COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT

04/09/2015 00:02:25 ALARM-GENERAL “400 N VINE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 00:07:46 ALARM-BURGLARY CALL IN “200 MCNEEL LN
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 02:36:21 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 07:50:42 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “5400 E Lee Bird Dr
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 08:12:06 LOST PROPERTY “4000 PARK RIDGE RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 09:50:25 ESCORT- ADAMS & SWANSON “1500 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 09:56:02 WELFARE CHECK “700 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 10:01:00 HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS “200 S COTTONWOOD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 10:29:40 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “1700 W C ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 10:52:37 STANDBY TO PREV VIOLENCE “300 S BUFFALO BILL
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 10:58:20 CITIZEN ASSIST “3200 W C ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 11:09:16 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “1500 W 6TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 11:18:46 SUSPICIOUS PERSON “1200 S OAK ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 11:23:44 THEFT BY DECEPTION/IMPERSONATION “1500 W LEOTA ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 11:53:26 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “2100 RODEO RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 12:02:34 OWN ACCIDENT REPORT “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 12:55:15 ESCORT – CARPENTERS “1616 W B ST 1330
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 13:00:37 CITIZEN ASSIST “400 W 4th ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 13:59:46 CITIZEN ASSIST “3000 W 13TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 14:16:41 HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 14:19:50 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “500 W LEOTA ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 14:26:11 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “1900 N SHERIDAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 15:15:51 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF “1700 W 13TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 15:36:27 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER “1200 MCDONALD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 15:58:23 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “1000 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 16:22:33 WELFARE CHECK “2000 W 2ND ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 16:30:49 THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING “1100 S Dewey
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 16:38:32 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL “3200 S NEWBERRY RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 17:21:10 THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING “500 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 17:37:00 LOOSE ANIMALS “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 17:48:42 OTHER DISTURBANCE “W 4TH ST /N MADISON AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 18:09:57 LOST PROPERTY “100 E WILLIAM AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 18:46:58 EXCESSIVE ANIMAL NOISE “500 S POPLAR ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 18:45:47 WATCH FOR/INFORMATION “E 9TH ST /N BAILEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 18:48:38 ANIMAL ABANDONMENT “1500 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 19:15:34 HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS “800 N JACKSON AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 21:04:37 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS “1400 E 4th ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 21:22:42 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS “E PHILIP AV /S COTTONWOOD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 21:48:29 MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS “W WILLIAM AV /S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 21:49:54 FICTITIOUS PLATES “600 N JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 23:00:51 LOOSE ANIMALS “4000 W 2ND ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/09/2015 23:13:21 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 00:23:22 FAILURE TO SIGNAL TURN “W 3RD ST /N GRANT
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 00:29:57 VIOL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEV “W 4th /N jeffers
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 00:51:54 NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323 “W C ST /S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 03:21:45 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “AIRPORT,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 04:00:43 SECURITY CHECK “Downtown,
400 N DEWEY
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 06:52:18 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 07:18:04 TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL “2000 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

04/10/2015 07:47:01 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL “W 4TH ST /N BUFFALO BILL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old student convicted of making bomb threats to the University of Nebraska at Kearney has been given probation and jail time.

Matthew Skinner, of Ogallala, was sentenced in Buffalo County Court on Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years of probation. He’d pleaded guilty to attempted threat to use or place a bomb. Court records show prosecutors lowered the original felony charge to a misdemeanor in exchange for Skinner’s plea.

Anonymous threats were posted in September against a residence hall, another building and a library.

A university spokesman wouldn’t discuss any disciplinary action Skinner might face from the student conduct board. Skinner has remained a student at the south-central Nebraska school throughout the court proceedings.

There will be a spring vocal and piano recital April 16 at North Platte Community College. The event is free and open to the public.

It will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Theater on the NPCC South Campus and will be followed by a reception in the fireplace area.

“Students taking applied lessons in some form or another must perform in a recital for their final project,” said Elizabeth Peters, NPCC music instructor. “The recital is different from our concerts, which are all about blend and working together, in that the emphasis is on the individual and blossoming as a solo artist.”

Students will primarily perform solos from musicals, operas and art songs. Selections include: “Getting To Know You” from “The King And I,” “Music Of The Night” from “The Phantom of the Opera” and pieces from the musical “Chicago.”

A range of emotions will be expressed throughout the show.

“Some songs are funny, others are romantic or sad or sung in a foreign language,” said Peters. “It’s going to be a fun night. The audience can definitely expect to be entertained.”

Performers will include those enrolled in the group vocal, applied piano, piano technology and applied voice for music majors and non-majors classes.

The students are: Alleyah Evans, Jade Higgens, Ester Micheva, Kylie Wroot, Walker Baird, Andrew Parish, Bailey Rickertsen, Steven Keltz, Kim Carter, Nikki Schmidt, Autumn Bickel, Katie Roessler and Ryan Carey.

Peters is the organizer for the recital and Donna Pucket is the collaborative accompanist.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lawmakers have reached a compromise over how to split millions of dollars in Nebraska Lottery money for education grants and programs.

Senators advanced a new funding distribution bill Thursday with a 34-0, first-round vote. Lawmakers changed the original measure to ensure K-12 schools received a larger percentage of the money.

The largest recipient under the bill is the Nebraska Opportunity Grant program, which provides financial aid to low-income college students. K-12 schools would receive millions for “innovation grants.”

Lottery revenue varies by year, depending on ticket sales. Nebraska will have an estimated $27.7 million available in fiscal 2017 and $17.8 million the following year.

Sen. Kate Sullivan of Cedar Rapids, chairwoman of the Education Committee, says lawmakers plan to study college affordability later this year.

A former North Platte woman has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for manufacturing child pornography.

According to a news release from United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg, 34-year-old Julia Thiemann appeared in United States District Court before Senior United States Judge Richard G. Kopf for sentencing on Thursday.

According to prosecutors, in November of 2013, one of three children who were identified as victims in the case revealed to a therapist that he believed another child had been sexually assaulted by Thiemann’s live-in boyfriend, Billy Schrader.

The information was reported to the North Platte Police Department and a search warrant was obtained for Schrader’s residence.

At the time of the search, law enforcement seized computer equipment and other items.

After a forensic examination of the seized equipment, over 75,000 images of child pornography, produced by Thiemann and Schrader, were identified.

Thiemann was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison on Thursday, and Schrader was sentenced to 30 years earlier in the week.

Both Thiemann and Schrader must register as sex offenders for the remainder of their lives.

Gilg says the case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.

Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

This case was investigated by the North Platte Police Department and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and prosecuted jointly with the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office.

 

The Mid-Plains Community College Broken Bow Extended Campus has announced a new series of traditional and online classes. It includes:

“Intro to QuickBooks”

Participants will learn how to track a company’s transactions and finances with a single, intuitive and easy-to-use software program.

They will have the option of either using laptops preinstalled with QuickBooks, or their own laptops. The class will be taught with QB 2015.

It will be from 6-9 p.m. Sundays and Wednesdays, April 19-May 3. The class is worth one credit hour. Ann Reichle is the instructor.

“Spring Planting and Gardening Tips”

This highly interactive workshop will demonstrate how to pair annuals and perennials to create customized planters and flower beds. People can use their own planters. The class will be at the Custer County Garden Center, 500 Thelma St., in Broken Bow.

The fee is $10. That does not include the cost of materials, which will have to be purchased separately at the Garden Center. The class is scheduled for 5:30-8:30 p.m. April 20.

“Simply Social: Eating Well and Wise with Social Media”

Participants will learn to use Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets to improve nutrition, find delicious and easy recipes and sharpen food preparation skills while debunking common food myths and misdirected claims.

The class is available at 8-9 a.m. and at 5:30-6:30 p.m. April 22. People can choose which session they want to attend. The fee is $10, and the instructor is Jessye Goertz.

“Introduction to Golf”

This course is designed to introduce students to golf. Emphasis will be placed on fundamental etiquette, skill techniques, rules and history of the leisure sport. Golfing will be done both individually and as part of a group.

The one credit hour class is scheduled for 5:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays from April 14 through May 12. The instructor is Kaci Johnson.

“Commercial Driver’s License”

The 15-hour course prepares drivers for basic CDL written tests. Topics covered include: general knowledge, pre-trip inspections, air brakes, combination vehicles and safe transport of cargo.

Students will have the opportunity to add an hour and a half of driving time for an additional cost, but must indicate during registration that they want the option.

The class is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 16-17, with optional drive time planned for April 18. The fee is $165, and the instructor is Dennis Holtz.

“Nebraska Boating Safety”

The Nebraska Boating Safety course is required for all power boat operators at least 14 years of age, or born after Dec. 31, 1985. That includes operators of personal watercraft and all power boats. Students must attend all hours of class time to be certified.

The test out option requires advanced online study. More information is available atboatsafenebraska.org. The free class will be taught by a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission official. It will be from 2-5 p.m. April 26.

Pre-registration is required for all the classes. To sign up, call (308) 872-5259.

DALTON, Neb. (AP) — A 38-year-old Sidney man has been arrested, accused of leaving the scene of a fatal collision in western Nebraska.

Jeronimo Abel Domingo was taken into custody on Thursday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment about the allegations on Domingo’s behalf.

The two-vehicle accident occurred around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday about two miles south of Dalton on U.S. Highway 385. Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jenson says the vehicles made contact as the one driven by Martin Geiger Jr. attempted to pass the other. Geiger’s car ran into a ditch and rolled twice, ejecting Geiger and his passenger, 54-year-old Kathy Berger.

Jenson says Geiger died at the scene and Berger was flown to a Scottsbluff hospital.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Less than 1 percent of appointments at the Omaha VA Medical Center, Nebraska’s largest such facility, failed to meet a federal timeliness goal of 30 days or less.

That’s according to an Associated Press examination of waiting times at 940 VA hospitals and outpatient clinics from Sept. 1 to Feb. 28, done in the wake of last year’s scandal last year over delays in veterans’ care and cover-up attempts.

Overall, Nebraska’s veterans are more likely to see doctors and other health care providers quickly at the state’s 10 VA facilities than their counterparts around the country.

Eileen Kingston is associate director for patient care for the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System. She says the system’s managers participate in a weekly meeting dedicated to improving access to care for veterans.

A 63-year-old North Platte man is facing felony charges after he allegedly threatened another man with a gun.

At around 11:45 a.m., on April 8, officers with the North Platte Police Department responded to the Cedar Lodge Apartments, 421 Rodeo Road, on the report of a man being threatened with a gun.

Officers arrived and spoke to a 53-year-old male, who advised that he had gotten into an argument earlier in the day with Mark Fattig.

The victim told police that when he walked by the outside of Fattig’s apartment, Fattig pointed a handgun at him, then pointed the gun to the side and pulled the trigger.  According to witnesses, the gun was not loaded.

Officers continued to investigate, and seized a 10mm Glock 20 from Fattig’s home.

Fattig was then placed under arrest and charged with felony terroristic threats and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

 

Today: Rain and snow before 3pm, then a chance of rain between 3pm and 4pm. High near 47. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North northwest wind 13 to 18 mph becoming west northwest 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind around 9 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.