A North Platte woman is facing a felony assault charge after she allegedly assaulted a woman on Sunday evening.
At around 7:00 p.m., on May 31, North Platte Police responded to the report of an assault at a residence in the 2300 block of West 13th Street.
Officers arrived and met with the 55-year-old homeowner, who stated that 48-year-old Michelle Jones, who had been told not to enter the house, entered the house anyway.
Once inside, Jones allegedly began yelling at a 28-year-old female and began beating her with a cotton sock which contained numerous coins.
Following further investigation, officers located Jones and placed her under arrest.
She was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center and charged with felony 2nd-degree assault.
A 30-year-old North Platte woman is facing charges after she allegedly assaulted her domestic partner and a North Platte Police officer.
At around 1:30 a.m., on May 30, officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of East 11th Street on the report of a disturbance.
Officers arrived and met with a 32-year-old male who alleged that, following an argument, his domestic partner, Melinda Reyes, had jumped on him and began punching and clawing his face.
The victim then attempted to leave and asked a neighbor to call the police.
Following further investigation, officers determined that there was probable cause to arrest Reyes for domestic assault.
As officers attempted to take Reyes into custody, she allegedly became defiant and aggressive. At one point, police say Reyes kicked an officer multiple times, causing him injury and pain.
Officers were eventually able to subdue Reyes and take her into custody.
She was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and jailed on charges of 3rd-degree assault on an officer, 3rd-degree domestic assault, and resisting arrest.
Also, because the assault took place in front of a one-year-old child, Reyes was charged with child abuse.
Police say two male children, ages one and two, were placed in temporary protective custody with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles’ new contract also has changes in how he earns certain bonuses.
The athletic department released the contract to reporters on Monday. It was previously announced that the contract would extend through the 2019-20 season and that Miles would be paid just over $2 million this year.
Miles’ new bonus structure calls for him to earn $100,000 for a Big Ten regular-season or tournament championship. His NCAA tournament bonuses remain the same, starting at $150,000 for the Cornhuskers earning a bid.
No longer will Miles receive bonuses for winning 20 games, finishing in the top four of the Big Ten, being coach of the year, making the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament or playing in the NIT.
Dr. Schufeldt is presented with a commemorative buckle by Jack Morris, Buffalo Bill Rodeo chairman, at the 2014 Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte, while his wife Jeannie and daughter Krista look on. Photo by George Hipple.
North Platte, Neb. (June 1, 2015) – Dr. Lawrence Schufeldt donates his talent, every June, to his favorite sport.
The North Platte, Neb. chiropractor has tended to cowboys’ and cowgirls’ sore muscles every year at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo since 1990, and he makes sure they’re well taken care of.
At each of every four nights of rodeo, Schufeldt comes early to the rodeo grounds as cowboys and cowgirls wait in line to have the chiropractor loosen and ease sore muscles so they are ready for competition. And after the rodeo, they’re back in line, waiting to get another treatment after they’ve roped, rode, or wrestled.
Schufeldt grew up on a ranch in Grant County, competing in junior high and high school rodeo as a team roper and bull rider. After graduating from Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa, he came to North Platte and began his own practice.
He began volunteering his chiropractic services to the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, along with a dozen other pro rodeos across Nebraska and Kansas, in the early 1990s. At the time, he worked with the Wrangler Sports Chiropractic Program, a program begun by Ed Corley, a chiropractor and brother to the North Platte rodeo announcer Randy Corley. The design of the program was for chiropractors to offer their services for free at pro rodeos to those cowboys and cowgirls in one of the most physically-demanding sports, and a sport that, along with no contracts, provides no free sports/athletic care.
Schufeldt worked not only the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, but spent about twelve weekends throughout the summer at rodeos in Crawford, Gordon, Valentine, Burwell, Kearney, Hastings, Lincoln, and McCook, Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, and in Kansas, at Phillipsburg and Dodge City.
As he and his wife Jeannie’s three daughters grew up, he’s cut his rodeo chiropractic down to just the North Platte rodeo, so he was able to attend his girls’ activities, which included 4-H horse shows.
He doesn’t watch a rodeo the same way a fan would, he says. He’s looking for injuries as they happen. “It’s changed the way I watch rodeos. I don’t watch for the entertainment, I’m watching the contestant to see if they’re getting injured or not.” And he doesn’t look at only for the few seconds of the ride or run. “I watch from the time they nod their head or cross the line till the time they go out of the arena.” By observing closely, he’s often able to see how the injury occurred.
Schufeldt served as the Prairie Circuit coordinator for the Wrangler Sports Chiropractic Program for several years. The Wrangler program dissolved and was replaced by the Pro Sports Chiropractic, and Schufeldt attends their annual convention, held in Las Vegas during the National Finals Rodeo.
He has missed very few Buffalo Bill Rodeo performances, and loves to volunteer at the rodeo. “From the rookies to the world champions, they’re all grateful” for his work, he said. “They’re providing entertainment for the crowd, and if we can help them, it makes it all better.”
Schufeldt was honored at last year’s Buffalo Bill Rodeo with a buckle in honor of his twenty years of volunteering. He was hesitant to step into the arena to accept it: “I wasn’t really wanting to go out there,” he said. “I like to be out in the back. But it was nice to be recognized and honored.”
As a volunteer, he is not reimbursed for his time or travel expenses, but he doesn’t mind. The Buffalo Bill Rodeo committee offers meals for him, and “a good thank you, and that’s all we expect.”
And this June, from the seventeenth through the twentieth, he’ll be back at the rodeo arena in North Platte, meeting with contestants and making sure their aches and pains are cared for.
The Buffalo Bill Rodeo is June 17-20 at the Wild West Arena in North Platte. It begins at 8 pm each night, with tickets ranging in price from $7 to $15. Tickets can be purchased online at NebraskalandDays.com, at the NebraskalandDays office at its new location at 2801 Charlie Evans Drive (at the Wild West Arena), and at the gate. For more information, visit the website or call 308.532.7939.
(Lincoln, Neb.)- A 29-year old Grand Island woman is jailed in Cass County after a crash that claimed the life of another driver.
Just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31, troopers responded to reports of a hit and run crash on westbound Interstate 80 at MM 419 near the Greenwood Exit in Cass County. Witnesses reported a black Chrysler 200 was westbound on I-80 driving erratically when it entered the median, came out of the median and collided with a westbound 1999 Nissan Pathfinder. The collision caused the Pathfinder to roll in the north ditch.
The driver of the Pathfinder, Kristine J. Olson, 50, of Grand Island was killed in the crash. Olson, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle.
The driver of the Chrysler, Mandy M. MacDonald, 29, Grand Island, continued on before being stopped by a trooper near the 56th Street Exit (MM 405) in Lancaster County.
MacDonald was arrested and lodged in the Cass County Jail on charges to include Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Motor Vehicle Homicide.
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
