LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a ...

For now, a southwest Nebraska judge is allowing the repurposing of a state corrections facility to an ICE detention facility to continue. The Red Willow County District Court judge declined to issue a ...

Arlene Newcomb, 93, of Bartley passed away Monday, December 29, 2025, at Highland Park Retirement Community in McCook. Arlene Marie Gramm was born on the family homestead north of Bethune, Colorado on ...

A couple hundred protesters gathered outside the gates of the Nebraska governor's mansion on Friday afternoon, voicing their opposition to the ICE detention facility coming to Nebraska. READ MORE: Gov ...

AND ONLINE AS WE LEARN MORE. BACK HERE AT HOME. MCCOOK NEBRASKA IN THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT AFTER GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ANNOUNCED IT WOULD SERVE AS THE HOME BASE FOR AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY. IT ...

The base had been activated in 1943 as one of eleven Army Air Force training bases in Nebraska during World War II.

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to turn a work ethic camp in McCook into an ICE detention facility is getting some pushback. A Legislative committee plans to hold a hearing to ...

McCOOK, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 obtained new details Thursday on the immigrant detention center to be housed in McCook, speaking with law enforcement in the area for the first time since the ...

OKAY. THANKS. LUKE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE NOW DETAINED AT THE MCCOOK ICE DETENTION FACILITY. THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE. IT WAS THIS MORNING. ACLU SAYS THIS IS NOT WHAT ...

One of KMAland Nebraska’s top volleyball stars has her future set with a commitment to McCook Community College.

McCOOK, Neb. - For many residents, particularly young families and first-time homeowners, taxes are a reality paid regularly but rarely examined closely amid the demands of everyday life. Pay stubs, ...