McCook, Nebraska · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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  • Man rescued after 3 days in snow-covered SUV in CO
    SAGUACHE, Colo. (AP) -- A 31-year-old Indiana man says he had not food but kept himself hydrated with Mountain Dew and snow while he was stuck in his snow-covered SUV in southwestern Colorado for three days....
  • Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows....
  • Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card
    FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen....
  • Man points gun at neighbor over snow shoveling
    NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) -- New Castle County Police said a man pointed a gun at a neighbor who was shoveling snow on Saturday at the Hampton Walk Apartments. A man told police a neighbor came outside while he was shoveling, pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop shoveling snow onto his car....
  • Teen crashes car into school, drives down hall
    SHORELINE, Wash. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall. The car finally stopped 75 yards later when it hit a security office. Two school workers were still on the property and heard the crash....
  • Rotten radishes prompt gas leak calls in Ohio
    DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio fire department says the smell of decaying radishes prompted calls from residents worried about a possible gas leak. Tiffin Township Volunteer Fire Department near Defiance in northwest Ohio responded to five reports of suspicious smells in the last 45 days. A field of oilseed radishes, planted as a cover crop that adds nutrients to the field, is near a natural gas compression station and a gas exchange station....
  • Ohio strip club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'
    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti." Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti....
  • Wyoming suspect flees into police station
    RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) -- Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn't have the best escape route planned....
  • Pot smoker accused of trying to bribe urine tester
    GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) -- A pot-smoking parolee in Colorado faces criminal charges for allegedly offering a cash bribe to try to pass a drug test. Police said a 34-year-old man tried Jan. 3 to bribe a state worker to allow him to use a device called a "Whizzinator" to pass a drug test he had to take while on parole. The man allegedly said he had a medical marijuana card, though officials couldn't confirm whether that was true....
  • Sledder, 62, hurt when improvised rocket blows up
    INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A 62-year-old sledder looking for a burst of power got it when the homemade rocket strapped to his back exploded, burning him over nearly 20 percent of his body. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said the man, whose identity hasn't been released, was hospitalized in stable condition Monday....
Penny wars (02/09/10)
Fifth grader Kyli Scott distributes her pennies among penny boxes designated for each of five fifth grade classrooms at Central Elementary in McCook. Kyli and her fellow students have raised money for earthquake relief to Haiti by trying NOT to be the classroom with the most money. ...
Relief to Haiti (02/09/10)
James Taylor, of Soucie Trucking, Cambridge, picks up about 400 health kits for delivery to earthquake-shaken Haiti. Helping Taylor load his morning at Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook were the Rev. Lance Clay, Shanon Williams, left, and Sarah Jenkins. ...
Incumbent filing deadline Feb. 16 (02/09/10)
Water leak under repair (02/09/10)
The City of McCook is informing residents that water will be turned off from J to K on West Fifth because of a water leak repair. The water department was fixing a water leak in the area between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and needed the time to make the repair...
Red Willow Dam meeting set next week (02/08/10)
GRAND ISLAND -- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has announced that a public meeting Thursday, Feb. 18 in McCook will help inform the public about current issues related to the Red Willow Dam. It will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Building on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds...
McCook natives again key to Olympic coverage (02/08/10)
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Once again McCook natives Toby and Brett Warren are contributing their technical skills to broadcasting the Olympic Games. The brothers are working onsite in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and New York City to broadcast the 21st Winter Olympic Games from Feb. 12 to 28. The Vancouver games are the fifth-straight games for Toby, who has worked the winter games as a broadcasting engineer beginning with Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002...
NRD considers revising plan (02/08/10)
CURTIS -- Board members of the Middle Republican Natural Resources District will discuss how to revise its water plan to include Option 3, at their regular meeting Tuesday, 7 p.m. at the Community Center. Option 3 is one of three that the state has asked the NRDs in the Republican River Basin to implement in water-short years. ...
River refund running slow (02/04/10)
A bill to refund property taxes collected in the Republican River Basin, taxes later ruled illegal, is not exactly dead in the water but may have trouble going anywhere. LB 898, introduced by Sen. Mark Christensen, called for refunding property or occupation taxes that have been declared unconstitutional and was heard in the Revenue Committee Jan. 29...
Snowy playground (02/04/10)
The Norris Park playground probably won't be very busy today, but the same probably can't be said for the Kelley Park sledding hill. McCook was expected to receive three inches of snow by tonight.
Auditor: Sales tax doing its job (02/04/10)
The city sales tax is doing exactly what it was intended to do, holding down property taxes, said Terry Galloway of the CPA firm Almquist, Maltzahn, Galloway and Luth. Galloway reviewed with the McCook City Council the city's financial statements from last year at Monday night's regular meeting. He added that the city has also done an excellent job maintaining the current property tax levy of $.319044, the same since 2002...
Woman given more time to clean up property (02/04/10)
A McCook woman will have more time to clean up property she owns that was declared a nuisance and safety hazard last year. In an update on the property, Dottie Park told the council at the regular meeting Monday night that the person she has contacted to remove a trailer and take down a garage/shed on her property at 305 East 12th will not return her calls...
Council shifts funds to buy garbage truck (02/03/10)
The McCook City Council approved using $2,291 budgeted for trash containers, to make up the difference on a bid approved for a trash collection truck. Both bids the city received for a new solid waste collection truck were over the $160,000 budgeted...
City Council meetings going online (02/03/10)
In the future, citizens may be able to attend a McCook City Council meeting without leaving the comfort of home. Upon Councilman Aaron Kircher's request, live streaming video and audio compatibility was amended into requirements for the redesign of the city's Web site. The council approved Monday night to request proposals to update the site and set the date to receive those proposals for Feb. 12 at 4 p.m...
Stimulus funds free up other local money (02/03/10)
Because 100 percent of the cost of J Street construction last year was paid by stimulus funds, more money is available for street improvements slated for this year. The work done on J Street, a $1 million project from West 10th to Norris Avenue, included resurfacing the street and installing left-hand turning lanes on West Fifth. ...
NCTA students air concerns (02/03/10)
CURTIS -- Students frustrated with campus life at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis turned Tuesday afternoon to the newest man on campus -- Associate Dean Rick Mestas, who has only been on campus since the end of the first semester...
Prosthetics being collected for Haiti (02/02/10)
KEARNEY, Neb. -- Jim Sedlak of Kearney is collecting old prostheses and components for donation to the relief effort in Haiti. Sedlak, a certified prosthetist with Prosthetic HealthCare Services in Kearney, said it is estimated there may be tens of thousands of amputees in need of help because of the earthquake...
Tickets still available for Women's Winter Conference (02/02/10)
Tickets are still available for the McCook Women's Winter Conference this Saturday. Women may preregister or purchase a ticket at the door the morning of the retreat. The conference, "Spaghetti for the Soul," features Kathy Troccoli and Ellie Lofaro and runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the McCook city auditorium at West Fifth and C Streets. It is sponsored by the McCook Evangelical Free Church. Cost for the retreat is $35...
School may add 5 minutes to schedule (02/02/10)
McCook Public Schools may add five minutes to its schedule for the 2010-11 school year. Superintendent Grant Norgaard told board members at their monthly meeting Monday evening that two instructional days lost in next year's calendar due to teacher training can be recaptured by adding five minutes to the daily schedule. "There is a need to lengthen classroom time on day-to-day basics to get content and curriculum covered," he said...
Settlement to save money in long run (02/02/10)
By the city paying $10,000 now for property on East Second, major costs will be saved in the future, the McCook City Council was told Monday night. The Council approved Monday night at its regular meeting a $10,000 settlement payment to Terry Jessen, for his property at 301 E. Second...
Injury accident (02/02/10)
Emergency personnel carry an accident victim up a steep slope between Old Highway 6 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks southwest of McCook late Monday afternoon. Three McCook teens, two girls and one boy, were injured when the car, eastbound, left the road and rolled into the wide ditch between the highway and tracks about 5 p.m. ...
County buys apartment building (02/02/10)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor Red Willow County commissioners closed on the purchase of the big gray-and-white apartment house at 524 Norris Ave. during their weekly meeting Monday morning. Commissioners agreed in December to pay Stannis and Kenneth Spencer of McCook $50,000 for the property. Camy Bradley of McCook Abstract Co. Monday morning presented the purchaser's statement to commissioners for signatures...
Police station, West Ward won't be rebuilt (02/02/10)
As the McCook City Council continues to grapple with options for a new public safety center, the idea of remodeling either West Ward or the existing police station was removed from the table. The McCook City Council eliminated both at the regular council meeting Monday night and directed city staff to hire architects to look at costs for a new law enforcement/city administration building at the National Guard Armory on West Seventh, as well as square footage needs for a new building on the West Ward site.. ...
Top bidders disappointed in rejection of District 8 offer (02/02/10)
By CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor The decision Monday evening to list the former District 8 schoolhouse for sale disappointed the rural McCook couple who submitted the high bid at the property auction last Friday. Following a 50-minute closed session called during the board's monthly meeting to discuss personnel and the sale of District 8 property, board members voted 4-2 to reject all bids for the property and list it for sale with a real estate agent. ...
Keystone tour (01/29/10)
Rex Nelson, right, director of the McCook Economic Development Corp., leads, from right, McCook city council member Mike Gonzales, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and Andrea McClintic of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development through McCook's former Keystone Hotel, the center of a $4.2 million renovation project to create a downtown business center. ...
Check-up (01/29/10)
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, examines the construction site for the new Tri Valley Health System hospital under construction in Cambridge with Brandon Witt, assistant project manager with Neenan Co., during a visit to Cambridge Friday. He also reviewed the plans for phase 2 which involves extensive remodeling of existing facility with Roger Steinkruger, CEO for TVHS...
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