YORK, Neb. (January 23, 2025) - York University announced the students named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 term.

January 21 – Disturbance at trailer, sounds of occupant slamming and breaking things, Arapahoe January 23 - 21 year old male causing disturbance at residence, Wilsonville; Fraud – ex-wife took out student loan in his name, Edison January 24 – Female subject dropped off at hospital by ex who came back several times acting erratic and driving around the parking lot and ER entrance erratically, Cambridge; Text toll booth scam from Massachusetts, Arapahoe; Report of near head on between SUV and large truck January 25 – Adult male left home and made statements of self-harm later returned home, Holbrook; MIP and Procuring, Cambridge

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) encourages parents and young adults to know if they are protected from HPV. Human Papillomavirus or HPV is a common virus that can cause cancer later in life.

Kermit Smith was awarded his 50 year pin for serving on the Eustis Ag Society Board. He was awarded his pin by teh Nebraska Association of Fair Board Managers on Saturday, January 25 in Kearney.

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McCook, NE—Community Hospital Health Foundation is excited to announce a grant awarded to enhance physical therapy services through the purchase of a BlazePod System. These innovative tools are designed to improve agility, reaction time, and overall physical performance. Initiated by Ryan Hardin, Community Hospital Physical Therapist, this engaging therapy equipment will primarily be utilized by the Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center’s physical therapy team, with potential applications in occupational therapy as well.

Nicholas High, of Bertrand, has had his case bound over to the District Court of Frontier County after he waived his preliminary hearing January 10. The charges had been amended and he now faces eight felony counts.

Friday afternoon at about 1:15 p.m., the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a sanitation truck driver. The driver reported that he had found a male subject in the west ditch along Road 414 approximately a quarter mile south of Road 725 northwest of Holbrook, Nebraska. The driver of the sanitation truck reported that the male subject was clearly deceased.

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Meteorologists at the National Weather Service have heard all the jokes about weather forecasters. 'You mean like how I shouldn't have been paid for the last 30 years?' Mike Moritz, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Hastings, said with a laugh.