News

McCOOK, Neb. — From gifts of grain worth thousands of dollars to pocket change. During the 2018 Big Give McCook, donations ranged everywhere from 30 cents to thousands of dollars with every denomination contributed in between. While the final totals are still being tabulated, preliminary results show 650 donations totaling just over $94,000. according to Community Chest organizers Lisa Felker and Melissa Stritt...

McCOOK, Neb. — Andy Long of the McCook Economic Development Corp. will speak to Red Willow County Commissioners about a grant at their regular meeting Monday. Long is slated to address the board at 9:45 a.m. about the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska grant...

HAIGLER, Neb. — The fifth annual Haigler Gun & Craft Show is Saturday and Sunday, at the Cornerstone Center for Community Service, 251 East Norman Street. A full house of vendors is expected. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday; public invited to attend...

McCOOK, Neb. — In a surprise presentation Thursday afternoon, Dollar General donated $15,000 to three McCook Public Schools. McCook Elementary, McCook Junior High and McCook Senior High each received $5,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation...

Columbus, Neb. — The technology group Wärtsilä, Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology and Nebraska Public Power District , have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the study of the development of a business case for the use of alternative fuels with Wärtsilä generating sets. The MOU was signed Tuesday in Venice, Italy, during Wärtsilä’s Smart Energy Leaders Forum...

McCOOK, Neb. — City and county emergency responders, school officials and health care professionals responded to a “chemical and chlorine leak at a manufacturing plant” during a community tabletop exercise at Community Hospital of McCook Tuesday morning...

McCOOK, Neb. — Long, long ago — in America’s Bicentennial year of 1976 — a couple of small-town boys from Nebraska and Mississippi met in the most populated place in the USA: New York City. Those boys, who had grown into the early years of manhood, were Ben Nelson, the appointed Insurance Commissioner from Nebraska, and George Dale, the elected Insurance Commissioner from Missippippi...

PARADISE, Calif. — A McCook native has lost her home in Paradise. It’ll be a long time before Rose Unger Lucas and other residents of Paradise, Calif., can return to what’s left of their community of 26,700 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains north of Sacramento. With unknown deaths totals and missing people still, “The Camp Fire,” burning since Nov. 8, is now the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook police officers will issue citations after Thursday, Nov. 15, for campers, trailers and boats parked on the city streets in violation of city ordinances. Police chief Ike Brown said Tuesday that City Ordinance 113.02 allows these vehicles to be parked in front driveways from April 1 to Nov. 1 each year as long as they do not create a safety hazard; however, they are not allowed to be parked on the street longer than 72 hours...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum will bestow its 2018 “Blazing Star” award on McCook arborist Bruce Hoffman, in part for his leadership in and contribution and dedication to McCook’s “Prairie Arboretum and Study Center” project. The “Blazing Star” is presented to “an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution toward advancing the horticultural use of native plants or the restoration of native plant communities in Nebraska.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — A retired McCook businessman and a recently re-elected city councilman are spearheading a fundraising drive for a mobile ballistic barrier. Howard Kool, long-time car dealership owner, now retired, and Gene Weedin of the McCook City Council, told the McCook School Board Monday night of their efforts to raise enough funds to buy a mobile ballistic barrier. With $1,000 already donated by a McCook business, they are hoping to raise at least $4,000 to purchase the barrier...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook School Board approved unanimously two new policies for McCook students, at its regular meeting Monday night. The policies, “Student Interviews” and “Search and Seizure” were first brought to the board for discussion at its October meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. — A $10,000 grant will go toward a greenhouse and related expenses for the McCook FFA chapter at McCook High School. The grant was announced Monday night by McCook Schools business manager John Brazell, at the regular McCook School Board meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. — With the 2018 Big Give McCook just a few days away, the 23 non-profit organizations are gearing up for a full day of activities and, hopefully, a full day of philanthropy. Big Give McCook is Thursday, a 24-hour opportunity for the community to show their financial support for nearly two dozen non-profits. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook Board of Education member emphasized the need for students to be aware of careers in the technical trade. Loretta Hauxwell, the board member, noted from a survey of McCook High School students that only 8 percent plan to attend a trade or technical school. The community needs more than that, she said at the regular school board meeting Monday night. “How do we push that?” she asked...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Public School district’s net position, compared to last year, has dropped by half a million dollars. McCook School’s business manager John Brazil presented the audit done by KSO CPAs and Advisors of Kearney, Neb., of financial statements for the year ending August 2018, at the regular McCook School Board meeting Monday night...