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 ...

Rex Leon Messersmith, age 67, of McCook, NE passed away at his home in McCook on Sunday, February 15, 2026. Rex was born November 11, 1958 in McCook to parents Leland I and Gloria M (Cox) Messersmith.

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 ...

Russell Lynn Carpenter, a beloved father and husband, passed away at Community Hospital in McCook, NE on February 14, 2026, at the age of 57. On October 26, 1968, Rodney and Thelma (Halley) Carpenter ...

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 ...

MCCOOK, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Frustrated by a dearth of information coming her way, a Nebraska lawmaker showed up unannounced this week at the state prison system’s Work Ethic Camp more than four ...

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 ...

For now, a southwest Nebraska judge is allowing the repurposing of a state corrections facility to an ICE detention facility to continue. The Red Willow County District Court judge declined to issue 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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The McCook Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska. (Courtesy of Nebraska Department of Correctional Services) LINCOLN, Nebraska — ...