The 75th Annual Vernon County Youth Fair kicked off Monday evening with the opening of the Diner, non-livestock exhibits and conference judging beginning, and the Super Teen preliminary contest. The festivities will continue throughout the week, ending with the anticipated livestock sale on Saturday. ...

An El Dorado Springs resident is in custody after being placed on the Vernon County’s Most Wanted list. According to Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher, detectives located 21-year-old Chad Ellison and were able to take him into custody Monday morning in the 600 block of West Garfield Street in Nevada...

Over the Fourth of July weekend, many community members were puzzled when a post circulating on social media inaccurately stated there had been a COVID-19 related death in Vernon County. The Vernon County Health Department was quick to respond to this misinformation via their social media page...

The Vernon County Youth Fair Royalty competition held its annual judging at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 28, at the Vernon County Courthouse. The girls enjoyed visiting with each other while enjoying snacks and cookies. The contestants voted on whom they would like to see awarded Miss Congeniality during the event...

Vernon County Health Department has confirmed five new positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the county's total confirmed cases to 26. Two of these cases are asymptomatic and three are symptomatic. All cases are isolated at home. Four of today’s cases are household contacts to a previous known positive and one is related to an out-of-county outbreak. The families of these cases are quarantined at home per CDC guidelines...

The Nevada Regional Medical Center Board of Directors met via teleconference at noon, Tuesday. The main item on the agenda was the NRMC Budget for fiscal year 2021, which was unanimously passed by the board. The fiscal year 2021 NRMC budget is projected to generate a $1,447,225 operating income. The budget projects a $1,358,154 increase in cash not adjusting for potential CARES Act funding repayments...

Vernon County Health Department has confirmed another positive case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) bringing the total confirmed cases to 18. This case is symptomatic and is currently hospitalized. The family of this case is quarantined at home per CDC guidelines...

A documentary chronicling the upcoming 75th Vernon County Youth Fair is in the works. Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, however, the film will not be ready for release in time for the event. Bushwhacker Museum coordinator Will Tollerton is conducting the interviews, but will not put together the film itself. So far, Tollerton has completed eight interviews, and has lined up another dozen or so, to be finished by the end of the week...

Nevada Speedway is slated to pay tribute to former racer Karl Lin 'Screamin' Lehmann, 7 p.m. tonight, with the Street Stock Memorial Event. Lehmann, a well-known local mechanic and race car drive, tragically passed away on Christmas Day six months ago...