A retired North Platte physician and his wife were hospitalized Thursday after the black GMC pickup they were driving rear-ended a semi on northbound U.S. Highway 83.

Council members will be asked Tuesday to first adopt an ordinance authorizing the lease-purchase agreement. If they do, they’d decide whether to authorize Mayor Brandon Kelliher to execute the deal.

The 45-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance-methamphetamine, and possession of marijuana.

A national and local search will begin immediately to name McNea’s successor.

Students in the college’s building construction, electrical and heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technology programs build a house from the ground up every year to gain hands-on, real-world experience.

Jim Mitchell, cousin and longtime renovation colleague of Hotel Pawnee historic redeveloper Jay Mitchell, says he’s loved getting to know North Platte since they started the hotel’s restoration in October.

LB 486, offered by state Sen. Jen Day of Omaha, essentially duplicates a two-person crew bill that never reached the floor during the 2019 or 2020 Unicameral sessions.

If your February electric bill goes up due to this month’s “polar vortex,” it’ll be based on actual electric usage rather than rates, say Nebraska Public Power District and North Platte city officials.

The meeting begins at 9 a.m. Monday in the Commissioners Room at the Lincoln County Courthouse.