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BROKEN BOW—The Broken Bow City Council approved a resolution for the sale of real property located at 631 South 9th Avenue in Broken Bow following a public hearing on Tuesday, June 28. The residential property was torn down in October 2021 after being deemed an abated, unsafe, nuisance property....

The Broken Bow Swim Team hosted its annual “Sprint into Summer” swim meet this past weekend at the Broken Bow Pool. Some of the highlights for the Broken Bow team included Gage Carrizales winning 8 events. Carrizales placed first in the male 9-10 year old 100 meter freestyle, 25 meter breaststroke, 50 meter backstroke, 25 meter freestyle, 100 meter breaststroke, 50 meter freestyle, 25 meter backstroke and 50 meter breaststroke. Shaun Crawford won 9 events. Crawford placed first in the male 13-14 year old 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter backstroke, 200 meter backstroke, 200 meter freestyle, 50 meter freestyle, 25 meter backstroke, 50 meter breaststroke, 100 meter backstroke, and 200 meter individual medley. Zak Crawford won 3 events. Crawford placed first in the male 15 and over 25 meter breaststroke, 25 meter freestyle, and 50 meter freestyle. Brent Forster won 5 events.

BROKEN BOW – Memorial Drive will have to wait about another month for its much-anticipated makeover. Due to supply chain issues and a single missing part, the $1.1 million dollar renovation project is slated to begin between August 1 and August 15 instead of on July 1. City administrator...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-Mid-Plains Community College is offering several opportunities to take a robotics class this summer. Openings are available at MPCC campuses in McCook, Broken Bow and Ogallala. McCook. McCook will host STEM Class: Spike Robotics from 1-3 p.m. July 12-14 in Room 201 of McMillen Hall. The workshop is...

BROKEN BOW – Taking center stage at June’s final Custer County Board of Supervisors meeting was allocation of county money everywhere under the sun, and several places underground; the board met at 9 a.m. Tuesday to divvy a few dollars and pinch a few pennies. All representatives were present.

BROKEN BOW – Before kicking up dust and gravel on the way to Ord, the Tour de Nebraska (TDN) had a chance to kick up their feet for two nights in Broken Bow. Melham Park and Kinkaider Brewing Company played host and oasis to the gathering of nearly 400 bicyclists as they stretched their legs on the first leg of their journey through the Sandhills.

BROKEN BOW – The Broken Bow City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday, June 28 at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium. On the agenda are communications regarding the Memorial Drive project and the North 5th Street project. New business will include a public hearing on the sale of...

The 4th annual Spirit of the Sandhills Softball Tournament took place in Broken Bow this past weekend. The Bow Spirit team had a strong showing in the 14U division winning the silver bracket. Bow went 2-0 on Friday with wins over the Dannebrog Sentinels 12-7 and the Columbus Havoc-Belina 8-5. On Saturday, Broken Bow faced the Dannebrog Sentinels again but this time the Sentinels came out on top 8-6. That dropped the Spirit into the silver bracket where they faced Prodigy Hazen and won 3-1. Broken Bow would face Prodigy Harmon for the Silver Bracket championship. Broken Bow won the silver bracket championship game 3-2. Gold medal Bracket champion was Scorpions Black winning over the St. Paul Wildcats 5-1 in the championship game.

BROKEN BOW – Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) is offering several opportunities to take a robotics class this summer. Openings are available at MPCC campuses in McCook, Broken Bow, and Ogallala. The MPCC Broken Bow Campus is planning a Robotics Camp from 2-5 p.m. to meet every Thursday in July,...

Broken Bow hosted McCook Tuesday for a juniors and seniors legion baseball doubleheader at Paul Brown Field. The Bow juniors collected their 16th win of the year with a thrilling 10-9 win. The two teams combined for 10 runs in the first inning as Bow took an early lead 6-4. The game was tied at nine when Max Denson doubled to drive in the winning run in Broken Bow’s final at bat for the walk off victory. Denson would finish the game with two doubles and 4 runs batted in. Coy Wardyn was 3 for 3 with a run scored and 3 RBI. The Bow juniors are now 16-4 on the season.

The Broken Bow American Legion seniors baseball team competed at the Alliance tournament over the weekend going 3-2. Bow faced York in their opening game on Friday. It was a high scoring affair with Broken Bow coming out on top 14-12. York led 12-7 after five innings but Broken Bow would score 5 runs in the sixth to tie the game then scored two more in the 7th to complete the comeback. The Bow seniors pounded out 18 hits in the game. Austin Harvey and Max Denson were each 3 for 5 in the game. Brody Ridder and Eli Coble led the team in RBI with 3 each.

BROKEN BOW – The Custer County District Court handed down sentences to two Broken Bow residents on Thursday, June 23. Kenneth Loucks, 44, appeared in court for allegedly violating probation. Loucks admitted to the probation violation. Judge Noakes sentenced him to 90 days in jail with credit for 8 days served, following the proposed plea agreement. He will report to jail Friday, July 1 at 9 a.m.

Custer County Foundation presents checks of more than $5,700 each to 10 area volunteer fire departments on June 23. BROKEN BOW–Following a several-week long campaign to raise money for local fire departments, the Custer County Foundation held its much anticipated check presentation in the Broken Bow City Square on Thursday, June 23.

BROKEN BOW – According to Chief Steve Scott, on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at approximately 7:45 pm there was a report of a domestic disturbance with a weapon at 412 N 15th Avenue in Broken Bow. During the incident, several shots were fired outside of the residence. Broken Bow...

BROKEN BOW – 1985 marked the last time Paul Brown Field had seen any postseason American Legion Baseball play, a staggering thirty-seven years. About another thirty before that marked the last time the field had seen any update. The world, since then, has become an entirely different place. Imagine then, posed Broken Bow Legion coach Jeff Denson and Diamond Youth Organization (DYO) member Josh Page, how much could change in five months.