A legislative bill seeks to void a Nebraska deal with the feds that converted a state prison into an ICE detention facility in McCook.

January 2, 2026 McCOOK, Neb. - Virginia "Ginny" Bortner was surrounded by her family when she passed away at the homeplace north of McCook on Friday morning, January 2, 2026, after suffering from ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - The office of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a detention facility for people awaiting deportation and other ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A group of Nebraska senators is calling on Gov. Jim Pillen to hold a public hearing about the new ICE detention facility that will take over the Work Ethic Camp in McCook. In a ...

In early September 2025, as McCook was still absorbing the effects of the imposed WEC/ICE transition, the U.S. Department of Justice formally requested that Nebraska turn over its unredacted voter ...

9:42 p.m. UPDATE: The city’s water treatment plant is back up and running, and the water restriction has been removed. MCCOOK, Neb. (KSNW) — Residents of McCook, Nebraska, are subject to mandatory ...

AND ONLINE AS WE LEARN MORE. BACK HERE AT HOME. MCCOOK NEBRASKA IN THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT AFTER GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN ANNOUNCED IT WOULD SERVE AS THE HOME BASE FOR AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY. IT ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to turn a work ethic camp in McCook into an ICE detention facility is getting some pushback. A Legislative committee plans to hold a hearing to ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - The State of Nebraska on Friday published a redacted version of its contract with the Department of Homeland Security to use the Work Ethic Camp in McCook to house ICE detainees ...

McCOOK, Neb. (KOLN) - The office of Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced Tuesday that the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook will be used as a detention facility for people awaiting deportation and other ...