Broken Bow News

Colten Eggleston, of Broken Bow is this year's Spelling Champion. The seventh grader spelled 48 of 50 words correctly spread out over five lists of 10 words each in this year's competition Feb.

A strong winter storm made its way across the area Friday and Saturday, dumping a foot or more of snow in some locations and only 3 or 4 inches in others.

The Ansley Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene of a fire in a warehouse on Fargo Street in Ansley Thursday afternoon.

The speed limit coming in to Broken Bow on West Highway 2, has been a topic of conversation at community meetings and coffee shops for the past few months.

For the past 18 years, Chris Jacobsen has had an estimated 2,200 miles of Custer County roads under his care.

Voters in five precincts in Custer County will have a new place to vote in the next election.

Not since the days of the old Ben Franklin store downtown has Broken Bow had a place where a seamstress could purchase material, thread and about any sewing notion she could need - until now.