regular session on Tuesday morning, November 25. All members of the Board were present for the meeting. Supervisors Hear NACO Insurance Plan, Vote to Change Providers The primary item of business be'... Read More

The Broken Bow City Council will meet in regular session at the the Broken Bow Municipal Building at 6:00 PM Tuesday Evening November 25. On the agenda for the council will be an additional expense for water main work along Highway 2 and agreement'... Read More

Out of 4,500 entries, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) selected “Blizzard Wizard” as one of 16 winners for this year’s Name-a-Snowplow Contest. The name was the entry of Broken Bow 6th Grader Alex Longfellow. Alex is the son '... Read More

At just a little after 6:00 PM on Friday evening, November 21, it was already beginning to look as though there wouldn’t be enough turkey for everyone, but most of the seats were full at the Broken Bow Municipal Building for Friendsgiving. Beth Ot'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session on Tuesday, November 25 at 9:00 AM in the Supervisors Room on the top floor of the Courthouse. following-up on the last meeting, the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO'... Read More

Custer County Youth Sports (CCYS) is set to host their first ever fund raising event, an all-ages fun-run/walk/bike around Melham Park in Broken Bow. The starting gun for the CCYS Turkey Trot will sound at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, November 26. Check-in'... Read More

A reminder that the Broken Bow Elks Lodge No. 1688 10th Annual Winter Coat Drive is going on now through January 8. Winter wear items can be dropped off for donation at the Custer County Chief, at 305 South 10th Avenue, in Broken Bow. Any warm wint'... Read More

Every day, someone dies simply because they didn’t buckle up. It’s a tragedy that’s as avoidable as it is common. Despite decades of public education and technological advances in vehicle safety, too many drivers and passengers continue to trea'... Read More

Casey M. Hall, age 48 of Neligh, appeared in Custer County Distirct Court on Thursday, November 20 for sentencing. In September of this year, Hall entered into a plea agreement where he pleaded no contest to two counts of possession of child pornogra'... Read More

The Custer County 4-H Recognition Night was held on Sunday, November 16 at the 4-H Building in Broken Bow. The 2025 Outstanding 4-H Leader Award was presented to Natasha Dalby. Natasha is serving as the organizational leader of the Sandhill Critte'... Read More