Area News

A player from Benkelman, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed a $370,000 Nebraska Pick 5 jackpot, the largest jackpot in the game’s 28 year history. The winning ticket was purchased at Kwik Stop #24 at 1417 A St. in Benkelman. The ticket contained one quick pick play for the October 3 through October 9 drawings,…

     One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 5 ticket for the Monday, October 9 drawing is holding a ticket worth $370,000.      The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed that one ticket sold for Monday’s Nebraska Pick 5 draw matched all five winning numbers for the $370,000 jackpot. The ticket was sold at Kwik Stop #24, 1417…

City of Benkelman registered voters have received their ballots involving the continuation of the City’s one-and-a-half percent sales tax initiative. The original city sales tax measure, that was approved by voters in the November, 2008 election, was for 15-years and the Benkelman City Council decided to put the sales tax question before voters again. Benkelman’s…

Meet Ellah Baker. This dynamic young lady is the 10-year-old daughter of Christopher and Sabrina Baker. She aspires to become a veterinarian when she grows up. She lives in rural Palisade on her family’s homestead with her parents, two brothers, and little sister. She is a fifth grader at Hitchcock County Elementary School in Culbertson.…

The El Dorado Manor Nursing Home and Assisted Living Center will close.  The Trenton Village Board of Trustees voted to close the facility at a special meeting held Last night (Wednesday) at El Dorado.  The vote was 4-yes and 1-abstain.  Meeting notices were posted Monday in Trenton for a Special Meeting for the Trenton Village…

     With the construction of a the Blackshirt Feeders 150,000 head feedlot underway, it was just a matter of time before new businesses started popping up. One of, if not the first, just opened in Haigler about a month ago.      Bush Tires and Service LLC hung out their shingle along Highway 34 on the west edge…