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On the record
(Other Record ~ 10/20/15)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...
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Car collides with combine, driver airlifted from scene
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
TRENTON, Neb. -- An Omaha, Nebraska, man was flown by helicopter Monday evening from the scene of a car and combine collision at the junction of Highways 25 and 6 eight miles north of Trenton, Nebraska. Hitchcock County Sheriff D. Bryan Leggott reported this morning that Richard L. ...
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Two McCook entries win Gazette's latest Pigskin Picks contest
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Leland Orvis and Kerrilyn Symington, both of McCook, led the way in the Gazette's latest Pigskin Picks' contest, with each failing to pick only two of the 20 winners of last week's high school, college and professional games. By virtue of being the closest to the McCook-Hastings' tie-breaker score of 59, Orvis took the prize of a $25 gift certificate in the contest. ...
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Quillan Courts project advances
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A low-income housing development north of the Red Willow County Fairgrounds was approved Monday with hopes construction begins next year. The McCook City Council unanimously approved the redevelopment plan for Quillan Courts, LLC, Monday evening following a public hearing. The housing development will be located directly west of the Clary Village senior housing project on West Q Street, which is slated to welcome its first tenant this week...
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Commissioners table phone bids
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- During their weekly meeting Monday morning, Red Willow County commissioners tabled for two weeks the setting of dates to seek bids for the work and equipment needed to replace the existing 25-year-old telephone system in the courthouse...
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'Night on the Hill'
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
Whitney Kuhlen, from left, assistant director of nursing at Hillcrest Nursing Home and Alicia Blankenship, social service director, help serve wine at the Hillcrest Foundation "Night on the Hill" wine tasting and reception Saturday. The event took place outside the Hidden Pines garden area and included wine from the Feather River Vineyard in North Platte, artwork from the McCook Art Guild, classical music piped in, appetizers and a silent auction of gift items donated by area businesses. ...
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'Junktoberfest III'
(Local News ~ 10/20/15)
A young shopper rides a colorful Blu Stone Designs rooster during Junktoberfest II in 2014. This Saturday and Sunday -- "Junktoberfest III" -- 70 arts and artisan vendors and three food booths will sell their wares in four buildings on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in the 1500 block of West Fifth in McCook, Nebraska, from 9 a.m. ...
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Preservationists note irony of ConAgra's move
(Editorial ~ 10/20/15)
Rows of historic warehouse buildings were torn down 25 years ago to make way for a new office complex more more like a college campus because that's what ConAgra wanted. It worked for a while, but now ConAgra is moving its Omaha headquarters to an old, converted downtown Chicago warehouse building, because that's what young, creative employees like...
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Ahh, the Democratic debat
(Column ~ 10/20/15)
Yes Grannie Annie and I watched the breathlessly awaited (by the liberal media -- not us) Democratic Presidential Debate last week. The two-hour program only seemed like it went on and on and on for three hours. Reading my friend "Mike at Night's" weekend column made me pause to wonder if we had watched the same event...
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