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(Audio) Sandhill Cranes migration coming to the area, prairie chickens and nominations for Excellence in Tourism Awards!

North Platte Post 

North Platte, Neb. - It's the time of the year when the Sandhill Cranes migration journey begins with plenty of them stopping in North Platte, Lincoln County and you can venture out to see the Sandhill Crane Migration. This year, Dusty Trails is offering tours with different parts of the day to check out this yearly migration. During the tour, you will learn about the birds and so much more. To sign up for a tour click here. You can also check out the Prairie Chickens during this time and tours are available as well. 

Nominations are now open for the North Platte Area Excellence in Tourism Awards but not a whole lot of time is left to get your nominations in. You can nominate someone in the following categories: 

Events 

Attractions 

Retail 

Volunteer of the Year 

Hero of Tourism 

If you would like to nominate someone, click here. 

POST news director Canon Rath chatted with Lisa Burke, the Executive Director of Visit North Platte about the Sandhill Cranes, Prairie Chickens, Excellence in Tourism awards and more! To learn more, check out the podcast below. 

 

(Podcast) Want to raise chickens? MPCC has class on starting your flock this Monday

Rebecca Wrage joined Derek Beck this week as she is getting ready to share her chicken knowledge and answers your poultry-raising questions in two classes coming up with Mid Plains Community College.

The next class is at the Ogallala Campus- March 10, and there will be another at the Imperial Campus on April 8.

Register today by contacting our Ogallala Campus. 308-284-9830 or ogallala@mpcc.edu
Register online for Ogallala or Imperial's class at http://bceregister.mpcc.edu

(Audio) Knight's Weekly #10 featuring North Platte Community College Men's Basketball Coach Jacob Brandl

On today's episode of Knight's Weekly, we sat down with Jacob Brandl, the Head Coach of the North Platte Community College Men's Basketball team, to discuss last week's end-of-season games against Otero and Trinidad State while getting you prepared for Postseason Basketball.

Ogallala Basketball - Postgame with Head Coach Andy Gillen after District Final

Ogallala Head Coach Andy Gillen joined Derek Beck during the Kwik Stop postgame show after Ogallala defeated Adams Central 84-52 on Saturday afternoon at Prairie View Gymnasium in Ogallala. The Indians will be a top 2 seed at the Class C1 Boys State Basketball Tournament that starts on Wednesday, March 12. That game will be heard on Flatrock 100.7 from Eagle Media.

Ogallala girls basketall falls 55-48 to Gothenburg in district final

Ogallala falls to Gothenburg 55-48 in district final, ends season 16-10

Ogallala Boys win district final over Adams Central 84-52

The Ogallala Boys Basketball team wins their 4th straight district final game and is going to the State Basketball Tournament in Lincoln for the 7th time in 8 years after defeating Adams Central 84-52 in a district final on Saturday, March 1, 2025. 

Game heard on Flatrock 100.7 FM with play-by-play by Derek Beck.

(Audio) Carasel Horses Project with Holly Carlini

POST Derek Beck sat down with Holly Carlini from the Prairie Arts Center to chat about the Carasel Horses Project Carlini has been working on. To learn more, check out the podcast below.

(Audio) Registration now open for the 2025 Polar Plunge!

North Platte Post 

North Platte, Neb. - Brave the icy cold water by taking a plunge in this year's 2025 Polar Plunge at Iron Horse Park in North Platte to benefit the Special Olympics Nebraska. The event is Saturday March 8th with registration beginning at 10:00am and the plunge begins at 11:00am.  

A minimum of $50 is needed per person before plunging in the water but you can raise more money to earn more cool swag. You can also do the plunge in teams and even wear costumes! You can register at the event, but you can also register online by clicking here. 

POST news director Canon Rath chatted with Nathan Veal about the upcoming Polar Plunge. To learn more, check out the podcast below. 

Ogallala Athletic Hall of Fame Class Announcement for 2025

Ogallala, Ne - Brent Bauer announced the first every class of the new Ogallala Athletic Hall of Fame. There will be a banquet on May 17 at the Prairie View gym, with keynote speaker Terry Pettit, former Nebraska Volleyball Coach. Bauer made the announcement at halftime of the Ogallala vs Sidney Subdistrict basketball game on February 27.

(LISTEN) North Platte Catholic Schools excited to host 50th Annual Irish Fest this Sunday

NORTH PLATTE – Sunday, March 2nd, the North Platte Catholic Schools will hold the 50th annual Irish Fest celebration at St. Patrick’s High School, 500 S. Silber, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m. The entire community is  invited to get into the Irish spirit with a day full of family fun! The event features a homemade roast beef  dinner, mini carnival games and prizes, Fun Jumpz, a silent auction, bake sale, and raffle. The event is open to  the public and all proceeds support the North Platte Catholic Schools.   

This year’s Irish Fest Raffle offers the following prizes: $500 cash, two $250 Kwik Stop gift cards, $200 Dave’s  Place March Madness, $250 SCRIP certificate, and a MacBook Air laptop. Raffle tickets are $2.00 each and are  on sale now at any of the North Platte Catholic Schools offices, or from any North Platte Catholic Schools  student. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the event on March 2nd. The raffle drawing will be held at  2:50 p.m., and you do not have to be present to win.   

The Irish Fest silent auction will be held online. Anyone is welcome to bid by registering at:  www.bidpal.net/irishfest25. Bidding will open at 12:00 p.m. on March 1st, and will close at 2:45 p.m. on  February 25th.   

Irish Fest, originally called “Mardi Gras,” was first celebrated by the North Platte Catholic Schools on Tuesday,  February 11, 1975. In the early years it was held on Fat Tuesday prior to the start of the Lenten season. Later it  was changed to Sunday, and has been a tradition since. For the past 50 years, Irish Fest has involved hundreds   

of volunteers and proceeds have provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to the operating budget of the  North Platte Catholic School system.