Ashland NE Volunteer Fire Department

06/06/2026

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06/05/2026

We share our prayers and condolences to the family and friends. Our first responders, law enforcement and EMS. As well as our community who knew Mr. Haswell as “Dry-Wall-Bob”. He touched numerous lives and interacted with many businesses with his professional services. Our community hurts with this significant loss.

The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office can confirm that at approximately 4:34 pm today, our 9-1-1 Center received a call in regard to a shooting that had occurred in the 1700 Block of Dawes St. in Ashland, NE.

After negotiating on the phone with the caller and suspect in the incident, the suspect came outside unarmed and was taken into custody by Ashland Police Officers.

The suspect, Robert Haswell Jr.(31 y/o) was taken into custody for 1st Degree Murder and Use of a Deadly Weapon to commit a Felony and lodged at Saunders County Corrections.

The victim has been identified as Robert Haswell Sr. (67 y/o). He suffered at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Ashland Police Dept, Nebraska State Patrol, and the Saunders County Sheriff’s Office are involved in the investigation. Ashland Fire and Rescue also assisted at the scene.

Next of Kin have been notified. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this tragic incident.

Sheriff Chris Lichtenberg
Saunders County Sheriff’s Office

06/04/2026

Please avoid the area on 17th/16th street between Clay and Dawes due to an ongoing emergency. There will be multiple emergency agencies working in the area.
There is no threat to the public at this time.

06/03/2026

Special thank you to the following for your donations in May!!

- Thomas Judds
- Ashland Brewing Company -(Hole-in-one Contest)
- Nathan Schmidt - (Field Burn)
- Gloria Grimm

The following donations were made in memoriam of Dean Curtis:
- Bob Fricke
- David Pinkall
- Mila Curtis
- Dean Spilker
- Marilyn Wright
- Sharon Stock
- Lucille Sapp
- Gerry Lofberg

We cannot thank everyone enough for the donations and continued support! We are always amazed and blessed by the support we receive from our outstanding community!

* For those looking to donate to a non-profit organization, we are always accepting!
Your donations help our team acquire new cutting edge equipment, and supports advanced trainings for our members. These funds better position our team to help others, regardless of the emergency, through training, fire protection, and public education.

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06/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our groundbreaking event for our new station tonight! We will keep everyone updated on the project as it moves forward!

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Reminder for tomorrow evening! Come out and help us celebrate our groundbreaking event!

We are inviting the public and any media to join us for our official ground breaking ceremony Monday June 1st, 6pm at the new station site located at Bluejay Way and N 22nd street in Ashland.

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06/01/2026

M & M has graciously provided vehicles to Ashland Fire & Rescue for extrication evolutions many times over several years now. We can’t thank them enough for all the support!

05/26/2026

We are inviting the public and any media to join us for our official ground breaking ceremony Monday June 1st, 6pm at the new station site located at Bluejay Way and N 22nd street in Ashland.

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