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Minden cemetery honors veterans buried there
MINDEN, Neb. (KSNB) - The city of Minden is no stranger to services on Memorial Day honoring those who served this country, but 2024′s was a little extra special. It’s all because of a memorial at the back of the Fredericksburg Cemetery. Several years ago, the idea of having a memorial wall to honor the veterans buried in the cemetery started, but COVID along with some other delays caused the project to stall.
Police looking for motorcyclists who sped off during traffic stop in Kearney
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Police are seeking two motorcyclists who sped off during a traffic stop in Kearney over the weekend. The Kearney Police Department said the motorcyclists were pulled over Saturday for not having license plates displayed. The agency shared photos of the motorcyclists in a post on...
Crowd gathers for dedication of Fredericksburg Veterans’ Memorial
MINDEN, Neb. — The names of the fallen are now written in stone at the Fredericksburg Lutheran Cemetery, south of Minden. It's a project that's been more than four years in the making. On Memorial Day the Fredericksburg Veterans’ Memorial was dedicated. “Everyone who worked on this are...
Nebraska Shrine Bowl holds Beyond the Field event
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Events for the 2024 Nebraska Football Shrine Bowl began this week in Kearney. The first event held was Beyond the Field, which sees athletes compete with Shriner patients, as well as play games. “We have some outstanding young people that are patients in Nebraska having to...
Multiple tornadoes responsible for damage at Lake McConaughy
AXTELL, Neb. — Four short-lived tornadoes touched down around Lake McConaughy on Thursday, causing wide spread damage throughout the area. The National Weather Service says there was an EF-2, a pair of EF-1's and and EF-0 during a nine-minute stretch on the north side of the lake. The first...
Memorial Day hours and closings in the Tri-City area
HASTINGS - City offices will be closed. Front desks are unavailable for the Administration, Development Services, Finance, Hastings Police Department, Hastings Fire and Rescue, the Hastings Public Library, Hastings Utilities, Hastings Parks and Recreation and Solid Waste Landfill departments. 911 and utility emergency services remain available. The Hastings Aquacourt Water...
Champions in baseball, track & golf highlight the Top 5 Plays of the Week
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Top 5 Plays for the Week of May 26, 2024. 5. St. Paul’s Sam Wells wins Class C individual golf title. 4. Kearney Catholic wins Class C team title. Stars are back-to-back champions. 3. Josh Caron hits six home runs for Nebraska at the Big...
Severe weather in central Nebraska leaves behind debris and lost power for some
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Severe thunderstorms barreled through Central Nebraska early Friday Morning. In the Hastings area, storms left behind downed trees, branches, and debris, as well as some power outages for residents. Adams County Emergency Manager Ron Pughes said most of the damage in Adams County appears to be...
Saturday NCAA DII Track & Field Championships highlights + results (05.25.24)
EMPORIA, Kan. (Press Release) - Senior Wes Ferguson won his fifth 800-meter national title and the Nebraska-Kearney men’s track and field team ended up with six All-Americans at the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in Emporia, Kan. The three-day meet ran from Thursday morning until Saturday night with...
NWS Hastings to survey areas in Phelps, Kearney, Adams Co. for possible tornado tracks
HASTINGS — Survey teams with the National Weather Service – Hastings will hit the road to survey areas in three central Nebraska counties to look for evidence of tornado tracks that possibly occurred the evening of Thursday, May 23. The survey teams will look at possible tracks near...
MPS School Board Approves Three Out-of-State Trips
Colby Coash from the Nebraska Association of School Boards visited the May 13 regular meeting of the Min- den Public Schools Board of Education meeting. The NASB is making efforts to visit districts to thank them for their membership and make themselves available to answer questions. Coash noted MPS is...
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