Top Story Spotlight State argues judge should dismiss legal challenge to McCook ICE facility LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star Dec 16, 2025 Dec 16, 2025 0 × Watch the sunset from Cunningham Lake on May 29, 2024 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A corrections officer carries cones to an entrance at the McCook Work Ethic Camp on Oct. 24. NIKOS FRAZIER, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD FILE PHOTO kAm%96 }63C2D<2 pEE@C?6J v6?6C2=VD ~77:46 >256 :ED 42D6 %F6D52J E92E E96 =682= 492==6?86 @G6C E96 DE2E6VD 564:D:@? E@ 4@?G6CE E96 (@C< tE9:4 r2>A 2E |4r@@< :?E@ 2 7656C2= :>>:8C2E:@? 56E6?E:@? 46?E6C D9@F=5 36 5:D>:DD65] k^AmkAm#65 (:==@H s:DEC:4E r@FCE yF586 !2EC:4< w6?8 AC6G:@FD=J 56?:65 2? :?;F?4E:@? :? E96 42D6 E92E H@F=5 92G6 <6AE E96 D@\42==65 Qr@C?9FD<6C r=:?<Q 7C@> @A6?:?8 :? }@G6>36C]k^AmkAmqFE 96 =6E E96 42D6 >@G6 7@CH2C5 @? 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