Kansas State Emergency Board Chairman Adrian Polansky is recommending that Governor Sam Brownback request that 37 additional Kansas counties be declared as disaster areas due, in part, to drought. The request would be made to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and would include, Nemaha County. If approved qualifying producers in the affected counties would be eligible for USDA-FSA emergency loans. ... Read More »
Another potential scam, using the name of local government, is making the rounds in the local area. Nemaha County Sheriff Rich Vernon, involves a phone caller claiming to be selling advertisements for a tri-fold map, which they claim is being sponsored by Nemaha County. Vernon says he believes the caller is attempting to scam businesses into sending money for maps ... Read More »
The State of Kansas has approved several bids on roadwork in the listening area. Shilling Construction received the contract to recycle and overlay a nearly 15-mile stretch of U.S. 36 Highway in Marshall and Nemaha Counties from the K-87 junction to the west junction of K-63 at a cost of about $3 million. Dustrol Inc. of Towanda was awarded the ... Read More »
The Nemaha County Sheriff‘s Department says on Wednesday 17-year-old Cassandra Rosine of Centralia was traveling south on J Road, 4-tenths of a mile south of 136th Road, when her car left the roadway and struck a terrace. Rosine and two passengers, 19-year-old James Hill of Topeka and 16-year-old Kindal Deters of Centralia, were transported to the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital ... Read More »
17-year-old Dillian Kaster of Seneca was arrested Friday on charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container, minor in possession, fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, criminal discharge of a firearm and reckless driving. The Nemaha County Sheriff‘s office reports an on-duty officer attempted to stop Kaster after recognizing the vehicle he was driving as ... Read More »
The Nemaha County Sheriff‘s Department has arrested 30-year-old Brandon Frye of Oneida Friday on a Nemaha County warrant charging him with burglary, theft and criminal damage to property. The warrant was the result of an investigation into a burglary last month at the Bern school. Frye was also arrested on a second warrant for probation violation. Frye remains in the ... Read More »
Nemaha County Sheriff Rich Vernon announced that the Department identified 2 suspects in a burglary case that occurred on June 21st at an area school. Sheriff Vernon announced that Dylan Barrett of Oneida, KS has been arrested for the Burglary. A second suspect is currently being sought. Vernon estimated that 75-80% of the items taken have been recovered and returned. ... Read More »
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department has seen an increasing trend in property thefts over the course of the last year. According to Sheriff Hargrave the thefts over the last year have been spread across the county, touching all four corners. Sheriff Hargrave said that the thefts have included body shop tools and mechanic tools, firearms, and computers. Both homes and ... Read More »
A motorcycle accident around noon on Sunday sent a Seneca man to the hospital. The Nemaha County Sheriff‘s office says 38-year-old Jimmy Griffith was traveling south on J Road, a ¼ mile north of 136th Road, when he lost control of his motorcycle and left the roadway. Griffith was transported to the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca by private ... Read More »
Three Sabetha teens were injured last Thursday in a single-vehicle accident on a Nemaha County road. The Nemaha County Sheriff‘s office says 16-year-old Sarah Edelman was traveling east on 184th Road, between S and R Roads, when her car slid off the roadway, went through a fence and overturned. Edelman and two passengers, 14-year-old Alex Edelman and 14-year-old Treavor Schmelzle ... Read More »
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