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Court documents reveal investigation into Jasmine Garnett’s murder
CLAY CENTER, Neb. (KSNB) - More details are being made available in the 2022 murder of a Columbus woman, whose body was located in a field in Clay County. Anthony Mattison, 35, has now been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Jasmine Garnett. According to court documents,...
Blowing dust, zero-visibility conditions cause fatal crash in southeast Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Windy conditions and blowing dust are to blame in a fatality crash west of Wilber on Monday. The Nebraska State Patrol said 87-year-old Roger Haake, of Tobias, Nebraska, was killed as the result of a small dust storm passing over Highway 41. Visibility on the highway...
Man sentenced to 17 years for transporting meth, fentanyl through Nebraska
MILFORD, Neb. (KOLN) - A man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison Wednesday after a deputy found fentanyl and meth during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Milford last year. A judge sentenced 37-year-old Fausto Antonia Castro Mendoza of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, to 17.5 years behind...
Aurora murder suspect still waiting for competency treatment
AURORA, Neb. (KSNB) - An Aurora man accused of killing his stepfather is still on a waiting list for competency restoration. According to Hamilton County Court documents, a competency review hearing happened Tuesday for 29-year-old Caleb Arnett. Arnett is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his stepfather Ross...
Aurora man accused of stealing semi in York and crashing it in rural Nebraska
YORK, Neb. (KOLN) - An Aurora man is locked up in the York County Jail after a stolen semi got stuck in Hamilton County. On April 7 around 6:15 p.m., York County deputies got word about a semi without a trailer that got stuck in a sandpit north of Marquette.
Milford debuts new childcare center
The Milford community is celebrating the opening of a new childcare facility, the Milford Childhood Learning Center, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit childcare center founded to combat Nebraska's severe shortage of childcare options. The project was made possible through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ business partnership childcare expansion...
Child care presented as economic development issue
The importance of available and affordable early child care was front and center last Wednesday at a pair of community meetings put on in Hampton by the organization First Five Nebraska. Mike Feeken of St. Paul was the presenter for the 7 a.m. and noontime programs attended by around 50 community members in total. Serving as strategic partner advisor for First Five, Feeken explained that…
Mills faces journey of recovery with positivity
For the past six months, just the daily task of putting one foot in front of the other has been an important milestone in Marsha Mills’s journey to recovery. Having been told after brain surgery that she would never walk again, the 73 year old Aurora woman has defied the odds through exercise and the help of her friends.
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