A legislative bill introduced Monday seeks to void a Nebraska-federal deal that last fall converted a rehabilitative-focused ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - The office of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a detention facility for people awaiting deportation and other ...

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 ...

LINCOLN — As Nebraska lawmakers consider possibly expelling a fellow lawmaker for the first time in state history, senators ...

In early September 2025, as McCook was still absorbing the effects of the imposed WEC/ICE transition, the U.S. Department of Justice formally requested that Nebraska turn over its unredacted voter ...

9:42 p.m. UPDATE: The city’s water treatment plant is back up and running, and the water restriction has been removed. MCCOOK, Neb. (KSNW) — Residents of McCook, Nebraska, are subject to mandatory ...

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 ...

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 ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska State Senator and Judiciary Committee Chair Carolyn Bosn says a call for a public hearing by her fellow senators on McCook/ICE detention facility plans is “premature.” ...

Roy T. Remington, a beloved son, brother, and uncle, passed away at the age of 68 in his home in Culbertson, on January 4, 2026. Roy was born in McCook, NE at St. Catherines to parents Alden and ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - The office of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a detention facility for people awaiting deportation and other ...