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HOOPER, Neb. — A McCook native and the son and grandson of McCook residents is helping with flood rescue and relief efforts in Northeast Nebraska. The first day of unprecedented flooding, on March 13, Kyle Gaston drove an "airboat," or "fan boat," to execute about 30 rescues of people and their pets and carry them to safe shelters. Gaston has been a conservation officer with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for two years...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County District Court findings on March 4, 2019: WILLIAM D. LEE, 36, of Elwood. Lee was found guilty of driving under the influence, three prior convictions, a Class 3A felony, amended from four-plus prior convictions, a Class II felony; enhancement dismissed. Sentenced to 300 days in jail, credited with 107 days; 18 months post-release supervision; and 15-year license revocation...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Widespread flooding continues in eastern Nebraska and The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) continues operations at the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), supporting local flood response and recovery efforts. Record flooding:...

Pizza Hut manager Sarah Rowe cuts the ribbon on the new Wing Street franchise, adjoining Pizza Hut in McCook. The sports bar offers a variety of beers and wings, as well as the full Pizza Hut menu.

McCOOK, Neb. — A group of volunteers will leave from McCook Christian Church Friday morning, planning to distribute "Flood Buckets" and help feed clean-up crews in Plattsmouth. Coordinator Dawna Bates said they filled 24 5-gallon plastic buckets Monday, but they can get more buckets and they have more room in the trailers heading east. "So, if you'd still like to donate or help purchase supplies, we would gladly fill more buckets," Dawna said...

Ten-year-old Mikayla Anderson of Omaha has discovered a new "favorite thing to do," helping people by giving away sub sandwiches and drinks to responders in Nebraska's flooding. Her dad, Brandon, is among state crews and Nebraska National Guard personnel who are manning, in 12-hour shifts, the barricaded roads damaged and destroyed by flood water. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The coordinator of a Southwest Nebraska schools' "Stuff the Bus" disaster relief effort was close to tears this morning as eight schools buses rolled into McCook one after the other with items donated for Nebraska flood and blizzard relief...

OMAHA, Neb. — Friends of an Omaha mother of five who died after giving birth to the fifth have started a GoFundMe account for her family and her husband, a former McCook resident. Jessica Beck, a native of Ceresco, and her husband, Tyler Beck, formerly of McCook, were expecting their fifth child when Jessica was hospitalized with pneumonia, and, in the hospital, went into cardiac arrest. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Being a journalist, even a nationally-known one, can sometimes lead to an isolated existence. New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks shared his experience with the McCook Rotary Club Tuesday. “We (journalists) don’t actually do anything. ...

CORDOVA, Neb. – At approximately 7:18 Saturday morning, Cordova Fire Department was dispatched to reports of a house fire at 250 Helen Street. Responders arrived on scene at 7:23 to find smoke and flames coming out the front door and a window at the southwest corner of the house...

Ben Sasse, our senator and former president of Midland College, has written a book outlining the evolvement of a situation in which adolescence seems to be a destination instead of a journey to adulthood. His book is called “The Vanishing American Adult and How to Build a Culture of Self-Reliance.”...

Six-year-old Jaqi Clapper looks up into the Hamburger Helper box that conceals "Luna," the little brown bat that her mother, Angie Karr, rescued after a cold, driving rain pelted McCook in November 2015. The very young bat, named "Luna" after the character in the children's book, "Stellaluna," warmed up on hand warmer packets and ate chicken baby food, and then spent the winter at a bat rehabilitation sanctuary in Denver. ...