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MPCC Rodeo Team helps children be “cowboys and cowgirls” for a day
Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team member Ryan Shepherd, of North Platte, encourages a young roper during the Nebraska Partner Up Rodeo Wednesday at the Wild West Arena in North Platte.

International watercolor exhibit at MCC
One of America’s longest running traveling art exhibitions is in McCook for a six-week stop at McCook Community College’s Wrightstone Gallery.

MPCC rodeo teams place top four at River Falls Rodeo
The Mid-Plains Community College rodeo teams opened the 2025-26 season this past weekend at the 61st Annual Falcon Frontier Days Rodeo in River Falls, Wis. The men’s team claimed the top spot in the team standings, while the women’s team placed fourth.

MPCC Stampede Returns to North Platte’s Wild West Arena, Sept. 11–13
The Mid-Plains Community College Stampede will thunder into North Platte’s Wild West Arena Sept. 11-13. Contestants will vie for championship buckles in saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, team roping, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, goat tying and barrel racing....

NPCC to auction surplus equipment
The public can bid on surplus equipment from North Platte Community College until Sept. 10, 2025.