The Gage County Sheriff’s Dept has identified and located the owner of the pickup that was found in a lake in eastern Gage County last week. The owner of the pickup, Robert H. Lamb, formerly of Wymore. Lamb told officials he had been fishing at the lake in 2002 or 2003 when his wife at the time inadvertently failed to ... Read More »
Gage County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a pond near South 80th Road and East Lilac Road Sunday evening after receiving a report of a vehicle in a pond. Beatrice Communications had received a call from some young men who had been fishing at the pond. One of their fishing lines became snagged and in an attempt to retrieve the ... Read More »
An Ashland man was arrested in Beatrice on Thursday for attempted first degree sexual assault. Douglas Vance, 34, responded to a community website posting on June 21. Over the next nine days, Vance exchanged emails and text messages with the person who made the posting. According to court documents, Vance agreed to come to Beatrice and have sex in exchange ... Read More »
A 65-year-old rural Odell man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident northwest of Odell, which was discovered early Saturday morning. At about 7:45 a.m. Saturday, an employee of the Norris Public Power District was investigating a power outage in the area of Pine Road and the Odell Blacktop. The employee located a wrecked vehicle in a field along Pine ... Read More »
A Wymore man was arrested early Sunday morning June 12th for attempting to assault a Wymore police officer. Wymore police were dispatched to 417 D St. in reference to a man trying to force his way into the house. Wymore Police Officer Michael Rath responded to the scene and found a man later identified as Clarence T. Schultz, banging his ... Read More »
An $850,000 bridge project south of Barneston is officially complete. Gage County Highway Superintendent Marlin Kliewer said the department received notice to proceed with the 95-day project on Aug. 22, 2010. Work on the project began in January 2011 and the finishing touches to the project were completed on June 6. The new bridge has no weight limit. Read More »
A Blue Springs man was killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 1:40 in the afternoon a helicopter accident was reported near Highway 77 and Walnut Street in Blue Springs, Nebraska. Statements from witnesses and a preliminary investigation concluded that 68 year old Ernest L. Norris of Blue Springs had attempted to take off in a single ... Read More »
A Wymore, Nebraska man was injured Thursday, April 28, in a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 103 and Highway 4. At 0758 hours, emergency units responded to a report of a two vehicle accident with injuries. A car driven by 16 year old Lawrence J. Haake of Plymouth, Nebraska was traveling eastbound on Highway 4. A van ... Read More »
A one vehicle semi truck accident resulted in injury on Friday and temporarily blocked Highway 36 just south of Axtell in Marshall County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that James Ruark of St. Joseph, Missouri was eastbound and lost control of his semi and trailer around mile marker 312 and overturned, blocking the highway around 1:20 PM on Friday. Ruark ... Read More »
The 14th Annual Gage County Relay for Life will take place Friday at 7:00 P.M. Cancer survivors will walk the first lap at 7:00 P.M. At 8:30 Beatrice Police Sergeant Tony Lenners will share his story of hope as a guest speaker. A live auction will begin at 8:00 P.M. and a silent auction will run from 7-10:00 P.M. Organizers ... Read More »
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