Anselmo News

A former Papillion police officer is under indictment in a case that federal investigators call a classic Ponzi scheme.

A federal grand jury has indicted a 37-year-old Nebraska man, alleging he operated a Ponzi scheme that caused investors to lose about $4 million from 2006 to 2008.

Stories we are working on for this weeks Custer County Chief include: * Family members of six members of Augustana College killed in a 1969 plane crash near Anselmo gathered for s special memorial service Saturday.

Dave and Shari Beals of Merna have been active in the volunteer fire department and EMS squad for more than 20 years, and were instrumental in the building of a new fire hall in Merna.

Walburga "Wally" Wilkinson shows thumbs up to another 100 years on the occasion of her 100th birthday on Saturday, at a celebration held at the Mayerthorpe Legion, attended by more than 200 family members, friends and neighbours.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- "Future Defined in 2009" is the theme for the annual celebration of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources April 17-25. Students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members all can join in the celebration, said Kalli Estes, a junior agribusiness major from Anselmo and the chair ...

A 60-year-old Nebraska woman has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for lying in her bankruptcy filing.

The Nebraska Supreme Court last week upheld a Lincoln County Judge's division of the estate of a Custer County rancher.

Justin Spencer, 34, of Broken Bow, was arraigned Monday in Custer County Court on a charge of felony domestic assault.