Area News

     A lot is happening on the T&K Ventures Property along Highway 34 just North of the Swanson Lake Dam.      Tracy and Kari Peter, owners of T & K Ventures, LLC, an excavation company specializing in earthwork and demolition projects, have a passion for developing properties. They both originate from northwest Kansas but spent 12 years…

The Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska (BRAN) will kickoff their 41st annual ride from Benkelman on Sunday morning.  Benkelman was chosen as the 2023 host community late last year.  Hundreds of riders will converge on the community on Saturday.  The group of riders board a bus in in eastern Nebraska  to head to southwest Nebraska. Their…

“We survived by the Grace of God, it was his protection,” was how an emotional Kory League explained he and his wife’s rescue by boat from flood waters Friday morning. Kory and Christina League and their four dogs were among four Stratton households that lost most of everything, but are still alive. It was likely…

The residents of four Stratton homes lost just about everything after rescuers used boats to save them from flood waters early Friday morning. For a second time in two weeks, a night of torrential rain brought flooding to southwest Nebraska. Rain amounts as high as 7 to 12 inches stretching from the northern half of…

Haigler, Neb. (Monday, May 22, 2023) – Excavation equipment began construction on the site of what will become headquarters for Blackshirt Feeders. Representation from Blackshirt Feeders LP, Settje Agri-Services and Engineering (Construction Managers for the project), and supporters were on hand for the occasion. Monday’s ground-breaking aligns with projections put forth to the Benkelman Post…