Family of Johnson Lake victims: ‘Mental illness killed them — not Jeremy’

The family of Bailey, Hudson, Asher and Jeremy Koch is speaking out after the weekend tragedy in Johnson Lake, calling it a failure of the nation’s mental health system and urging urgent change.

May 11, 2025Updated: May 12, 2025

By News Channel Nebraska

Family of Johnson Lake victims: ‘Mental illness killed them — not Jeremy’

Regional

New Kearney development offers flexible flex bay spaces for growing businesses

Chip seal project scheduled for U.S. Highway 183

Hastings College Gears Up for Inaugural Women's Flag Football Season

NPPD seeks public input on proposed Aurora-Central City transmission line

Local Leaders Help Clean Up Trash at Hastings Apartment Complex

Dawson County gets temporary waiver from Medicaid work rules following Tyson plant closure

State

Upside Down Childcare to offer school supply drive to elementary students

Family of Johnson Lake victims: ‘Mental illness killed them — not Jeremy’

Regional

New Kearney development offers flexible flex bay spaces for growing businesses

Chip seal project scheduled for U.S. Highway 183

Hastings College Gears Up for Inaugural Women's Flag Football Season

NPPD seeks public input on proposed Aurora-Central City transmission line

Local Leaders Help Clean Up Trash at Hastings Apartment Complex

Dawson County gets temporary waiver from Medicaid work rules following Tyson plant closure

State

Upside Down Childcare to offer school supply drive to elementary students

Firefighters respond to fire at former electricity plant

PRCA rodeo Tuesday night at Cheyenne County Fair

Nearly block-long mural finished in Valentine

New Kearney development offers flexible flex bay spaces for growing businesses

Omaha man appears in court for allegedly threatening to shoot up Catholic school, kill Gov. Pillen’s family, nuns

Sports

NCA Volleyball All-Star game set to highlight the best high school volleyball in Nebraska

Hastings College Gears Up for Inaugural Women's Flag Football Season

Bobcat basketball misses 2026 tournament goal

State Little League tournaments in Kearney sets participation record

Nebraska Select soccer team earns trip to national tournament

Auburn Boys Basketball Head Coach Jim Weeks named NHSACA Coach of the Year

Ag & Outdoor

Outdoor notes: Birding Bowl inspires generous next step

Outdoor notes: Tips for enjoying water safely this summer

Outdoor notes: Rare lake sturgeon made 681-mile swim

Outdoor notes: Low water affecting Nebraska boaters this summer

Ag notes: Cattle placements rise 6% during April

NGPC still offers grazing, haying opportunities