Indianola News

Only two non-incumbents have filed so far in local races, for the May 11 primary.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman visits with Indianola Webelo Scouts of Pack 152, from left, fourth graders Derrek Greenlee, Patrick Sughroue, Logan Greenlee and Tanner Brooks, during the presentation of a $706,700 grant to Indianola Tuesday afternoon.

Linda Linke of Cozad, Neb., sent us this photo of her mare, Ellen, and her carriage transporting her granddaughter at her wedding.

Red Willow County commissioners gave elected officials a raise and determined a yearly increase beginning in 2011, adopting a resolution setting salaries for the next four-year term at their weekly meeting Monday morning.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a 27-year-old Indianola man is dead following a single-vehicle crash in western Nebraska.

Southwest Public Schools board of education president Duane Teter and vice president Crinda McConville, above right, cut a two-tone blue ribbon during the grand opening Sunday afternoon of the new Southwest Junior and Senior High School in Bartley.

This car is steeped in history going clear back to the Civil War, isn't it? When my dad died in 2002, I took my kids over to the Indianola, Neb., cemetery to see the grave of my great-great grandfather, James Carr, who served in the 77th New York Volunteers during the Civil War.

There is one spot between Bartley and Indianola that has seen more than it's share of dispatched raccoons lately.

Doug "the go -to" guy in the Colby family is surrounded by his family, wife, Noreen and sons, Dawson, front, and Dillon, right.

Red Willow County commissioners abandoned, on a 2-1 vote Monday morning, the entire length of the rural Indianola road that's been a major irritation for a year now.

Draft horses pull a hay rack through a field near Indianola picking up hay to be baled.

Red Willow County commissioners abandoned, on a 2-1 vote Monday morning, the entire length of the rural Indianola road that's been a major irritation for a year now.

A couple from Thornton stopped by our offices several months ago with an intriguing story to share and, in their hands, a small box that had been passed down from one generation to the next.

There are mice at the Fox Theatre, and magic pumpkins as well. Of course that can mean only one thing, "Cinderella" will soon be performed on the historic stage, in downtown McCook.