Tag: Morrill

Lineworker Appreciation

(MORRILL, Neb.) — The Village of Morrill took time to once again show recognition to the amazing lineworkers serving our area with this excellent in-action photo.

From Village of Morrill

Thank a lineworker this week.

When storms hit or disaster strikes and the power goes out, they are the first responders, regardless of time or day. They put in countless hours maintaining the power lines that power our lives!

April 18th is Lineworker Appreciation Day, a time to honor the employees who do this vital work. The Village of Morrill has 2 Journeymen Linemen and 1 apprentice who do a dangerous job. And they sometimes do that job under the most extreme conditions – blazing heat, pouring rain, high winds and also frigid winter storms.

Take the time and join us in thanking lineworkers for all they do!

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April 20; Morrill Soup Supper

Morrill Nebraska Volunteer Fire Department annual soup supper

Save the date!

We can’t wait to see everyone…

Saturday, April 20th, 2024

5pm to 7pm at the Morrill Fire Hall

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Hiring; Penny’s Diner

Penny’s Diner in Morrill is hiring cooks.

Apply on Indeed or here.

📸 Maryann Stoller-Hoag

LOOK WHO ELSE IS HIRING

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Hiring; Morrill County Sheriff’s Office

Part-Time Administrative Assistant

The Morrill County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting applications for part-time Administrative Assistant approximately 20 hours per week Monday through Friday.

Administrative Assistant duties include bookkeeping, processing civil service legal documents, assisting with title inspections and gun permit applications, and answering non-emergency phone calls.

This position requires excellent verbal and written communications skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office. Experience preferred but willing to train the best candidate.

Applicant must be 19 years of age, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be of exceptional moral character with no felony or serious misdemeanor convictions.

Applications can be picked up at the Morrill County Sheriff’s Office at 113 West 6th Street, Bridgeport, NE or emailed upon request by calling 308-262-0408.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Morrill County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WANTED : Martin Palomo, 52

UPDATE: Martin Palomo was taken into custody this afternoon, Feb 1, 2024, according to the Morrill NE Police Department.

MEDIA RELEASE:

On 01/31/2024, around 11:30 am, the Morrill Police Department was notified of a female stabbing victim that was treated at the Regional West Medical Center Emergency Room.

Officers responded and determined that the 40-year-old female victim had been stabbed in the abdomen and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The incident occurred at a local residence, and the victim was transported to the hospital by two roommates following the incident.

During the investigation, the suspect was identified as 52-year-old MARTIN PALOMO of Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Palomo, charging him with 1st Degree Domestic Assault (Class IIA Felony), Use of a Deadly Weapon to Commit a Felony (Class II Felony), Possession of a Deadly Weapon by Prohibited Person (Class III Felony), Burglary (Class IIA Felony) and Terroristic Threats (Class IIIA Felony).

A search warrant was executed at a Gering residence after information was received that Mr. Palomo may be at that residence, but he was not located. The whereabouts of Mr. Palomo are not known at this time.

The Morrill Police Department and Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident and were assisted by the Scottsbluff Police Department, Gering Police Department, Mitchell Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol, Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office Drone Team, Gering Fire Department, Regional West Medical Center Ambulance Service.

Anyone with information about Mr. Palomo’s whereabouts may contact the Scotts Bluff County Communications Center at 308-436-6666.

WANTED : Martin Palomo, 52

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Arrested After Pursuit

By Panhandle Scanner

January 26, 2024

(MORRILL, Neb.) — Scanner traffic picked up a search that was going on for a suspect for an unknown crime Friday morning. We’re sure that they knew what crime was, we just didn’t hear the entire call.

www.diggingdeeper.net/listen

Here’s what we did capture;

0935 NSP Scanner traffic indicates a possible standoff with a suspect who has possibly pulled a knife. Scotts Bluff County Deputies are enroute. Listen yourself or follow us for details. In either case, always stay away from any active scene and yield to emergency personnel. This is a developing scenario with changing circumstances. Keep following us and stay out of the way and we’ll provide updates as soon as possible.

0939 Switching to Secure 5 – We know some of you don’t like it when they go to the encrypted secure channel, but it’s necessary for the safety of the officers. #backtheblue

UPDATE 10:19 am : Subject was not in the home, so not a standoff. They continue to search for the subject. We will not reveal where they are searching at this time, but the subject has reportedly been spotted. An arrest should occur soon.

UPDATE 10:21 am : 10-15, we are 10-15. Subject has been arrested in Morrill.

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Morrill Water Issues

Saturday Jan 20, 2024 10:30 pm

The Village of Morrill is currently experiencing an issue with no water. They are working as quickly as they can to restore water. The entire town has no water service.

From the Village, “The Village of Morrill is aware of the issue with the water and we are working diligently with the regional water field to get the problem fixed. Due to the issue with the regional water field the water is going to have to be chlorinated until further notice.”

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Morrill Water Tower

From The Village of Morrill

The Village is aware that there is water coming out of the water tower.

Apparently there is an issue on the Regional water field where a meter froze up so they let the water through to keep our tower full and it is now over full and that is what’s causing the water to run out.

We do not have any problem on our end.

Follow The Village of Morrill here.

New Morrill Water Tower seen in the distance.

📸 Google Maps

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2023; The Year in Review

A Quick History

The Scotts Bluff County Scanner went online originally over a decade ago when a local citizen asked Brian Hale at Hale Multimedia if it was possible to ‘rebroadcast’ the police scanner feed off his radio onto the internet for anyone to listen to for free.

After some research and some scanner and computer programming, they found a way to do it through a company called Broadcastify.

After securing the proper hardware, software, and licensing, the scanner began streaming in September of 2009, followed immediately by a Facebook page that grew to 3600 followers in the first two years.

Between 2009-2021, Brian was able to enlist the help of several volunteer admins. Some were really good, and some caused much trouble, but that is to be expected from a volunteer crew.

After a mysterious disappearance of our page in August 2018 (7.9k followers) we started over and built it back up to the original following in two years, then saw steady growth of around 3k per year since.

However, after seeing a decline in popularity and participation in 2020-2021, Brian and Andi determined it was time to devote more of a full-time effort to the cause, taking over management in 2022.

Brian and Andi Hale own and manage Hale Multimedia, Hale Broadcasting, and Digging Deeper Media and are the founders / owners of the scanner project. Hale Multimedia has been developing websites since 1998 with over 1,000 satisfied clients in 30 states.

A Few 2023 Highlights

  • Full Time Management; Brian and Andi Hale have always been involved, but took over the full-time management of the SBCO Scanner in October of 2022, monitoring situations 24/7, researching, writing articles, posting, spending 30+ hours a week on the project.
  • Full-time Volunteer Scanner Engineer Robert Chrysafis joined our team lending a much needed professional element to providing our signal to the public without interruption for any reason other than a power outage or equipment failure.
  • All previous records were broken in every category in 2023; reach, impressions, engagement, and growth of nearly 5,000 new followers in a single year, despite the scanner feed being encrypted by all local police and fire departments.
  • 1 Million People Reached; hard to imagine since we set out to reach 70,000 when we started. (SH reported daily reach in their prime)
  • Partnership with Nebraska Panhandle Weather Alerts and Road Conditions; one of the best business decision we made this year was to get to know and work closely with David Park Jr. Never judge a book by its cover. He will eat you alive, lol.
  • Small Business Saturdays; One of our most successful weekend ideas ever. This idea has helped hundreds of small businesses reach a large audience of really friendly people. 😀 Our 4 Quarterly Winners and Annual Champ are featured throughout.
  • Multiple Missing / Runaways Found; Our passion is to help others, and our training is in the area of youth ministry, so we work hard to bring these kids back safely.
  • Name Change; with thousands of followers and engagements all over the panhandle, we opted for a name change to better reflect the territory we cover.
  • New Website; with a new brand, comes a new website, and Hale Multimedia is always ready to help! http://www.panhandlescanner.com
  • New and Returning Sponsors; Not only are we picking up incredible new sponsors (The Detailing Company, Western Sleep Medicine), but we are also very happy to have major renewals from R&C Welding, AST, Stagecoach Stop, Kendell Henderson, Midwest Auto & Hampton Inn & Suites.

Most Read Stories of 2023

The hostage standoff was the single most read incident with the other four categories that included multiple stories. The number represents the number of times the posts were viewed, according to Meta.

1. The Hostage Standoff 369k+

2. Weather & Road Closures 301k+

3. Missing Persons Updates 262k+

4. Funny Road Signs 224k+

5. Multiple Summer MVA’s 192k+

The following is a list of the top three most visited stories (posts) from each quarter.

1st Quarter

NSP Delivers Door Dash 88k

Missing Persons Updates 77k

Late Season Road Closures 56k

2nd Quarter

Tornado Damage 142k

Funny Road Signs 104k

Missing Persons Updates 85k

3rd Quarter

Hostage Standoff 369k

Multiple Summer MVA’s 192k

Missing Persons Updates 51k

4th Quarter

Weather & Road Closures 103k

Funny Road Signs 94k

Missing Persons Updates 49k

Other Stories over 25k

Thank you to everyone who follows the scanner and keeps it a positive community who is dealing with mostly negative news. We appreciate your support of the truth.

Contact Brian Hale sbcoscanner@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

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