Dawes County News

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1983 - The state closed the Commonwealth Savings Co. of Lincoln and many customers lost thousands of dollars in deposits.

A 28-year-old Chadron man convicted of 2 counts of sexual assault of a child has been sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison on each count.

Dawes County Sheriff Karl Dailey has confirmed that he and his former chief deputy are being investigated by state authorities over the handling of titles for abandoned vehicles.

Beth Gibbons demonstrated sewing on a 1870 New Home treadle sewing machine. She received help from her grandchildren turning the wheel and watching the machine sew at the history day.

The negligence lawsuit against Wal-Mart in the death this summer of a Chadron woman injured in a fall at the company's Chadron store has been moved to U-S District Court and scheduled for trial early next year.

Tabatha Long of Albin, Wyo., moves her hand over the horse's spine to diagnose trouble spots.

Efforts are underway in Dawes County to consolidate and share criminal files, warrants and other law enforcement information.

A young Chadron man has been scheduled for trial in late November in Dawes County District Court for 3 separate cases of allegedly having sex with underaged girls between October of last year and this past April.

The issue of raises in Dawes County has caused some controversy within the Sheriff's office.

Once again, the city of Crawford is looking for a new police chief. Monday marked the last day in office for former chief Guy Turcotte, making him the third chief to leave the post in the past two years.

I am looking for information on the Frank D. Mooney family. He and Helena Reich were married on Oct 8th 1889 in Chadron,Nebraska.He was 27 and Helena was 23 in 1889.

A day after it was announced birds in Morrill and Dawes counties tested positive for West Nile Virus, Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman says a mosquito sample west of Morrill has also tested positive for the disease.

Two dead birds from Dawes and Morrill counties have tested positive for West Nile Virus this week.

A western Nebraska sheriff lost concentration while driving on a rural highway and rolled his department's new cruiser.

A fall on a wet floor could cost the Chadron Wal-mart store. A lawsuit filed against Wal-mart alleges that its negligence led to the death of a 56-year-old woman after a fall at its Chadron store.

There will be some shuffling of offices at the Dawes County Courthouse. With the current situation of judges, the county court in the basement won't be used next year, which will leave the basement fairly open.

There will be some shuffling of offices at the Dawes County Courthouse. With the current situation of judges, the county court in the basement won't be used next year, which will leave the basement fairly open.

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a key charge against 1 of 2 men accused in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member.

Another big drug bust in the Panhandle- this time its in Chadron. Just after noon on Friday, the Chadron Police Department seized drugs and nearly twenty-thousand dollars from a pair of Oklahomans traveling on Highway 385.