Kearney's Hot Meals USA heads to North Platte as wildfires rage MARY JANE SKALA and MIKE KONZ Mar 17, 2026 Mar 17, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “We’ve got a mess on our hands.”kAm%92E’D 9@H w@E |62=D &$p 7@F?56C 2?5 AC6D:56?E s:4< r@49C2? 56D4C:365 E96 H:=57:C6D :? 46?EC2= 2?5 H6DE6C? }63C2D<2]k^AmkAmw@E |62=D &$p H2D 9625:?8 @FE E@ }@CE9 !=2EE6 62C=J %F6D52J E@ D6CG6 7:C67:89E6CD 2?5 7:CDE C6DA@?56CD H9@ 2C6 H@C<:?8 E96 |@CC:== 2?5 r@EE@?H@@5 7:C6D] w@E |62=D H:== 4@@< >62=D :? }@CE9 !=2EE6 2?5 D6CG6 3@E9 E96C6 2?5 :? ~82==2=2[ H9:49 :D cd >:?FE6D 2H2J[ r@49C2? 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Google proposes Nebraska data center requiring more power than all of Lincoln Jury finds Lincoln father guilty of child abuse resulting in death of 4-month-old daughter Governor says Nebraska grandmother died in Morrill Fire trying to escape Former U.S. Marshal Mark Martinez runs for Douglas County sheriff Wildfires in Lancaster, Gage counties prompt evacuations Biz buzz: A new coffee stop; a Gateway boutique; longtime Lincoln favorite gets an upgrade kAmw@E |62=D G@=F?E66CD 4@@<65 7@@5 :? z62C?6J @? uC:52J 27E6C?@@? 2?5 56=:G6C65 3C62<72DE E@ b__ 7:C67:89E6CD :? ~D9<@D9 3J eib_ 2]>] $2EFC52J] p?@E96C ?@?AC@7:E AC@G:565 >62=D :? ~D9<@D9 $F?52J 2?5 |@?52J]k^AmkAmr@49C2? D2:5 E96 ~D9<@D9 4@>>2?5 46?E6C[ H9:49 C2? C6DA@?D6 E@ H:=57:C6D =2E6 =2DE H66< 2?5 @G6C E96 H66<6?5[ 92D 366? D9FE 5@H? 2?5 :D 36:?8 >@G65 E@ ~82==2=2]k^Am A Hot Meals USA volunteer serves meals to firefighters in Oshkosh on Saturday. Hot Meals will head to North Platte early Tuesday. 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