Knox County News

Upstream from here, on one of the Missouri River's most scenic stretches, you can live like Jimmy Buffett on your own private island.

Nebraska officials have confirmed the sighting of a mountain lion in northeast Nebraska.

An investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol Investigative Services Division-Norfolk, in conjunction with the Knox County Sheriff's Office, Creighton Police Department, Health and Human Services System and the ... via Nebraska State Patrol

“This project demonstrates how the public and private sectors can work together to provide reliable, renewable energy to Nebraska's customers”

The Nebraska Public Power District, along with Midwest Wind Energy LLC and its affiliate Elkhorn Ridge Wind LLC, announced today that after several months of negotiations the parties have executed a 20-year ... via McCook Daily Gazette

A northeast Nebraska couple fighting for the chance to adopt a baby boy have lost another court ruling. via Beatrice Daily Sun

“We have bonded as a family and cannot imagine our lives without Morgan”

An adoption agency and birth mother want to take back a 3-month-old baby boy from a couple who wanted to give him a home, after learning that the adoptive mother was pregnant. via Beatrice Daily Sun

“Keeping it a secret from Les while we worked on it all summer wasn't real hard”

Veterans Day has real meaning for Bloomfield veteran Leslie Yule, who left the battlefields of Vietnam 40 years ago to start farming in northern Knox County. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Need info on Oscar Norton, who came to Knox county, Nebraska about 1870, first to Bazile Mills. via Cousinconnect.com

Authorities have resumed their search for a missing Crofton man on Lewis and Clark Lake on the Nebraska and South Dakota border. via Beatrice Daily Sun

Divers' search for a lost boater in Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton is being hampered by current and visibility issues, said Knox County, Neb., Sheriff Jim Janecek. via ArgusLeader.com

Authorities in northeast Nebraska are searching for a missing person on Lewis and Clark Lake on the Nebraska and South Dakota border. via KOLN-TV Lincoln

Lyle E. Stewart, son of Sam and Elsie Stewart, was born on September 2, 1922 at the family home in rural Knox County, NE. via Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan