Cabela’s Inc. is continuing its expansion with plans for a new store in Canada to sell sporting goods and outdoor gear.
The Sidney, Neb., company said Tuesday that it plans to build a 50,000-square-foot store in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. This is the fifth new store Cabela’s has announced since July.
Cabela’s says its new Saskatchewan store should open either in the fall of 2013 or spring of 2014. It will be the second store in Saskatchewan.
The new Cabela’s store will be an anchor tenant in the new Grasslands Shopping Centre being developed in Regina.
Cabela’s runs 38 stores across the United States and Canada. The company’s expansion plans now include two new stores this year, eight next year and three in 2014.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb- Once you’re on the radar it’s easy to get caught, even more if you don’t stay low. Officers from North Platte Police Department arrested 26-year-old Sophia Boe on August 28th but events leading to arrest began over a month ago. Here’s how it went down.
On July 16th around 6PM an Officer from the NPPD responded to West 9th street on a report of an uncontrollable juvenile. The minors guardian claimed their “juvenile” refused to come home, and was possibly using illicit drugs. Investigation by officers determined that the juvenile had used illicit drugs, a search warrant was obtained to find the source of the drugs.
A release from Officer Rodney Brown says two suspects were identified as 21-year-old Dustin Dowhower and 26-year old Sophia Boe. A search warrant was obtained and utilized at the Prairie Townhouse Apartments, at that time Dowhower was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine with intent to deliver, also a Legend Drug Violation. However Boe was not present and an arrest warrant was issued.
DUSTIN DOWHOWER
A month later on August 16th at about 3:30 in the morning Officers from the NPPD responded to Kwik-Stop on E 4th Street, over the report of a juvenile being assaulted. Officers found out the assault happened near the Poplar Street Viaduct shortly before the complaint. After a talk with the victim the Officer learned that Sophia Boe had struck the juvenile many times, took their cell phone, and threatened them. Officers determined there was probable cause to arrest Boe for Tampering with a Witness, Assault – 3rd Degree and Robbery. Boe was not found at the time.
On August 28th at about 7:30 AM an Officer from the NPPD responded to the Kwik-Stop at 902 North Jeffers after a report was made on two shop lifters. The employees luckily knew who the suspects were, Sophia Boe and a male suspect named Seth Jackson. The two had stolen grocery items, then left the area. Investigation determined there was probable cause to arrest Boe and Jackson for Theft by Shoplifting.
Officers spent a good part of the day searching for Boe and Jackson. At this point Boe was wanted for robbery, assault, tampering with a witness incident and multiple drug charges on-top of shoplifting.
Seth Jackson
Jackson was found and arrested for 2nd Offense Shop lifting, Assault 3rd degree, then booked in Lincoln County Detention Center. The release from Officer Brown says “The assault charge came as a result of a disturbance complaint Officers responded to during the search for the suspects in the 600 block of East 12th. Following an investigation at that location Officers determined there was probable cause to arrest Jackson for Assault 3rd Degree and Boe for Criminal Mischief.“
Finally, Boe was successfully found hiding at a home in the 2600 block of Anna. She was taken into custody and jailed in the Lincoln County Detention Center for Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver (Meth), Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Legend Drug, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Tampering with a Witness, Robbery, Assault 3rd Degree, Criminal Mischief, and Theft by Shoplifting.
School officials in Nebraska are concerned about how a young boy signs his name.
Hunter Spanjer is a 3-year-old deaf preschooler in Grand Island, Nebraska and School officials have complained that the deaf boy’s sign name – “Hunter” – resembles a gun. They want him to change the sign for his name, because his sign language name could be confused for a gun by other children.
Hunter’s father, Brian Spanjer, says, “He’s deaf, and his sign name, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy.
Grand Island Public Schools have since said that they are not requiring any current student with a hearing impairment to change his or her sign language name.
A former treasurer has been accused of stealing nearly $28,000 from a girls softball association in south-central Nebraska.
The 47-year-old Vicki Aten is charged with theft from the Kearney Girls Competitive Softball Association, which she served as treasurer for more than three years.
The association runs the girls softball leagues in Kearney.
Aten is free on bond.
A phone listed for Aten is no longer in service. Online court records don’t list the name of her attorney.
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.- On August 22nd, 2012, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office began using our new Decatur 350 Radar Speed Display Trailer. The trailer was purchased with money found in an October 2011 traffic stop, Deputies determined the money was drug money and seized it. The seized money can only be used to purchase equipment for the Sheriff’s Office. Additionally matching grant funds were awarded to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office by the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety for part of the purchase.
The Decatur 350 has an 18 inch LED display visible from 1000 feet, as well as a data collection component. The data obtained from the trailer will assist Deputies as it can generate various reports such as; Maximum traffic speeds, average traffic speeds, traffic time / speed intervals, number of vehicles above traffic speed limit and total number of vehicles on the roadway.
In its first week of deployment the trailer is being used in the Village of Hershey specifically in the school zones and during this weekend’s local celebration. The trailer will be deployed anywhere in the county when the need arises, helping Deputies efficiently manage traffic issues.
The central Nebraska town of Callaway has raised enough cash to save its nursing home.
The Evangelical Good Samaritan Society announced plans last September to close the nursing home. A week ago, it gave the town until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to raise $250,000 to complete the deal. If not, the nursing home would close Nov. 5.
Organizer Ron Jorgensen says two-thirds of the money was raised Monday night during a community meeting with surrounding towns. He then “signed off” on the agreement on Tuesday with Good Samaritan.
The newly created nonprofit Callaway Good Life Center will take over the nursing home in about 60 days. The home can serve about 40 residents and has 36 employees
Jorgensen says people “came out of the woodwork” to contribute.
Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 105. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 101. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
The closure of a dairy packaging operation will cost nearly 70 people their jobs in the central Nebraska town of Ravenna.
Authorities say the Schreiber Foods operation will be closed by the end of February. The closing apparently won’t affect workers at Leprino Foods, who share the building and make the cheese that Schreiber packages.
Schreiber Foods says it’s closing the operation because new automation equipment the company wants to install will need more room than is available at the Ravenna site.
Spokesman Andrew Tobisch for Green Bay, Wis.-based Schreiber says the Ravenna production will be moving to another of the company’s 18 U.S. facilities.
NORTH PLATTE,Neb.-The Kids First Preschool will be holding its annual Spaghetti Dinner on Wednesday, September 5 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church (1600 West E St., North Platte, NE).
A free will donation will be accepted to support the preschool’s tuition assistance fund.
(Scottsbluff, Neb.)-The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Box Butte County Attorney’s Office has confirmed that remains uncovered in a remote area south of Chadron in June are those of a missing Denver man.
“Forensic examination and DNA testing has been completed,” said Investigative Services Lieutenant Monica Bartling. “The tests have confirmed what we suspected all along. The remains uncovered in Dawes County are those of Josh Bullock.”
Bullock, 38, who lived in Denver, but had family and friends in the Alliance and Chadron areas was reported missing in early December 2011, after visiting family members in Alliance. Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol, in conjunction with the Dawes and Box Butte County Sheriff’s Office, began an investigation into Bullock’s disappearance. On December 14, 2011, his burnt pickup was found by a rancher in a ravine, southeast of Chadron.
The case remained active but with few leads until June 12, 2012, when investigators say Andres Gonzalez, a 27-year old Alliance man who held officers at bay during a 14 hour standoff in downtown Alliance, told negotiators he killed Bullock. Investigators believe Gonzalez killed Bullock on or around December 1, 2011 and that he disposed of his body in a remote area of Dawes County.
Charges have been filed in the case against Rose Siefke, 20, Hemingford. Siefke, a former girlfriend of Gonzalez, has been charged as an Accessory to a Felony in connection with Bullock’s death. She is currently free on bond.
Lt. Bartling said, “We hope this confirmation will bring some closure to Josh’s family and friends. At the same time we will continue our investigation as we work to piece together the events that led to his death
Cabela’s Inc. is continuing its expansion with plans for a new store in Canada to sell sporting goods and outdoor gear.
School officials in Nebraska are concerned about how a young boy signs his name.
