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Two Additional Cases in Loup Basin Public Health Department District
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported to Loup Basin Public Health Department (LBPHD). The first case is a female in her 70s from Howard County. The second case is a male in his 20s from Howard ...
Apr 27, 2020
Two New Cases Of COVID-19
Burwell, NE - Two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported to Loup Basin Public Health Department (LBPHD). The first case is a female in her 60s from Custer County. The second case is a female ...
Apr 27, 2020
Update to Directed Health Measures
This afternoon, Governor Ricketts announced that Loup Basin Public Health Department, along with several other local health departments across the state, will be releasing an update to the Directed He...
Apr 24, 2020
VCHS Services Update
Valley County Health System (VCHS) continues to see patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read the following for all service related updates: VCHS Medical Clinics are continuing to see wellnes...
Apr 24, 2020
Custer County Has Twenty-First COVID-19 Case
Loup Basin Public Health Department (LBPHD) is reporting the twenty-first (21) COVID-19 positive case in Custer County. The female in her 40s is isolating at home. Patient information is considered pr...
Apr 24, 2020
Two COVID-19 Related Deaths Reported Thursday
Greeley and Sherman Counties Report Their First Cases LINCOLN - Two new COVID-19 related deaths were reported Thursday, and two new counties - Greeley and Sherman - reported their first COVID-19 cases...
Apr 24, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC
National Guard Testing Results
Loup Basin Public Health Department (LBPHD) worked in collaboration with Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Nebraska's National Guard to conduct a mass testing event on Tuesday, Apri...
Apr 23, 2020
Norma Philbrick, 93
Norma Philbrick, 93, of Ord passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020, at the Valley View Senior Village in Ord. Mrs. Philbrick's wishes were to be cremated. In consideration of the COVID-19 Restrictions ...
Apr 23, 2020
Nebraska dam had history of ice woes before fatal failure
A new report says the owners and regulators of a Nebraska dam that failed last year underestimated the potential for it to cause life-threatening damage. A man who lived downstream from Spencer Dam di...
Apr 22, 2020 FILE - This combination of file photos provided by the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, shows the Spencer Dam near Spencer, Neb., in November 2013, top, when it was holding back water on the Niobrara River and again in March 2019, after the dam failed during a flood. The dam that collapsed under pressure from an icy flood had a history of unaddressed ice issues and had no formal emergency plan because regulators wrongly assumed that no one would die if it failed, according a report released Tuesday April, 21, 2020. (Nebraska Department of Natural Resources via AP)
Howard County Has Sixth Positive COVID-19 Case
Loup Basin Public Health Department received confirmation of the sixth COVID-19 case in Howard County. This case is a woman in her 30s who was exposed to a person with COVID-19. The individual has bee...
Apr 21, 2020
