Mullen News

This morning on Midwest Opinions, Rhonda Theiler with the Sandhills District Health Department and Clinic joined us to talk about a couple of different things.

The Western Nebraska Tourism Coalition will meet at 10 a.m. MDT Sept. 17, at the Mullen RC & D office on Second St.

After winning seven games and making the 2008 playoffs the Mullen Broncos once again bolted from the gate, last week bouncing Paxton, 54-0. The challenge gets much tougher this week as the Broncos travel to face D1 Hemingford.

Even though he has no announced opposition in the 2010 campaign, Gov. Dave Heineman is teeing up for an expensive race.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4-H finished third overall at the National Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island and several members finished high in the standings in individual competitions.

Of the first $77 million in stimulus highway dollars allocated by the state, not a dollar went for a project in Douglas or Sarpy County.

A new study completed for the Nebraska Department of Economic Developmenta s Travel and Tourism Division indicates that travel and tourism has contributed meaningfully to the economies of all the statea s 93 counties.

LeRoy and Patricia Young of Bella Vista will mark their 60th wedding anniversary June 8. The Youngs were united in marriage on June 8, 1949, in Gothenburg, Neb.

A town in western Nebraska is cleaning up after a tornado touched down on Tuesday night.

The damage inflicted by a tornado that touched down Tuesday night, not far from Mullen, will be evaluated by a National Weather Service storm team.

A tornado spotted in the Sandhills area of western Nebraska ripped off some roofs and knocked down a radio tower.