Conservation officers are investigating the drowning of a 7 year old boy at Lake McConaughy State Recreation area on Thursday, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Two children were found unresponsive in the water around 8:30 PM Mo'... Read More

Tomorrow brings the Sandhills Open Road Challenge Race at 8:30 a.m. Starting at 6 a.m. on August 8 is the volunteer breakfast. Then the road will close at 7 a.m. The SORC Race begins at 8:30 a.m. in Arnold. Watch the race online with Sandhills Exp'... Read More

The Nebraska Public Service Commission has opened a complaint against The Andersons Inc., an Ohio-based agribusiness, for failing to make timely payments to a Nebraska grain producer. The company is licensed by the Commission as a grain dealer, which'... Read More

LINCOLN, Neb.— The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has just been notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that 92 Nebraska cyclosporiasis cases have been linked to an ongoing multi-state outbreak. Neb'... Read More

The Sandhills Open Road Challenge continues tomorrow.  Tomorrow, August 7, brings the One Mile Shootout Race on the Cozad-Callaway Road. It all starts with breakfast at the shootout location at 6:30 a.m. Then the road will close at 7:30 a.m. The '... Read More

Nominations were opened this week for the 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska competition through an announcement from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Nebraska Manufacturing Alliance. Now in its fifth year, the competition will lead into Nati'... Read More

Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have conducted alcohol compliance checks in Custer County. During the afternoon hours of July 30, investigators conducted compliance checks at ten businesses in Custer County. Two of those businesses sold'... Read More

The Sandhills Open Road Challenge begins tomorrow with the Loup 2 Loup Race. Tomorrow, August 6, starts with the volunteer breakfast at 6:30 a.m., and the road closes at 7:30 a.m. The Loup 2 Loup Race starts at 8:30 a.m. in Halsey. Watch the event'... Read More

Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that Nebraska's settlement with eight generic opioid manufacturers for their role in contributing to the opioid epidemic in Nebraska has been finalized. Attorney General Hilgers joined a bipartisan coalition'... Read More

A threshing show is planned for August 8 at 10 a.m. west of Arcadia.  Rolen and Betty Jo Sell will host an old-fashioned threshing bee on their farm one mile west of Arcadia on 800th Road. It is a free event that will start at 10 a.m. and go unti'... Read More

Louis Keezer, age 55 of Ansley, was charged with two felonies counts in Custer County Court on Monday, August 3rd. Keezer faces a Class IIA felony charge of possession with intent a controlled substance as well as a charge of possession of a controll'... Read More

On Saturday, August 8, at 6 p.m., the Purdum Fire Department will host a fundraiser and open house.  The public is invited to enjoy a free-will donation meal and beer garden, and bid on items up for auction at the Purdum Fire Hall.  There wil'... Read More

The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce will host Sip & Social, a women’s night out on Monday, August 3.  The social will be held at the One Box Convention Center in Broken Bow and will go from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The social will include a mimosa bar'... Read More

Tomorrow, Wild Rose Art Gallery will be accepting entries to its Open Art Competition.  On August 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., entries can be submitted to the art gallery for $5 per submission. The contest is open to anyone aged 10 years old or olde'... Read More