OGALLALA, Neb. (KOLN) - During a visit to Ogallala, we stopped at the Lake McConaughy Visitors and Water Interpretive Center, to rediscover why the lake is so important to the state. We talked with ...

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In early spring, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials were skeptical that Lake McConaughy would fill up this year. “Runoff from snowpack in the North Platte Basin was ...

Emergency crews Monday rescued two hunters trapped in mud flats at Lake McConaughy’s Cedar View Area, authorities said. Separately, a large structure fire at Sandy Beach Paradise also occurred on ...

OGALLALA - Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's ocean. When full, the lake stretches west for 22 miles from Kingsley Dam to where it meets the North Platte River, the source of most of its water. The lake is ...

OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) -- Lake McConaughy might be at its highest level for the year, according to a report presented at the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District's board meeting this ...

A speedboat tows two young men aboard an inflated tube on Lake McConaughy. The boaters were near Seagull Beach on the north side of the lake. Summer is here, and across the state, Nebraskans are ...

OGALLALA — Two years ago this month, hundreds of Lake McConaughy fans from three states gathered there in winter’s midst to send an unmistakable message. Upset by a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission ...

LINCOLN — A temporary closure on camping reservations at Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area and Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area will be lifted on Friday at 9 a.m. Central Time. Reservations had ...

People begin building sand sculptures at the Kites and Castles event at Lake McConaughy on Saturday. If Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's largest rain gauge or drought monitor, it's been dry out there.

ARTHUR BAY, Neb. — Velda Baack was lucky. Wildfire near Lake McConaughy burned within a foot of her log house Sunday. Others weren’t so fortunate. Six homes in Yucca Heights near Lemoyne and two ...

We visited Cottonwood Lake, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Grand Lake, and Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy to help you plan the perfect lake trip. Our lakes might not bear the “Great” honorific—because we don’t feel ...