• Today: Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the evening.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
• Thursday Night: Thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

(AP) — A 47-year-old Nebraska Panhandle man has been charged with threatening to set himself and others on fire.

Scott McGlone was charged Monday with felony terroristic threats and misdemeanor disturbing the peace.

Police say McGlone had soaked himself with gasoline on Oct. 1 at the Mitchell house he shared with his former wife. A Mitchell officer says McGlone yelled out that he “just wanted to kill himself and everything.”

The officer says the ex-wife talked McGlone into handing her the lighter he’d been holding.

(AP) — Residents in northwest Nebraska are cleaning up fallen trees and dead cattle left in the wake of a massive weekend snowstorm.

Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann and state emergency officials visited Chadron, Crawford and Harrison on Tuesday and met with local officials.

Chadron city manager Wayne Anderson says at least 90 percent of the properties in town saw some type of damage, mostly to trees that collapsed under wet, heavy snow and wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.

Ranchers reported heavy cattle losses. No official counts were available, but Jack Hunter, the owner of the Crawford Livestock Market, estimates a loss of 2,000 to 3,000 head in the region.

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture was encouraging residents to keep detailed records of any losses in case federal aid becomes available.

New to computer word processing, especially Microsoft Word?  Take a class at the North Platte Public Library.  Each two-hour class is only $10 per person and after 2 classes you will have covered the basics of this program.  Call the library at 535-8036 to pre-register.  Class schedule is as follows:

Microsoft Word 2010 Step by Step Part 1 on Tuesday, October 15 at 6:30 PM or on Thursday, October 17 at 9:30 AM

Microsoft Word is a powerful word processing program.  This class will introduce word processing and its terminology. You will learn how to enter text, correct typing errors, change font, and other word processing skills.

Microsoft Word 2010 Step by Step Beginning Skills 2 on Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 PM or on Thursday, October 31 at 9:30 AM

This class builds on the skills learned in Beginning Microsoft Word, giving you more hands-on practice.   You will learn to use the Office Clipboard, adjust line spacing and margins, make other editing changes to documents before printing, and to print envelopes and labels.

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(AP) — Around 100 pumpkins of all sizes and colors have been stolen from a garden in rural McCook.

The thief or thieves first unplugged an electric security fence that surrounded the nearly 7,000-square-foot plot.

Dave McCarty says he discovered the overnight theft on Sunday.

McCarty and his wife, Angi, were upset about the loss, of course, and by its timing. They had already sent out invitations to friends and family for a hayrack ride and pumpkin-picking party. The hayrack ride is still scheduled, but some pumpkins will have to be bought to maintain the party theme.

No arrests have been reported.

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. East southeast wind around 8 mph.
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

(AP) — Nebraska officials plan to visit areas of the state’s Panhandle that were affected by recent severe weather.

Lt. Gov. Lavon Heidemann will tour Chadron on Tuesday to survey damage. He will be accompanied by Al Berndt, the assistant director of the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.

A massive, wind-whipped snowstorm hit the area beginning Friday. Officials say there was heavy tree damage along the Highway 20 corridor between Rushville and Harrison. Chadron and Crawford were especially hit, and officials say Chadron received 10 inches of snow.

Additional information about the tour has not been released.

(AP) — A Colorado man has been hospitalized following a car crash in the Nebraska Panhandle.

Scottsbluff police say 35-year-old Grant Ross, of Sterling, Colo., was driving eastbound Monday on the South Beltline Highway when he clipped the rear of another eastbound car.

The second car was pushed into the median. The car driven by Ross continued east and eventually veered into the parking lot of a nearby business. It struck a parked vehicle, which hit another parked vehicle.

Police believe Ross’ erratic driving was caused by a seizure. Ross is the only person involved in the crash that was injured, and he remains in serious condition at a local hospital.

(AP) — Nonprofit groups are still working to sign Nebraskans up for health insurance through the new federal marketplace, despite computer problems that have lasted for nearly a week.

The group Community Action of Nebraska reported Monday that some residents were able to create accounts within the new federal website, healthcare.gov. But they were still unable to access details about the plans offered in Nebraska.

Nebraska officials have opted for a federally facilitated exchange set up within the state. Some residents are enrolling with help from health insurance navigators, who were trained to walk people through the process.

Roger Furrer, executive director of Community Action of Nebraska, says most of the residents calling about enrollment have come from Douglas, Lancaster and Scotts Bluff counties.