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

KCNI/KBBN received a call from Custer County Emergency Manager Mark Rempe on Wednesday afternoon, in which he indicated that area fire stations and chiefs are receiving many calls from area residents. The calls are concerning smoke filling the sky in'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – Broken Bow Public Schools will be holding a community input meeting on Tuesday, April 18 at 6 p.m. in the Kinkaider Party Room. According to the district, the event is designed to provide a platform for input as to how the Board of '... Read More