BROKEN BOW–The Custer County Fair starts this week and runs July 29 through August 4. Fairgrounds Administrator Michelle Nelson said the first fair with livestock exhibits was held in 1921 and the first premium book was published in 1887. The lo'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County Board of Supervisors will meet for its final meeting of July on Tuesday the 16 at 9 a.m. on the third floor of the Custer County Courthouse. The meeting will be a regular session. On the docket are end of month cla'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow City Council will convene on Tuesday, July 26 at the municipal auditorium in a meeting that will most certainly last longer than the one prior. The council is scheduled to approve the minutes of the July 12 meeting, t'... Read More

SARGENT – When asked for last names, Mike and Julie of Mr. Rudy’s Mercantile in Sargent said that wouldn’t be necessary, because, “Everybody know us.” The pair has spent the better part of the last three years flipping their renowned res'... Read More

LINCOLN – A mosquito trap site located in Hall County recently collected mosquitoes that tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first confirmed positive test of mosquitoes in Nebraska. Mosquito surveillance and testing give the local heal'... Read More

KEARNEY – CHI Health Good Samaritan recently added a new $2.6 million Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET/CT) imaging system to their Radiology Services. Unique technology to the region, the high-tech images capture changes at the'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow School Board approved its pioneering drug testing policy for students, set to get underway at the outset of the 2022 school year. The policy, passed at the July 18 meeting, requires students involved in extracurricula'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – Darren Tobey, Broken Bow Public Schools (BBPS) Superintendent, wants everything about his schools to be as transparent as possible, and one of the best ways to do that, by any measure, is to meet people in person. Tobey, for most of'... Read More

MASON CITY – When it comes to summer celebrations, some traditions are just built to last. This is certainly true for Mason City’s Homecoming, which has been sustaining some of its familiar traditions for generations. The three-day festival wi'... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County District Court was called to order on Thursday, July 21 at 9:30 a.m. Cases of note included the issuance of a bench warrant for Andrew Adams, age 54 of Lincoln. The warrant was issued because Adams was not present '... Read More

BROKEN BOW – The 9th annual Lineworkers Rodeo will be held on the 21 and 22 of July at the Custer County Fairgrounds; the event is a chance, according to organizers, “for journeyman and apprentice lineworkers to train and network with other utili'... Read More

SARGENT – The town of Sargent will officially welcome a new face to its family of businesses on Friday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m.: Mr. Rudy’s Mercantile. The business plans a grand opening as big as its offerings; Mr. Rudy’s claims that they hav'... Read More

LEXINGTON – 4-Hers from all eight corners of Dawson and Custer counties dropped into the Stevens Arena at the Dawson County Fairgrounds last weekend for the 2022 Dawson County Fair goat show. Showmen from four towns between the two counties took'... Read More

SARGENT – With the ongoing countywide dispute with summer’s downright inconsiderate distribution of temperature, residents now more than ever should be grateful for the relief found within community swimming pools. Sargent’s Summer Block Par'... Read More