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New Miss Nebraska has local ties (06/26/09)
The daughter of a McCook businessman is Nebraska's newest "Miss Nebraska." Brittany Jeffers of Lincoln was crowned "Miss Nebraska" during the state pageant June 6 in North Platte. Brittany is the daughter of Lisa and Scott Jeffers of Ogallala. Jeff commutes to McCook where he is an agent for Shelter Insurance...

Stolen truck recovered in Oberlin (06/30/09)
OBERLIN -- Oberlin police recovered a Freightliner truck stolen June 26 in Williston, N.D., , after the truck's driver drove away without paying for gas in Oberlin. The Williston Herald newspaper reports that the stolen truck may be connected to two burglaries in Williston...

Delegation makes case for Swanson (06/26/09)
LINCOLN -- Calling Swanson State Recreational Area the "Best Kept Secret in Southwest Nebraska Recreation," five local citizens met with Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska Game and Parks officials in Lincoln on Wednesday to discuss the future of this well-kept secret...

Say 'cheese,' but not too much (06/26/09)
Say cheese -- but don't smile too much. Beginning July 17, the state is installing in all counties new cameras with facial recognition technology, that will be used to take pictures for driver's licenses, permits and state IDs. Marleen Garcia, Red Willow County Treasurer, said normal smiles will be accepted but excessive facial expressions will trigger the camera to reject the picture...

Wagons, ho! (06/30/09)
Seventeen wagons and numerous outriders kick up dust northeast of McCook Monday morning, leaving from Lee Janssen's home east of McCook en route to Stapleton for the Fourth of July parade Saturday. Janssen joined in with a team of four mules, and 69-year-old Donna Clevenger of Scotia rode her 8-year-old Morgan-Arabian named "Reality."...

Eight rabies cases probed in Southwest Nebraska (06/25/09)
Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department has investigated eight rabies incidents since March 2009. The cases have involved skunks, cats, dogs, and puppies. Cases investigated have been in Frontier, Hayes, Red Willow, Hitchcock and Chase counties...

McCook's Sutton Home, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, subject of new book (06/24/09)
The only structure in Nebraska designed by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Sutton House in McCook, is the subject of a new book that will be available in July. "The Sutton House" spans the 100-year old history of the little-known architectural gem in McCook. Written by Donald Morgan with photographs by John Altberg, it includes first-person accounts of owners' memories, along with original floor plans and historical photographs that tell the story of the large Prairie Style home...

Program gives old house new lease on life (06/30/09)
The windows were old, the siding outdated and the walls showed more than a few years of use. Now, a home at 404 E. Third has a new lease on life and is available for purchase. The transformation of the two-story, three bedroom home is the result of the "Purchase, Rehab, Resell" program by the McCook Economic Development Corp., that offers refurbished houses to first-time homebuyers...

Cunningham Feed Store -- Arapahoe business stays open, changes clientele (06/25/09)
ARAPAHOE -- During its heyday last century, Cunningham's feed store on Arapahoe's main street sold livestock feed by the train-car load. Now, 60-some years later, the building is still called Cunningham's and is still selling feed -- although not in the same massive quantities, and its clientele are people, not cows and horses...