The five-person team and two alternates traveled to Camp Dodge, Iowa, where they competed in physical and mental challenges over two days. The team will move on to the next level of competition on Nov. 6 at the Brigade Level Ranger Challenge Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

The family is humbled by everything the Kearney community has done to help make the process a little bit easier for all of them.

The smallest of details have a story in the home of John and Connie Beck of Minden. There’s a tiny coin purse in a shadow box that John’s grandmother gave to him when he was 7 or 8 years old. Two hats rest on top of the kitchen cabinets that belonged to his parents in the 1940s or ’50s. 

Quinn faces a maximum of five life terms in prison plus 177 years.

The Key Club wanted to provide a sense of normalcy for kids.

The project at Amherst Public School will consist of new construction and renovation of current facilities. The addition will be about 51,801 square feet of new construction and 12,504 square feet of renovated areas. It will be built to meet the needs of the current student enrollment.

Students made a variety of creations, including a train engine, a semi truck, a sunflower garden stake and decorative pumpkins.

Josie Eichholz spent more than 20 hours working on the project, and she already has seen people using the bench at the school.

According to court records, Caleb McKeon, 18, was sentenced in Buffalo County Court to 12 months of probation for third-degree assault.

Jay served with the U.S. Navy until 2008. The family moved to Nebraska, and Jay began working as a police officer with the Lincoln Police Department.