Overton News

By ELLEN MORTENSEN Chief Assistant Editor *Editor's Note: In celebration of Older Americans Month in May, we will be featuring a series of profiles of some of our area's senior residents.

A head-on collision on Interstate 80 near Lexington has left one person dead. The Nebraska State Patrol told KOOQ Radio that a westbound pickup ran across the median and hit an eastbound semitrailer Monday morning.

The North Platte City Council Tuesday got an update from the Community Redevelopment Authority Chairman Mike Jacobson on the proposed parking lot downtown.

If there is a way to save on the ever-increasing cost of health insurance for Dawson County employees, commissioners want to hear about it.

Curtis, Neb. - Joel Hodgson of Overton, Neb., has been named NCTA's Aggie of the Month for February.

Harold Lee Peden, 80, of Humansville, MO, formerly of Lexington and North Platte, died Saturday, Feb.

Gov. Dave Heineman has announced the distribution of more than $25 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for upgrades to state highways.

An estimated infusion of $230,000 million into the state for Medicaid is one way the state will use federal stimulus money.

Hometown Company Announces Layoffs Authorities in Cedar County, Nebraska are investigating the death of a person whose remains were found Wednesday afternoon in a burned car.

Dawson County commissioners have chosen to remain conservative in their plans for the county's roads in the coming year.

Gifts totaling more than $3,500 have been received in recent weeks to begin the fund drive for the Dawson-Gosper Hero Flight planned for June 5-7. The 2008-09 Dawson Area Development Leadership Class is ...

Roger Bauer of Overton will lead the Dawson County board of commissioners in 2009.

At approximately 4:20 p.m. on December 11, 2008 the Dawson County Sheriffs Office was notified of a woman who had suffered a gun shot wound to her stomach at a rural Overton location, the office said in a ...

Authorities are investigating the shooting of a rural Overton woman at her home Thursday afternoon.

Law enforcement converged on a rural residence about 4 miles southeast of Overton Thursday afternoon in response to a shooting.

As of Dec. 2, Robin Clark is the new library director at the Sump Memorial Library, a position previously held by Sally Payne for 31 years.