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

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 ...

Former Phillipsburg resident Clinton Ernest White passed away November 23rd, 2025 at the Hillcrest Nursing Home of McCook, NE at the age of 95. Clinton was born January 24, 1930 in Agra, KS the son of ...

Kathleen "Kathy" A. Haas, age 71, of McCook, passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 in Omaha, Neb. following a brief, yet courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Kathy was born December 22, 1954 in ...

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 ...

A couple hundred protesters gathered outside the gates of the Nebraska governor's mansion on Friday afternoon, voicing their opposition to the ICE detention facility coming to Nebraska. READ MORE: Gov ...

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 ...

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.” ...

For now, a southwest Nebraska judge is allowing the repurposing of a state corrections facility to an ICE detention facility to continue. The Red Willow County District Court judge declined to issue a ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The State of Nebraska on Friday published a redacted version of its contract with the Department of Homeland Security to use the Work Ethic Camp in McCook to house ICE detainees ...

OKAY. THANKS. LUKE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE NOW DETAINED AT THE MCCOOK ICE DETENTION FACILITY. THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE. IT WAS THIS MORNING. ACLU SAYS THIS IS NOT WHAT ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen provides update Monday, Nov. 3, on 'Cornhusker Clink' detention center Gov. Jim Pillen spoke with reporters Monday about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention ...