Marilyn McGahan has been chosen to receive the 2024 President’s Award from Mid-Plains Community College. McGahan said she was “surprised, humbled and honored” by the selection. She will be recognized at the college’s commencement ceremony in North Platte May 10. “How rewarding it is to realize I have been part of working with many others […]

Failure is not an option. That’s the mantra Seth Brown has repeated over and over to himself the past few years, and the father of five hopes his children remember it. A former high school dropout, Brown knows a thing or two about conquering obstacles. He plans to share his story as this year’s student […]

Mid-Plains Community College rode away with the men’s team championship Saturday at the Jackrabbit Stampede in Brookings, S.D. The women on the MPCC Rodeo Team took fourth in the overall standings. “With all the traveling going on, the students have done a great job of making the short practice weeks count and using their time […]

The North Platte Community College music department will have its end-of-year concert April 30. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the McDonald-Belton Theater on the south campus, 601 W. State Farm Rd., in North Platte. The “We Are One” themed multicultural concert will feature performances by the Jazzy Knights, Knightingales and Knightly Singers. The […]

The Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team is off to a strong start for its spring season. The team brought home three championships from the Iowa State University Cyclone Stampede Rodeo in Ames, Iowa over the weekend. It was the first competition for the team since the fall season wrapped up in October. The men’s team […]

From the simplicity of rural Nebraska to the hustle and bustle of city life, Jessica Epting is proof that humble beginnings are sometimes the best kind. Epting is a visual information specialist at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world, where her days are full of creativity and intrigue. […]