(AP) — Red Willow County grossed more than $18,500 from an Internet auction of parts, equipment and tools that once belonged to a helicopter kit company that defaulted on a loan from the county’s revolving loan program.

The auction ran through Dec. 18 on the Big Iron website. Big Iron’s commission was 10 percent, and it charged $300 in handling fees.

In August the owner of Pawnee Aviation signed over the tools and equipment to Red Willow County. In return the county released its security interest in the company. Pawnee Aviation had borrowed $300,000 from the program in December 2004 and later defaulted.

A North Platte woman has been charged with felony domestic assault after she allegedly beat her boyfriend, twice.

According to Investigator John Deal, North Platte police responded to an assault in the 1400 block of Rodeo Road at around 3:54 a.m. on Wednesday.

Upon arrival, a victim told officers that his live-in girlfriend, Pamela Trevino, had assaulted him and left.  Deal said the victim had a swollen eye.

Later in the morning, the victim contacted police to report that Trevino had returned and assaulted him again.

This time, police located Trevino and placed her under arrest.  She was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Deal said Trevino had no visible injuries, and alcohol is believed to have played a factor.

A Burwell man and his two-year-old daughter are dead in a suspected murder-suicide.

According to a news release from Garfield County Attorney, Dale Crandall, two bodies were recovered late Tuesday at the scene of a shooting in Burwell.  The deceased were identified as 31-year-old Christopher Melling and his daughter, Aimee, who would have turned three later this month.

Crandall said concerned neighbors contacted police Tuesday afternoon to report that they had not seen any activity around the house recently.

Law enforcement responded to 624 East E. Street and broke out a window to gain access to the residence where they discovered the bodies.  Officers recovered a single firearm at the scene.

The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) confirmed that they are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.

The NSP, Burwell Police Department and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a joint investigation which is ongoing.

Autopsies on both bodies have been scheduled for later this week.

Burwell is about 90 miles north of Kearney.

 

COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT 

01/07/2014

01:42:06

ALARM-GENERAL

2500 E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

02:08:58

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

300 S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

02:27:38

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

AIRPORT, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

02:45:46

SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE

2300 E D ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

03:52:53

CITIZEN ASSIST

W PHILIP AV /S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

04:00:03

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

900 W B ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

04:39:38

ASSAULT- 3RD DEGREE- MINOR INJURY

1000 E 5th NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

06:22:22

ALARM – OTHER

1700 N JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

06:53:47

ESCORT- ADAMS & SWANSON

ADAMS AND SWANSON FUNERAL HOME, 421 W 4TH ST 1430 NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

07:32:34

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

AIRPORT, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

07:45:17

WATCH FOR/INFORMATION

E 4TH ST /N POPLAR ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

08:16:08

SPEEDING

400 N Buffalo North Platte, NE 69101

01/07/2014

08:31:35

SPEEDING

400 N Buffalo NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

08:52:47

OTHER DISTURBANCE

2600 W 21ST ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

09:39:19

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

1200 E 6th NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

09:42:18

WELFARE CHECK

200 E LEOTA ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

09:44:18

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

500 N Bryan NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

09:57:30

BURGLARY

800 RUSSIAN OLIVE NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

11:35:17

DEAD ANIMAL CALL

3300 W NORTH LAKE NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

11:45:25

LOOSE ANIMALS

E B ST /S SILBER AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

12:06:10

CITIZEN ASSIST

200 AMES AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

12:07:45

BURGLARY

1100 HACKBERRY RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

12:30:56

THEFT BY DECEPTION

800 S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

12:57:04

ASSIST OTH LAW ENF

2000 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

13:12:10

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

1800 W 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

13:16:26

ILLEGAL TURN

W LEOTA ST / MCNEEL LN NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

13:29:06

FAMILY DIST-NO ASSAULT

1100 S TABOR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

13:35:24

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- FROM MOTOR VEHICLE

2900 S OAK ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

14:12:54

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL

W 4TH ST /N OAK ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

14:22:50

THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING

500 EASY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

15:01:50

FOUND PROPERTY

300 MICHAEL AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

15:04:12

WATCH FOR/INFORMATION

2300 E PHILIP AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

15:21:00

DOG-STRAY FR CITIZEN

1400 N SYCAMORE ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

15:39:27

LOOSE ANIMALS

700 E PHILIP AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

15:57:53

LOOSE ANIMALS

100 S MADISON AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:02:59

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

1100 S TABOR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:09:01

OTHER DISTURBANCE

200 S COTTONWOOD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:12:50

PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT

E 4TH ST /N MCCABE AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:18:47

WELFARE CHECK

2700 W 5TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:20:16

LOOSE ANIMALS

1400 ALPHA ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

16:55:02

FOUND PROPERTY

2400 W 6TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

17:13:49

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

E 8TH ST /N POPLAR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

17:27:21

OTHER DISTURBANCE

1800 N MADISON AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

18:33:54

DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

1100 S TABOR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

19:15:54

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

1400 S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

19:18:42

PLATE CHECK

W D ST /S OAK ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

19:20:20

ALARM-GENERAL

900 S BRYAN AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

19:30:12

GEN PARK & TRAFFIC

1400 S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

20:02:36

SPEEDING

200 N Buffalo Bill AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

20:33:45

MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS

W PHILIP AV /S CARR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

20:42:36

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

W 4TH ST /N SHERMAN AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

20:42:58

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

4 / Jeffers NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

20:56:44

NO PROOF OF INSURANCE

E 4TH ST /N CHESTNUT ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

21:25:39

MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS

E 5TH ST /N WALNUT ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

21:26:25

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

1000 block S Jeffers NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

01/07/2014

21:47:00

OTHER DISTURBANCE

2600 W 20TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

22:14:44

NO PROOF OF INSURANCE

W 8TH ST /N VINE ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

22:41:46

WELFARE CHECK

2400 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

23:10:24

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

AIRPORT, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

23:15:29

MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS

E C ST /S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/07/2014

23:48:48

MOTOR VEH LIGHT REQUIREMENTS

E B ST /S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

01:15:14

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

800 N DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

01:28:39

ALARM-GENERAL

3700 W PHILIP AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

01:50:07

FALSE REPORTING

100 N BARE AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

02:07:33

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

AIRPORT, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

03:53:43

ASSAULT- 3RD DEGREE- MINOR INJURY

1400 RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

05:22:10

WELFARE CHECK

1400 RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

06:43:16

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

LBF, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

06:46:41

GEN PARK & TRAFFIC

600 E 2ND ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

07:22:29

TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL

2500 E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

07:21:32

MOTORIST ASSIST

179 MM I80 NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

01/08/2014

08:09:06

TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL

100 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

(AP) — A medical transportation company will be stationing a helicopter in Hastings to complement flights from its base at North Platte Regional Airport.

Midwest MedAir operations director Steve Gardiner says the Hastings aircraft will help the company lower its response time.

Gardiner says Midwest MedAir has based a helicopter in North Platte since 2010. It responds to upward of 400 emergency calls a year across the state.

The helicopters can carry two patients at a time. Gardiner says a crew typically consists of a pilot, a nurse and a paramedic.

The Hastings flights are expected to begin by the end of the month.

(AP) — Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is proposing a legislative crackdown on stalkers, patent trolls who target businesses, a synthetic drug known as K2 and people who solicit child pornography.

Bruning identified the measures Tuesday as his legislative priorities.

One bill by Sen. Heath Mello is designed to hinder groups that acquire patents just to collect fees and threaten businesses with litigation.

Another measure by Sen. Burke Harr would make it illegal to solicit child pornography. Current state law only bans possession of child porn.

A third measure by Sen. Danielle Conrad would treat harassment and stalking as separate criminal offenses, and would allow stiffer penalties for prior violations.

Sen. Ken Schilz will propose a ban on a new form of K2, a synthetic drug that has killed youths in Nebraska.

(AP) — An April trial is scheduled for a 65-year-old former hospital executive in Alliance accused in a child pornography case.

James “Jim” Parks pleaded not guilty on Monday to seven felony counts of possession of child pornography. He is a former member of Alliance’s Police/Citizen Advisory Board.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a four-month-long investigation began after a report from Box Butte General Hospital officials raised questions about information found on Parks’ work computer.

Authorities say a search of an email account of Parks showed conversations of a sexual nature about young girls between Parks and another man. Authorities say the account showed evidence the two men had exchanged videos and photos that depicted children sexually.

His trial is set to begin April 28.

 

(AP) — Nebraska education officials intend to devise a new way to score public schools so they can get the help they need to improve.

The Education Department will be holding schools accountable for student achievement by combining what are now numerous rankings into just a few classifications.

On Monday the officials told Nebraska State Board of Education members that the new system will assign points to numerous measures, including graduation rate, test scores and improvement. Those points will be added together to come up with one score for each school.

The score would be used to place each school and district in one of several classifications, from highest-performing to lowest-performing schools.

(AP) — The bitter cold weather in Nebraska led to a new record for peak electricity use at one of the state’s largest utilities.

The Nebraska Public Power District says it set a new winter record for power usage between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday.

The utility says it generated 2,256 megawatts of electricity Monday. That beat the previous winter record of 2,219 megawatts set in December 2009.

NPPD officials say it helped that the utility has a mix of different power sources, and it even generated more than 216 megawatts of power from wind during the peak demand period.

Two of the state’s other sizeable utilities — Omaha Public Power District and Lincoln Electric System — both came close to setting winter power usage records Monday but neither one did.