06/23/11 The road from Benkelman to Trenton provided smooth sailing Tuesday for the Rev. Mike Reiners as he made his way toward McCook, via a detour through Hayes County, to a well deserved rest day, on schedule to bicycle to each of Nebraska's 93 county seats before June 30.
06/20/11 McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Hayes Center, Nebraska, village clerk watched storm after storm after storm approach and hit her community Sunday evening.
06/18/11 Area sports fans probably recognized a familiar face during the NET Television broadcast of the 2011 Nebraska Shrine Bowl.
05/06/11 TRENTON, Nebraska -- No one was hurt, but Trenton's fire department lost a fire truck and miles of Hitchcock County, Nebraska, countryside burned in a wildfire started by sparks from a train early Thursday afternoon.
04/14/11 Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns suggested Thursday that TransCanada is "way out there on a limb" with its plans to use eminent domain to acquire easements without having federal permits in hand to build its Keystone XL pipeline.
04/13/11 Six weeks after the 2010 census offered the latest evidence of Nebraskans abandoning rural areas for Omaha, Lincoln and Sarpy County, interested parties are pressing forward with efforts to connect more residents with high-speed Internet service.
04/08/11 Kalan Stamm of McCook, Nebraska, displays his "unofficial" state record largemouth bass caught recently at a sandpit near Benkelman, Nebraska. Kalan weighed it with two witnesses present, but -- practicing "CPR" (Catch, Photograph, Release) -- didn't keep the fish. The bass weighed 11 lbs., 2 oz.
01/25/11 Baseline Engineering, the industry leader in the High Plains region, has developed an innovative design approach aimed at removing harmful water constituents while remaining affordable to install and operate. Benkelman, Nebraska is about to realize the benefits of specialized engineering services for water treatment. Golden, CO (PRWEB) January 24, 2011 The sign welcoming passers by to Benkelman ...
 01/05/11 A high school student shot his principal and was later found dead this afternoon in an incident at M...
10/20/10 Gavilon LLC of Omaha is acquiring DeBruce Cos. of Kansas City,Mo., creating what they called the third largest grain-storagenetwork in America, with capacity for 300 million bushels.
10/20/10 ST. FRANCIS -- Once everyone safely was evacuated Tuesday from a burning nursing home, Hoagie Carmichael marveled at a community that rushed to the aid of Good Samaritan Village residents and workers.
07/18/10 The youths participating in the Nebraska 4-H Horse Exposition this week didn't get there by themselves.
07/14/10 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners awarded the armor coating contract for summer projects to the only contractor submitting a bid for work on 11 miles of paved county roads.
07/08/10 When you get to be Wayne Doak's age, every day might be a milestone. The veteran McCook youth softball coach recently passed a big milestone.
05/08/10 Tier I schools: Nebraska Department of Education Definition of Tier I schools: "Tier I means the five lowest-achieving Title I schools identified to be in school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring, plus any Title I served secondary school with a graduation rate of less than 75 percent that was not captured in the above five schools.
04/20/10 More than 300 students received associate degrees, diplomas,certificates or general educational development awards duringSoutheast Community College's Winter Quarter Commencement exerciseslast month at the Lincoln Campus.
01/08/10 OMAHA --The Nebraska Cultural Endowment (NCE) recently elected four new members to its board of directors and one new member to the NCE advisory council.
10/09/09 Chad Benkelman planned to play football and get an education at Chadron (Neb.) State College.
09/29/09 The McCook Pantry plans its annual fall food drive Saturday. Pantry volunteers report that 735 McCook and area families have been served by the Pantry so far this year. Usage of the Pantry has increased over the past four years, from 5,500 people served in 2005 to 6,629 people served in 2008.
09/22/09 Thelma G. Desmond, 96, of Lexington, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood.
09/02/09 Dense fog has settled over parts of eastern Colorado and western Kansas and Nebraska, reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less in some areas. The National Weather Service has issued a fog advisory until 10 a.m. Wednesday. Colorado towns affected include Yuma and Wray. | 
