January 2, 2026 McCOOK, Neb. - Virginia "Ginny" Bortner was surrounded by her family when she passed away at the homeplace north of McCook on Friday morning, January 2, 2026, after suffering from ...

McCOOK, Neb. - It is at this time of year, when governmental bodies are on hiatus and the news tends to be slow, that media organizations often look to the future and make a few chance predictions.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The State of Nebraska on Friday published a redacted version of its contract with the Department of Homeland Security to use the Work Ethic Camp in McCook to house ICE detainees ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen provides update Monday, Nov. 3, on 'Cornhusker Clink' detention center Gov. Jim Pillen spoke with reporters Monday about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention ...