The state’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Neb., has become a detention center for migrants facing deportation proceedings.

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration detention center is being created in the roughly 7,500-resident city of McCook, Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed. His ...

Dixie Lee Frink, 68, of Maywood, Nebraska, passed away peacefully on February 2, 2026, surrounded by her family. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Dixie will be remembered ...

Red Willow County District Judge Patrick Heng hears arguments from attorneys Nick Grandgenett, left, and Jennifer Huxoll, right, about the legality of converting the state's Work Ethic Camp in McCook, ...

McCOOK, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert 6 obtained new details Thursday on the immigrant detention center to be housed in McCook, speaking with law enforcement in the area for the first time since the ...

Lois Musgrave, age 85, of McCook, NE passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at her home in McCook, NE. Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, are in Lois' name to be designated at a later ...

After the announcement of the "Cornhusker Clink," the president of Nebraska's union for corrections officers spoke with KETV on concerns about the state's prison capacity on Wednesday. "We always make ...

AND ONLINE AS WE LEARN MORE. BACK HERE AT HOME. MCCOOK NEBRASKA IN THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT AFTER GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ANNOUNCED IT WOULD SERVE AS THE HOME BASE FOR AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY. IT ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a ...

Sen. Myron Dorn invited all state lawmakers to visit the detention center Monday. Five Nebraska state senators visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in McCook Monday. Sen.

Mckenzie Bivins is a financial advisor in McCook, NE. They have been in practice for 14 years, the last year at Edward Jones. Mckenzie Bivins is a financial advisor in McCook, NE. They have been in ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Rural towns are known for doing things their own way, and catching stray cattle is no different. Police departments in both McCook, Nebraska, and Goodland, Kansas, made Facebook ...