Custer County district court was in session this past Thursday (March 19). Several cases moved forward. George Peterson, age 38 of Broken Bow, appeared for arraignment. A plea agreement had been met with the state and Peterson pled no contest to a'... Read More
The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting and banquet on Saturday (March 21). The 'Victory Ball', an evening 80 years in the making as the Chamber celebrated its own anniversary as well, recognized milestone anniversaries and recip'... Read More
LINCOLN, Neb.— The 30 fellows of the 43rd class of the Nebraska LEAD Program were honored during the Nebraska Agricultural Leadership Council's annual recognition banquet earlier this week on UNL's east campus. Lucy Kimball of Callaway, McKinley Ha'... Read More
Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural areas. Scientists are studying a host of issues among people who depend on drugs, including how community dynamics can limit t'... Read More
SHERMAN COUNTY, Neb.— Sherman County Sheriff Joel Bergman told KCNI/KBBN on Friday morning that fires that occurred earlier this week in the county are being added to a list of blazes being treated as 'suspicious'. Several fire departments from '... Read More
Containment numbers on Nebraska wildfires that have seen response for over a week now continue to climb. Despite a slowing on updates on some of the fires, the understanding is that the efforts to control and contain each fire have been successful. '... Read More
Announced earlier this month, Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03) is inviting high school students across the state's third district to submit their artwork for this year's Congressional Art Competition. The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 27.'... Read More
The primary election is set for May 12, as it was announced today that Secretary of State Bob Evnen has certified the statewide ballot. According to Nebraska Revised Statute §32-801, the Secretary of State is tasked with certifying candidates, offic'... Read More
The four largest wildfires that began in Nebraska late last week continue to have their containment percentages rise due to the efforts of those locally, regionally, statewide, and beyond. Below are updates on what is known as it is made available th'... Read More
Both Brady and Gothenburg were among teams competing in district speech meets that took place on Wednesday, at South Platte and Gothenburg respectively. Each team was able to achieve a district championship as a result of seeing great success in indi'... Read More
Bob Woodward will be inducted into the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame at this year's banquet and induction ceremony on June 6. The entire class of inductees totals 11 and includes cowboys from Cherry, Garden, McPherson, Keya Paha, Brown, Thom'... Read More
LOUP CITY, Neb.— A grass fire is said to have sparked five miles to the west of the community of Loup City and two miles south of Highway 92 just ahead of the 4 PM hour on Wednesday (March 18). Loup City fire requested mutual aid from several ar'... Read More
After sparking late last week, four wildfires in Nebraska have had progress made on the fight against them by firefighting crews. Below are updates on what is known as it is made available through the day Wednesday (March 18). A red flag warning i'... Read More
STUART, Neb.— Speech competitors from Loup County (Taylor), Sandhills (Dunning), and Sargent competed at the D2-3 speech district event on Tuesday at Stuart High School. Several medals were won and students from each school will compete at state sp'... Read More
