The Nebraska Legislature saw people come from across the state on Feb. 12, to give testimony at a public hearing for Legislative Resolution 300CA, a consumption tax. The resolution could change the Nebraska Constitution and how it collects taxes. Senator Steve Erdman of the 47th District introduced the resolution for…
Early yesterday afternoon, a load of steel slid off a truck near Highway 275 and Bridge Street in West Point. For a time, southbound traffic was down to one lane with police directing traffic. The steel sheets were reloaded onto the trailer. This picture was…
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Two people were rescued from a cabin near Fremont after flood waters from the Platte River surrounded the building. Dodge County officials say the two people were rescued around 8 p.m. Saturday after the cabin was surrounded by water that was more than 4…
(click on podcasts to hear interview with Shea Stokely) The Partners in Progress Banquet was held in West Point last night. The annual event honors several people who have contributed to the community over the past year. Tina, executive director of the West Point Chamber received…
On Tuesday night about 10:00 p.m. the Stanton County Sheriff’s office and Wisner Police arrested Leland Heinhold, 57, of Wisner on a felony arrest warrant from Stanton County District Court for Failure to Appear on an earlier arrest following a vehicle pursuit in northwestern Stanton County. Heinhold…
At 9:30 Friday morning, KTIC News reporters drove Highway 275 from West Point to the Dodge/Cuming county line to view the Elkhorn River flood potential, being created by ice jamming. Due to ice jams on the Elkhorn River, water is now over Highway 275. The highway is closed at the…
U.S. Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, announced on Feb. 4, the Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) will provide in its Fiscal Year 2020 spending plan, $2.3 million to be put toward the repairs of the Gering-Fort Laramie tunnel following the collapse of the canal containing…
Another busy week in the Unicameral Legislature ended along with the month of January this past Friday. After a full week of hearings in the Agriculture, Business and Labor, and Health and Human Services Committees, extensive floor debate and many lunch or evening events, I capped off the week by…
Thursday, January 30, 2020 we reached a point twenty-five percent through the Legislative Session. New and carryover Bills have begun to come out of Committee, and this next week we will see debate on some Bills that that advanced in the past couple of weeks to Final Reading. The pace…
NORFOLK, NE - A local bank founded to help develop the area more than 130 years ago is continuing that tradition with an investment in the Nexus project at Northeast Community College. Jeff Warnemunde, president of Madison County Bank, said the bank is honored to be a part of the…
