Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The McCook Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska. (Courtesy of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s ...

Leah Sue Rakes was born on November 2, 1948, in Nebraska City, Nebraska, to Lila Zimmerman and Leonard Smalley. Her strong work ethic was instilled at a young age as she de-tasseled corn in the Iowa ...

Family ties and community connections were as prominent as the expected themes of property taxes, economic development and public safety at Tuesday night's Candidate Forum at the McCook Senior Center.

TODAY, NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN RELEASES THE STATE’S CONTRACT WITH ICE, PUTTING IN INK THE AGREEMENT TO TURN THE WORK ETHIC HAMPTON MCCOOK INTO A FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER. GOOD EVENING. I’M ...

The district judge in southwest Nebraska’s Red Willow County who ruled in October that the Pillen administration had the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a ...

MCCOOK, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Frustrated by a dearth of information coming her way, a Nebraska lawmaker showed up unannounced this week at the state prison system’s Work Ethic Camp more than four ...

GILES. ALL RIGHT. A LAWSUIT AIMS TO STOP THE STATE OF NEBRASKA FROM TURNING A CORRECTIONS BUILDING IN MCCOOK INTO AN I-80 CENTER. WELL, THERE IS A LAWSUIT, BUT A JUDGE SAYS THAT THE STATE CAN CONTINUE ...

For now, a southwest Nebraska judge is allowing the repurposing of a state corrections facility to an ICE detention facility to continue. The Red Willow County District Court judge declined to issue a ...

Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng hears arguments from attorneys Nick Grandgenett, left, and Jennifer Huxoll, right, about the legality of converting the state's Work Ethic Camp in McCook, ...