Morrill County News

The heavy rain, hail and high winds that swept through Nebraska in June were so damaging to some areas that Gov.

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The powerful storm that flew out of Wyoming into Nebraska's Panhandle left behind piles of hail but apparently did no major damage and caused no injuries.

Two to five inches of rain fell in northern Morrill County Wednesday afternoon causing lowland flooding.

Tornadoes and heavy rain were moving through Nebraska's Panhandle Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Scotts Bluff and northwestern Morrill counties.

The Nebraska State Patrol is seeking help identifying the remains of a man who died more than three decades ago while possibly working on the Union Pacific Railroad.

The operator of a Nebraska training ranch and sanctuary for Bureau of Land Management mustangs and burros now faces more than 140 counts of felony animal cruelty in connection with the alleged maltreatment of animals seized from his property in April.

A 31 year old Minatare man is listed in serious condition at Regional West Medical Center after his car caught fire Sunday evening a little west of Bayard.

UNL Extension is hosting the 2009 Youth Animal Science Field Day on Friday, May 29, at the Morrill County Fairgrounds in Bridgeport.

Panhandle residents will see a low-flying helicopter over the region for the next week or two.

An Alliance woman was flown via airlink helicopter to Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff following a two-vehicle accident earlier this week.

More than a dozen horses rescued from a Nebraska ranch have made their way to Colorado.

The last of the mustangs of the Three Strikes Ranch will be moved from the Morrill County Fairgrounds in Bridgeport Saturday.

About half of the some 200 horses taken from a ranch in the Nebraska Panhandle are getting new homes.

OXBOW ANIMAL HEALTH, WHO SPECIALIZE IN NUTRITION FOR A VARITEY OF ANIMALS, ARRIVED AT THE MORRILL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THIS MORNING WITH A GIFT OF TWENTY TONS OF HAY.

The co-owner of a Nebraska training ranch from which 211 BLM mustangs and burros were recently removed faces federal charges for the alleged maltreatment of a mustang adopted in her name.

LAST WEEK A HORRIFYING DISCOVERY WAS FOUND DURING A FLY OVER OF JASON MEDUNAS THREE STRIKES RANCH.

Morrill County records confirm the authorities obtained a search warrant a week ago to search the 3-Strikes Ranch south of Alliance.

Although sheriff's deputies counted 74 dead horses and burros at the 3-Strikes Mustang Ranch, not another horse perished once help arrived.

JASON MEDUNA, OPERATOR OF THREE STRIKES RANCH IN MORRILL COUNTY, HAD AT LEAST SIXTY DEAD HORSES AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED OTHERS STARVING AT HIS RANCH.