Mix 97 One, Q country 107.3, ESPN Radio 1410AM and the North Platte Post had a Community Day the Dr. Seuss Way event this past weekend, a fundraiser for the North Platte Public School Foundation.

On Saturday, March 5^th the Saturday after Read Across America week was celebrated in the North Platte Public Schools Eagle Radio celebrated as a community to encourage reading and fun for families.

“We had multiple sponsor booths, Nebraskaland National Bank was grilling hotdogs for a free will donation, a Dr. Seuss movie was provided along with popcorn from H&R Block and the Pop Corner, and reading was provided by Bible Supplies,” says Olivia Brown, sales manager at Eagle Radio.

“It’s important to support our community that we live in and host fun events for families,” Brown added.

The Day was a huge success with almost 400 kids in attendance and plenty of money raised for the public school foundation.

After the event, the funds were gathered from our sponsors, as well as from donation jars set up around the McKinley Education Center and a check was presented Thursday afternoon at the McKinley Education center.

“We were so happy to be able to provide the foundation with a check for $1,555.00 to help with programs under the foundation,” said Brown.

The check was presented to Board President, Laura Troshynski as well as other board members present.

North Platte, NE — On Saturday, March 26, 2016, NebraskaLand National Bank, the VFW and the Ladies Auxiliary will host the 57th Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Cody Park.

The search for prizes and decorated eggs will begin at 2:00 p.m. Children up to ten years old are invited to join us and celebrate Easter with a one of a kind Easter Egg Hunt.  The park will be divided into six areas with special needs children on the tennis courts.

Prior to the egg hunt on Thursday, March 24, the VFW will be coloring over 12,000 Easter Eggs.  The community is invited to help.

The Post VFW is located at 2100 East 4^th Street. The coloring will start at 7:00 pm.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A push to increase hunting and fishing permit prices to fund the Game and Parks Commission has hit a roadblock in the Nebraska Legislature.

Sen. Ernie Chambers steered Thursday’s debate away from a bill to increase caps on fees the commission can charge and toward his efforts to end mountain lion hunting in the state.

The bill’s sponsor, Sen. John McCollister of Omaha, says increasing user fees would help the commission pay rising operational costs to maintain trails and outdoor recreation sites. The bill has gained support from sporting groups, conservationists and the tourism industry.

Chambers says he will keep fighting the bill because the Natural Resources Committee killed his proposals to end Nebraska’s mountain lion hunting season.

Senators will continue first-round debate Tuesday.

UPDATE (3/10/16 7:30 pm)

After searching Thursday afternoon and evening, the Lincoln County Dive Team failed to locate Ronald Kubiak’s Chrysler in the NPPD canal.

Authorities believe Kubiak’s vehicle went into the canal after tire tracks were observed upstream from where his body was found on Wednesday afternoon.

The Dive Team will search again on Saturday.  Assistance will be sought from the Nebraska Games and Parks Commission on Monday if Saturday’s search is unsuccessful.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body found yesterday in the Nebraska Public Power District canal, just south of Sutherland.

Deputies responded to the Gerald Gentleman Power Plant yesterday afternoon after it was reported that a body had been found in the canal leading up to the plant.

Deputies were able to remove the body from the canal, and also discovered vehicle tracks leading into the canal upstream from where the body was found.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says the body was that of 50-year-old Ronald Kubiak, of Sutherland.

The Lincoln County Dive Team will attempt to extract Kubiak’s vehicle, a 1993 Chrysler Concorde, from the canal later today.

An autopsy will be conducted at the Central Nebraska Cremation and Mortuary Service, in Gibbon.

The investigation is ongoing, according to Kramer.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Prison officials say the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services is investigating a second incident of physical violence against staff this week.

The department says an officer was assaulted by an inmate Wednesday evening at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln after he ordered the inmate to return to his cell. A second officer helped in subduing the inmate and was also struck.

The first officer struck was taken to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and released.

Department Director Scott Frakes says he is “troubled” by the event but commends prison employees for a quick, team-oriented response.

Three prison staffers at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution were assaulted by inmates Monday.