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MCCOOK GAZETTE McCOOK,, Neb. — No Excuses gym will have its grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at its location at 208 W. First in McCook. The public is invited to tour the facility and see demonstrations with staff. Burgers, chips and water will also be served...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook citizens shared their priorities Monday night at the City Council budget workshop, citing crumbling curbs, a sweltering library, a busy crosswalk and funds for the Chamber of Commerce. Before the McCook City Council dived into its first look at the preliminary 2019-2020 budget, the floor was opened up to citizen input...

Dear Editor, As I sit here seeing images of children separated from their parents, some of them American citizens, as ICE committed their most recent raid, I have to wonder why not one single person who hires undocumented immigrants was arrested even though that practice is AGAINST THE LAW?...

Strong, gusty winds embedded in thunderstorms Sunday night and early morning today damaged trees and rearranged Dale and Roberta Blake's back yard in Danbury. Roberta reported .60 of an inch of rain; additional rain reports include 1.30 at McCook and 1.77-1.80 in rural areas around Oberlin. ...

Northwestern Mutual has long been known as an industry leader in life insurance and annuities with a trustworthy reputation and one of the highest financial strength ratings awarded. And that certainly remains to be true. However, the organization that started as a life insurance company in 1857 has transcended significantly since its origin. ...

Issaac Vrbas helps Wade Hodges into a kayak, to float "main street" in Trenton, following a severe summer thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon. Wade's mother, Kayla, said she doesn't know just how much rain they got because the heavy rain knocked over their rain gauge. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge Clarion owners/publishers Ashley and Cody Gerlach are merging the Clarion and four other river valley newspapers into one publication they will call "The Valley Voice." The new paper will combine the coverage of their newspapers, the Clarion, the Oxford Standard, the Indianola News, the Arapahoe Mirror and the Beaver City Times-Tribune, all located on the Republican River or Beaver Creek. The Gerlachs publish under the name CAMAS Publishing LLC...

Dramatic clouds indicate some severe weather to the west of McCook Wednesday evening. Although the storm skirted our area for the most part, hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported in the Colorado towns of Stratton and Yuma, with a possible record hailstone landing near Bethune...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County commissioners and county treasurer Sue Wesch were impressed Monday morning with the number of distress warrants upon which the sheriff's office collected $49,726.83 in taxes and interest for the county. Wesch reported to commissioners during their weekly meeting that the sheriff collected on 52 of the 56 warrants issued to delinquent tax payers in August, October and November 2018 and in February 2019. ...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — A dispatching contract dispute between Chase County and the City of Imperial has disconnected 911 callers from the police department. Instead, anyone calling 911 will reach the Chase County Sheriff, which can only dispatch sheriff’s deputies...

Dear Editor, As I sit here seeing images of children separated from their parents, some of them American citizens, as ICE committed their most recent raid, I have to wonder why not one single person who hires undocumented immigrants was arrested even though that practice is AGAINST THE LAW?...

Add the Ohio and El Paso shootings, as well as last week’s Garlic Festival mass murder in California, to the list of unfathomable occurrences where a sick individual chose to use the destructive power of a firearm to settle some sort of score. More often than not, the score to be settled exists only in the shooters twisted mind...

Good news! Grannie Annie and I stopped by Bryan West to visit a bit with Griff Malleck. He said that he was doing well in the healing and therapy process. As well as he should be surrounded by good looking nurses doting over him and attending to his every need...