NORTH PLATTE--Dondi Shearer is the winner of the 2021 North Platte Community College raffle pickup. The Minden man purchased two tickets – one for him and one for his wife, Ronda, - for the burnt orange 1955 Chevy stepside short box during the C'... Read More

BROKEN BOW—The Mid-States Rodeo Finals will be held at the Custer County Fairgrounds September 17-19 for another year of competition. The Custer County Ag Society (Fair Board) convened for a regular meeting on Thursday, September 9 to discuss the r'... Read More

The Custer County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular session on Tuesday, at 9:00 a.m., on September 14, 2021, in the Supervisors room on the top floor of the Courthouse. AGENDA: 9:00 a.m. Minutes, Mail, Committee Reports Disc/dec – Midd'... Read More

The Lexington Area Solid Waste Agency, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Grants Program, and dedicated local volunteers have brought the free service of household hazardous waste collection t'... Read More

The Broken Bow Police Department participated in the recent “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign funded by the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. The selective ran from August 20th through September 6th and allowed officers to work overtime '... Read More

Broken Bow Public Schools held the annual Patriot Day Program on Thursday, September 9 at the Custer County Courthouse. The morning program included students reading the 9/11 timeline, the star-spangled banner from the Broken Bow High School Band, a '... Read More

Mason City has created the Mason City Cemetery Foundation and is now looking to the community for support. According to a letter from the foundation, several former and current Mason City residents recently discussed the future of the Mason City Ceme'... Read More

A new breakwater planned at Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area will protect a nearby boat launch and shoreline. The construction project is scheduled to begin this month as workers capitalize on the low water levels at the Sandhills irrigation r'... Read More

The "Kellenbarger images from Glass negatives" screen showing project will be on the road on September 14 at 7 PM at the Merna Community Building. The presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and Custer C'... Read More

Conservation practices, organic crops, carbon credits, and the effect of wildfire smoke on Nebraska corn were but a few of the topics discussed during the Custer County Corn Growers Association annual crop tour this past Thursday. Local producers '... Read More

Speaker Sue McLain will present a program A Century of Fashion on Sept. 13th at 5:15 pm at The Broken Bow Public Library. This presentation is made possible by Humanities Nebraska, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and The Broken Bow Library Foundatio'... Read More

Governor Pete Ricketts has announced recent appointments he has made to fill Nebraska’s boards and commissions. Appointees in the KCNI/KBBN coverage area are underlined and italisized. The following appointees are unpaid and are not subject to Le'... Read More

The ServSafe Food Handler program is designed for kitchen employees including but not limited to cooks, dish machine operators, shipment receivers and employees who handle and prepare food in restaurants and other food service establishments. Serv'... Read More

CUSTER COUNTY-- Brice Carpenter will spend approximately a decade in prison after being sentenced on Thursday, September 2. The 26-year-old had taken a plea deal at a previous hearing and was sentenced on a single count of third-degree assault and a '... Read More