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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) Board of Governors will gather on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at North Platte Community College’s North Campus to address several significant items impacting students and campus facilities...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors convened for its regular meeting Wednesday evening in McCook, where student trustees from both the North Platte and McCook campuses provided updates. Jaelyn Dicke, representing North Platte, shared highlights of student activities on her campus, while McCook’s Kyler Cox, student life secretary, reported on recent events in McCook...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — At its meeting Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved key financial actions, including a $5,061,615 property tax levy to fund the 2024-25 budget and the adoption of a $61,984,583 total budget. The decisions followed public hearings where no opposition or comments were received from attendees...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) Board of Governors is set to hold a public property tax hearing on Wednesday at North Platte Community College’s North Campus. The meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., will cover critical fiscal decisions required by law to fund the college’s operations for the upcoming year...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved an annual budget of nearly $62 million at a regular meeting Wednesday in North Platte. The Board gave the green light to publish the proposed budget for the upcoming year, which anticipates total expenditures of $61,984,583...

McCook, Neb. – A proposal for a Sports Media Club at McCook Community College is among the items of business at the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room 213 of McMillan Hall, 1205 E. Third in McCook...

VALENTINE, Neb. — A number of routine but big-ticket items were approved by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors, meeting Wednesday in Valentine. They approved bills totaling $2,301,842.82 for April, and decided to greenlight a five-year contract for Jenzabar as a Service (JaaS) cloud fees, amounting to $2,241,779...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College math instructor Micah Marvin has been named winner of the 2024 Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — The works of MCC Graphic Design and Visual Communication students will be on display at the Wrightstone Gallery on campus through Friday. This exhibit represents both first-year students as well as graduating students under long-time instructor, Becky Meyers, who is retiring after this semester...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Red Willow County Fair Board will be recognized with a President’s Award for its support and commitment to Mid-Plains Community College in providing quality postsecondary educational opportunities. The award will be presented at McCook Community College’s Commencement May 10 at 10 a.m. at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a new program and major software expenditure at their meeting Wednesday evening in McCook. The board greenlit the Medical Laboratory Technician program review as presented, endorsing the forwarding of the report to the Coordinating Commission for Post Secondary Education, and approved a five-year contract for Jenzabar Campus Marketplace software, with the Board approving it at a cost of $248,653.41...

McCOOK, Neb. - The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors is set to convene for its regular session on Wednesday, April 17, at McCook Community College, located at 1205 East Third Street in McCook. The session will take place in McMillen Hall Room #213, commencing at 6:30 p.m...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Sports kudos and a remodeling project were among the items on the agenda when the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors convened for a regular session on Wednesday at the North Platte Community College north campus. One highlight of the meeting was the introduction of the NPCC Knights Women’s Basketball Team to the Board. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Remodeling of a building in Benkelman is one of the items on a short agenda for the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors Wednesday. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the W. W. Wood Room 200 on the North Campus at 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. — Area high school students took exams and made presentations in 26 academic subjects Wednesday at McCook Community College’s Inter-High Day. More than $15,000 was awarded in scholarships and another $25,000 awarded in free tuition credits...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College Student Life office is sponsoring a blood drive with the American Red Cross in McCook Jan. 30. The drive will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the McCook Community College student union. Earlier this month the American Red Cross announced that it is facing an emergency blood shortage as it experiences the lowest number of people giving blood in the last 20 years. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Meeting in North Platte Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors elected new officers, with Cynthia Duncan as board chair, Kim Korgan as vice chair, Kirk Crawley as secretary/treasurer, and Matthew Broz as assistant secretary/treasurer. Ernie Mehl and Kent Miller were appointed as the board’s Nebraska Community College Association representatives...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — An immigrant who found success through the American Dream will speak in Imperial and McCook next month as part of a speaker series offered by Mid-Plains Community College. Luis Sotelo is the vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Doane University in Crete. He will present, “The Dream We Share: An Immigrant’s Story on What it Means to Find a Place in America.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Two major purchases for McCook Community College were approved by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors Wednesday night. The purchase of LED video displays, controllers, shot clocks, and other accessories for the Graff Events Center Gymnasium from ScoreVision was greenlit at $180,380. Additionally, a sole source bid for an ambulance simulator from Echo Healthcare, including installation and shipping, was approved for $290,000...

McCOOK, Neb. — The scientific research of two McCook Community College sophomores were centerstage Wednesday as part of the annual Biology Research Symposium. Students presented their findings in Tipton Hall’s Weeth Theater. Sophomores Dylan Harvie (McCook) and Josiah Goshert (Arapahoe) offered their original research on terrestrial isopods, also known as roly polies...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) Board of Governors decided to keep tuition and fees stable for the 2024-25 academic year, mirroring the rates of the current academic year. However, during the regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday, the board approved a housing cost increase of $100 per semester and an 8% uptick in food expenses per semester...

McCOOK, Neb. — Three McCook Community College teams received accolades for outstanding seasons at Wednesday’s Mid Plains Community College board meeting in McCook. MCC Baseball Head Coach Jon Olson team’s 33 wins during the 2022-23 season was the most in the last decade...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — With no one speaking in favor or against the proposal, the Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved a $51.6 million 2023-24 budget Wednesday. The budget uses of property taxes to fund the 2023-24 budget in the amount of $17,405,380 in property taxes, and increases the base limitation by 1%, carrying forward to 2024-25 the unused budget authority of $4,738,980.67 from 2023-24 and preceding fiscal years...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid-Plains Community College board is set to adopt a $51.594 million annual budget at its regular meeting Wednesday. Meeting at 6:40 p.m. in the North Campus, 1101 Halligan Drive, the governors will consider a plan that calls for $17.405 million in property taxes and a 1% increase in the base limitations, carrying forward $4.738 million from the 2023-24 to 2024-25 budget year...

McCOOK, Neb. — The next Hormel Entrepreneurship Competition has started, and $25,000 could be the top prize for startup or expanding businesses in seven Southwest Nebraska counties. Residents in Furnas, Frontier, Red Willow, Hayes, Hitchcock, Chase and Dundy counties who have a business idea or a plan to expand a current business are encouraged to apply. The deadline is Nov. 1 for the application and competition agreement...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College Career Services department will host a job fair Wednesday, Aug. 30, to connect area businesses with prospective employees. The event, which is open to the public, will be from 10 a.m. to noon on the main campus walkway north of von Riesen Library...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College Theater Department will host auditions for “Dracula’s Ship” Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. “Dracula’s Ship” is a new play written by Mark Hardiman, theater instructor at MCC. Inspired by Bram Stoker’s original text, it is the story of a crew that discovers vampires aboard their ship and the crew’s subsequent struggle to survive...

McCOOK, Neb. — Community Hospital in McCook has pledged $250,000 toward the construction of McCook Community College’s East Campus. The project, which officially launched with a brickbreaking ceremony July 19, will allow the college to expand beyond its formerly landlocked borders and offer increased and enhanced training for students, businesses and industries...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following a brick-breaking ceremony celebrating the new East Campus of McCook Community College, Mid-Plains Community College governors approved more than $2.2 million in regular bills as well as nearly $200,000 for repairs, software and electronic signatures...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College broke bricks on the East Campus renovation project in the old Elks Building Wednesday afternoon. McCook Community College president Ryan Purdy said that the school was able to secure just over $9 million from the state's COVID allocations fund and allow the school to complete the renovations in just one phase...

McCOOK, Neb. — The public is invited to attend a brick-breaking ceremony for the new McCook Community College East Campus at 4 p.m. July 19. The campus, at 905 E. Seventh St. in McCook, was formerly the Elks Club. Owners Perry and Vicky Case donated the building and surrounding property to the college in 2015 in the hopes that it could be used for educational purposes...

Mid-Plains governors approve salaries for certain employees, president OGALLALA, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a 4.25% increase for staff and a 5% increase for the college president at a regular meeting Wednesday in Ogallala...

There are very few places in the world like a junior college. McCook is little to no one’s final destination, and when I first got here fresh out of high school this was a hard concept for me to grasp. Basic college rule says that this is the time in your life where you are supposed to meet your best friends and wish that these years would never end. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Renelle Mooney, a McCook Community College business instructor, has been named winner of the Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — Major expenditures approved by the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors Wednesday night included a one-time cost of $34,560 for software from Jenzabar and an annual maintenance fee of $23,300 for a total $57,560; a $63,900 production printer and setup from Capital Business Systems Inc., and athletic insurance from Hub/Dissinger Reed for $99,900 and catastrophic insurance from Zurich for $5,866...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College Theater is having auditions for “Swashbuckling Scallywags at the Bilgewater Inn and Groggery,” a slapstick comedy by Mark Hardiman. Auditions are set for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Weeth Theatre in Tipton Hall on the campus...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A major remodeling project for McCook was advanced Wednesday during the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors’ regular monthly meeting. A not-to-exceed price of $10.4 million with Samson Construction for remodeling of the old Elks Club into the McCook Community College East Campus was approved. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Meeting in McCook on Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College governors will be asked to waive one requirement so an architectural firm can be used for an electrical building on the North Campus of North Platte Community College. The firm, Wilkins Architecture Design Planning, had already provided qualification documents for planning the East Campus renovation for McCook Community College...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Meeting in North Platte Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors broke ground on a major building project, approved a new three-year contract with the college president and agreed to sell a small parcel of land in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. — The following is the McCook Community College commencement address given by student speaker Kimberlee Sweeney at today’s graduation: 1. No great things are ever accomplished unless you try. Hello! Welcome graduates, families, faculty, and staff to this year’s graduation. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sheri Hink-Wagner has been named McCook Community College’s winner of the Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Hink-Wagner was selected by the college’s Gene Budig Award selection committee and submitted to the Mid-Plains Community College Cabinet. Budig who was an MCC graduate, provides a $1,000 award each year to recognize and honor outstanding educators...

McCOOK, Neb. — For someone who admittedly always hated school, Kimberlee Sweeney is proof that with the right motivation, a person can conquer all sorts of life’s obstacles. On her first day of kindergarten in Indianola, Sweeney came home from school and unenthusiastically told her mom the first day was, “Fine.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following an executive session, the Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved a 3.85% increase in administrative salaries and 3.85% hourly increase for classified staff, the latter half divided equally and half by percentage...

McCOOK, Neb. — Nearly 400 of the brightest and best students from 15 area high schools will be in McCook Wednesday for the annual Inter-high Day Scholastic Competition. Nearly $20,000 in scholarships and another $25,000 in free tuition credits are up for grabs at this annual competition...

McCOOK, Neb. — In preparation for the move into the new Child Development Center in Walsh-Brady Hall McCook Community College has set up an online for numerous daycare items. The auction will ends at 7 p.m. Monday, March 8. Bidding is only available online. Bidders must have an account to bid. You can sign and register with Goggle, Facebook, or AirAuctioneer account...

McCOOK, Neb. — The chairman of Wyoming’s U.S. Commission on Civil Rights advisory committee will be the featured speaker during presentations at Mid-Plains Community College campuses in North Platte and McCook Jan. 17. Dr. Robert Byrd will speak at 11 a.m. in the McDonald-Belton Theater on the North Platte Community College South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd., North Platte...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors accepted a $942,268 bid from Paulsen Inc. of Cozad to build a roadway between U.S. Highway 83 and Willow, leading to the North Platte Community College south campus. Meeting in North Platte Wednesday, also accepted an audit report from Dana F. Cole and Co., and held an 18-minute closed session regarding personnel and negotiations. No action was taken after the board reconvened in open session...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Mid Plains Community College board of governors will consider a bid to build a roadway between U.S. Highway 83 and the North Platte Community College South Campus this week. The items is part of the agenda for the regular meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the NPCC North Campus, 1101 Halligan Drive...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College is offering a class, “Implicit Bias Training For Law Enforcement Personnel” on Dec. 21 from 1-4 p.m. at room 224 of Barnett Hall. The cost is $55. Implicit Bias Training is for law enforcement personnel and this course satisfies three hours of continuing education for law enforcement...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College and McCook High School are set for opening night for the musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Friday at 7 p.m. with additional performances Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at The McCook High School Auditorium...

McCOOK, Neb. — A public hearing on the purchase of a tract of Cherry County real estate for the Mid-Plains Community College Valentine campus is one of the main items on an MPCC board of governors meeting set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in McCook. It will be in McMillen Hall Room 213 on the McCook Community College campus...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Bill Hoyt has spent a lifetime looking out for those around him. He wouldn’t have it any other way. “I’m a guard dog by nature,” Hoyt said. “I have no problem focusing my time and energy taking care of those in need.” It’s a philosophy he developed at an early age thanks to his background in agriculture. Hoyt was raised on a farm south of McCook where he had many day-to-day responsibilities, including caring for his family’s animals...

McCOOK, Neb. — Morgan Peterson of Imperial was named winner of the 2021 Hormel Youth Entrepreneurship competition through McCook Community College. Peterson was one of four finalists for the competition who made business plan presentations Saturday. She received $5,000 for her business, ImpERFECT Confections...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The proposed budget for Mid-Plains Community College would leave the levy unchanged for the 2021-22 fiscal year and lead to a relatively small increase in property taxes. Under the proposal, which will be voted on Sept. 15, the levy would remain at 7.456 cents per $100 of valuation. Of that, two cents would go toward the capital fund and 5.456 cents would be for operations...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community College’s Summer Kids Theater Camp will present two performances of “James and the Giant Peach Jr.” Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. The musical will be at the Weeth Theater in Tipton Hall on the MCC campus. There will be a free-will donation...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A generous donation by the Nebraska Grain and Feed Association could soon make Grain Bin Safety training available to even more individuals in Mid-Plains Community College’s service area and beyond. The NEGFA, which has provided 125 years of service to Nebraska’s commercial grain and animal feed manufacturing businesses, announced its dissolution in May...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Meeting in North Platte Wednesday night, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved Shooting Sports and eSports as official student clubs, with more information to be provided later. After a closed session, the board also approved minor amendments to a negotiated agreement...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook Community College instructor who was an instrumental part of the campus for almost 40 years, passed away Wednesday. Janet Stalder was hired Aug. 14, 1981, as a full-time business and office technology instructor and taught accounting/business, business and technology and computer science classes to thousands of students...

McCOOK, Neb. -- English teacher Lisa Beans was named the 2021 winner of the McCook Community College Gene Budig Award for Outstanding Faculty. The announcement came at the college’s Commencement activities Friday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

BELOW LEFT: Laura Nokes and sons Trevor and Parker accept the McCook Community College’s President’s Award from Mid-Plains President Ryan Purdy on behalf of their late husband and father, Garrett, at this morning’s MCC Commencement Ceremonies. “He loved the sport of rodeo,” Laura said, “and he was passionate about it. ...

McCOOOK, Neb. -- Like a lot of high school seniors, Genevieve “Evie” Hopkinson, didn’t really know exactly what she wanted as graduation approached at Springville High School in Spanish Fork, Utah. Attending college -- anywhere -- was not an appealing path. She just wanted to get started working full time, earn some money, eventually open up her own business and maybe travel...

McCOOK, Neb. - McCook native Garrett Nokes will be posthumously honored with a President’s Award at McCook Community College’s commencement ceremony May 7. Nokes was a coach for the Mid-Plains Community College rodeo team from the fall of 2014 until his passing in February of this year. He made a tremendous impact on both the team and the college during that time...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Since the mid-1980s McCook Community College’s Family and Consumer Sciences department (FACS) and the Child Development Center (CDC) have been educating infants through college students in the lower level of Walsh Brady Hall. That space is getting a complete remodel this summer...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The portfolio works of five Mid-Plains Community College students pursuing Fine Arts degree is on display through April 30 at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery at McCook Community College. An opening reception is set for Friday from 5-8 p.m. in the gallery, which is open to the public...

McCOOK, Neb. — Meeting in McCook Wednesday, Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a $199,900 bid from Master’s Transportation for a 2020 39-passenger Freightliner M2 106 Executive Coach bus for North Platte Community College. Among those receiving recognition were:...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors will consider the retirement of a long-time McCook Community College teacher plan for the next three years of capital improvements and instructional equipment. Meeting in McCook Community College McMillen Hall 213 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the board will also conduct a closed session regarding personnel and negotiations, consider bids for a bus for North Platte Community College, consider moving the next board meeting from May 19 to May 26...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors gave administrators and classified staff salary increases delayed during last year’s pandemic uncertainties. Noting that MPCC was one of the few colleges that reopened last fall with minor capacity restrictions while maintaining precautions, the board approved, retroactive to July 1, 2020 a 2 percent increase in administrative salaries including the president’s as well as a 35 cents-per hour increase for classified staff wages...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Two major building-related projects and an executive session regarding personnel are on the agenda for Wednesday night’s meeting of the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors. It is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the North Platte Community College north campus, 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community College’s Social Justice Club and Student Services invited students, faculty and staff in a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday at the MCC Student Union. Members of the club led informal and education discussions about Dr. King and his influences...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College governors voted against purchasing land adjacent to the Imperial campus, picked an engineer for roadway connecting the U.S. Highway 83 to the North Platte South Campus, and approved bonds for refinancing the Health Complex in North Platte and the Events Center in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College’s two art instructors are coming together for a showcase of their works at a new exhibit at the Wrightstone Fine Arts Gallery at McCook Community College. The works of MCC Instructor Rick Johnson along with North Platte Community College Instructor Dik Haneline will be on display now through Feb. 28 at the Wrightstone Gallery...

McCOOK, Neb. -- By popular demand “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ heartwarming, holiday classic returns to virtual life in an on-demand recorded collaboration between McCook Community College Theater and Southwest Nebraska Community Theater Association Dec. 15-28...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College will consider the purchase of property adjacent to the Imperial Community Campus at the board of governors’ regular meeting Wednesday. Previously tabled, the purchase will be discussed in a closed session, followed by the possible authorization of the president to enter into a real estate purchase...

OGALLALA, Neb. -- Meeting in Ogallala Wednesday, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved a 4% raise for faculty for 2021-22. The agreement with the Mid-Plains Faculty Association also includes a retirement contribution match of up to 9.25%...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will close Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving break. That includes all campuses in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine. The college will reopen Nov. 30.

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid Plains Community College governors selected an architect for McCook Community College’s East Campus and North Platte Community College’s Health and Science Center. Meeting in McCook Wednesday, the board awarded the contracts to ADP Wilkens of Kearney...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Applications officially open Nov. 1 for the next round of the Hormel Entrepreneurship Competition and a chance at a share of $25,000. This competition is open to residents in seven area counties who have business ideas or plans to expand an existing businesses...

McCOOK, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors will make a recommendation for an architect Wednesday for the McCook Community College East Campus. Besides the MCC East Campus — the old Elks Club — governors will recommend an architect for the North Platte Community College Health & Science Center...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College campuses in McCook, North Platte and Imperial have new looks for the fall semester. MPCC’s temporary switch to remote learning in March due to COVID-19 put the college ahead of schedule construction-wise as the quiet campuses allowed crews to start early on a series of planned improvements...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved Specialized Engineering Services of Ogallala as engineers for the HVAC upgrade at Brooks Hall in McCook, approved a proposed budget for publication prior to a public hearing Sept. 16, and took steps to purchase property on State Farm Road for $181,500, about seven acres for a rodeo practice arena...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The most important thing any of McCook Community College students will learn this year began before they arrived on campus. “We wear masks so we can stay open,” said Kelly Rippen, MCC Vice President. It’s a message that has been repeated in the weeks leading up the start of fall classes Sunday and a message that was repeated frequently during staff preparation days, student move-in days and new student orientation. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- They’re the frontline workers – the first to respond when someone is injured or sick. They take control of emergency situations, provide immediate care, calm fears and often block the door between life and death. With the ongoing pandemic, emergency medical technicians are needed more than ever. Many communities rely on volunteer EMTs to work with fire and emergency service departments in their areas...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The following is the text of McCook Community College student speaker Trevor Oberg's speech today at MCC commencement ceremonies: “The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that looked like they couldn't be done” Arnold Palmer...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook Community College instructor who is known for his passion about his program, his students, his college, and his community, has been named winner of the Dr. Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award for 2020. Art Instructor Rick Johnson, who began teaching in the fall semester of 2004, was nominated by several colleagues and fellow staff and ultimately selected by the Budig Award selection committee and submitted to the Mid-Plains Community College Cabinet. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will host commencement ceremonies Friday at campuses in McCook and North Platte. The McCook Community College ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. That will be followed by the North Platte Community College commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on NPCC’s South Campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Trevor Oberg admits he was an average student when he attended McCook High School. He golfed, but not really at the level you might expect for someone hoping to compete in college. McCook Community College Golf Coach Tyler Loop took a chance. In part because of his work ethic and determination and the subsequent results, Oberg has been named McCook Community College’s Student Commencement Speaker. Ceremonies are set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

McCOOK, Neb. -- For the better part of four decades, Roger Wilson immersed himself into almost every aspect of McCook Community College. He came to McCook in 1970 as a biology instructor and retired in 1999. He then coached women’s basketball for a year. In 2002, he was elected to the Mid-Plains Area Governing Board and served for eight years and retired again – believing in term limits...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As Mid-Plains Community College campuses prepare for the return of students this fall, the board of governors is making sure facilities will be there to serve them over the long term. A number of current and future building projects were among the items on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting at the McCook Community College student union...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- All MPCC campuses – those in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine – are now reopened after being closed to the public March 30 to limit exposure to COVID-19. While they have reopened, there are new safeguards in place...

McCOOK, Neb. -- In March, when lack of COVID-19 testing became a key issue in the battle to flatten the coronavirus curve, a McCook Community College graduate shifted her biomedical research pursuits in Texas to help administer a backlog of COVID-19 tests...

MCC’s ‘Bridge’ program has sophomore excited for college McCOOK, Neb. -- One year ago, McCook High School graduate Bria Simmons spent most of her summer dreading the thought of college. She just wanted to get out of McCook, and planned to start her academic life fresh in Omaha. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community board of governors approved several major expenditures during a meeting Wednesday. They included $116,270 to Halls Electric and Services for server room electrical upgrades on the North Platte Community College north campus; $66,823.64 to ConvergeOne for four 10-gig switches for the server room, and $102,870 for athletic and catastrophic insurance for Gallagher...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Three members of the local theater community have signed on to take part in a virtual presentation of ‘Thinking of Her…’ a romantic one-act play by Chicago playwright Jack Helbig produced by McCook Community College Theater and Cutlass Artists...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A number of electronic upgrades are on the agenda for the Mid Plains Community College board of governors meeting. It will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday the NPCC North Campus, 1101 Halligan Drive in North Platte, as well as through distance learning locations in McCook, Ogallala and Broken Bow...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College is moving ahead with plans to begin the fall semester Aug. 23 as originally scheduled. MPCC will continue to follow directed health measures outlined by the state pertaining to COVID-19 to provide safety for students, staff and visitors...