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BEAVER CITY, Neb. — After elections Tuesday, Furnas County has a new sheriff, Cambridge has a new mayor, two incumbent county commissioners are unseated and the Oxford village board will be rearranged. Doug Brown, a write-in candidate for sheriff, came out ahead of Sheriff Kurt Kapperman, 1,118 votes to 955. These are the initial vote totals and are final until after the county’s canvassing board meets...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook voters retained two members of their City Council and added a new face to the mix during the general election Tuesday. In other contested races in Red Willow County, Indianola voters needed to select two members from three candidates for City Council and vote for a mayor from among write-in candidates...

CULBERTSON, Neb. — Jake Miller of rural Culbertson was disappointed with the solar-powered fence chargers available on the market. “None of them lasted,” he said. Rather than just complain about the situation, Jake set out to design his own solar fence chargers, and in May 2015, he started “Livewire Fence Supply” to offer his designs to other producers in need of a reliable, long-lasting solar charger set-up...

BASSETT, Neb. — The cold winds of trouble arrived as soon as Jake Heerten started resembling Patrick Mahomes mixed with some Tim Tebow Tuesday night. Heerten threw two touchdown passes, directed North Central’s season-best ground attack and made who knows how many improvised plays in a 50-14 state quarterfinal victory over Dundy County-Stratton...

Main Street Clothing owners Carlos & Josiane Dominguez take a pause Wednesday afternoon from a busy schedule of unpacking and merchandising clothing at Norris Avenue’s latest retail addition. The clothing store worked through a soft-opening earlier this week with a grand opening planned in the near future. The women’s and men’s clothing store is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays 1-5 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — A major street renovation of Park Avenue is slated this summer, at the estimated cost of $440,000. Plans and specifications of the project were approved unanimously by the McCook City Council Monday night with other consent agenda items. The date to receive bids was set for 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 27...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — The 29 registered voters in the tiny hamlet of Hamlet — 50-some residents — had a slate of seven candidates from which to choose three members of its village board of trustees at the polls Tuesday. After the votes were counted, two seats were filled by two candidates who tied with 11 votes each. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — From the time Beth Hoyt was old enough to sing, she always loved music. She started taking piano lessons when she was in Kindergarten and continued all the way through her nights playing saxophone in the McCook High School pep band for football games, striking up the school song every time players like Paxton Terry and Gabe Sehnert scored a touchdown...

I am writing this on the eve of Election Day so outcomes are all unknown as of this moment. What we do know that it has been a long and raucous campaign so far. Possibly all the uproar is the normal way of things and we just forget every two years until the next election. Maybe we want to forget...

Many people are saying the Democrats didn’t get the blue wave on Tuesday they were hoping for but I disagree. Before the election, most Democrats and a lot of Republicans agreed that the Democrats had a good chance of taking back the House of Representatives and the Republicans would most likely hold on to the Senate. ...

First off a disclaimer. I have great respect of Gene O. Morris, past editor and recent prolific columnist for the Gazette. Politically Gene and I sit on opposite sides of the fence politically. I consider myself a bit conservative and vote Republican. ...

How do we as Christians address the immigration issue? We are so blessed to have been born in this wonderful country. I think everyone in the world deserves the same opportunity, but it must be done the right and legal way. We have a responsibility to take care of our own in this country first. The illegal immigrants that are here are costing our taxpayers $279 billion. How will we save our country from imploding if we keep piling up the national debt?...

Our President has a problem. A very serious problem which not only affects him but also the people he loves. I know because I have the same problem. Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, and me. Gene O. Morris, a retired publisher from McCook, Neb., are both talkaholics...

TRENTON, Neb. — The majority of voters in Trenton and Stratton at the polls Tuesday said “no” to taxes earmarked for general tax relief. The village of Trenton was asking for a 1 1/2 percent sales and use tax to help pay for infrastructure, streets, economic development and bonded indebtedness. The vote was 109 against the tax and 68 in favor of it...

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...