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Bison, Broncos both win their way into title games
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
The McCook High boys will play for a Goodland Topside Tipoff Tournament title after beating Colby, Kan., 58-43, tonight in Goodland, Kan. Unbeaten McCook (3-0) will play at 9 p.m. CST against either Goodland or Yuma, Colo. on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Wauneta-Palisade girls celebrated their overtime win over Hitchcock County in Friday's Cattle Trail Tournament semifinals at McCook Community College. ...
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Trail finished to tourney title games
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
Both the Dundy County-Stratton boys and girls will have shots to repeat as Cattle Trail Tournament champions after semifinal wins Friday evening. DC-S boys (4-0) knocked Arapahoe (3-1) from the unbeatens with a feisty 54-49 victory. Coach Kris Freeland's team will take on Medicine Valley at 7 p.m. on Saturday following the 2-2 Raiders' surprising win over previously undefeated Wauneta-Palisade earlier Friday...
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Bison quickness too much for Wray in Topside Tip-Off
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
GOODLAND, Kan. -- By the time Wray got going, it was already too late...
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Webb birth
(Births ~ 12/08/17)
Callum Daniel Webb Dustin and Heather Webb of Trenton, Neb., announce the birth of their son, Callum Daniel Webb, born Nov. 13, 2017, at Community Hospital in McCook. He weighed 7 pounds, 11.7 ounces and measured 19 inches long. He has three sisters, Bella, 8, Clara, 6 and Maya, 4. ...
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Preister birth
(Births ~ 12/08/17)
Isabelle Jolianne Preister Liz (Schutte) and Luke Preister of Seward, Neb., announce the birth of their daughter, Isabelle Jolianne Preister, who was born Aug. 2, 2017. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. Grandparents are Mike and Lota (Redden) Schutte of Seward. Great-grandparents are DeAnna Schutte of Palisade, Neb., and the late Bernie Schutte, Pat Redden of Palisade and the late Berniece Redden...
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Renard anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 12/08/17)
50th anniversary The family of Jerry and Nancy Renard of Curtis is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary. They were married Dec. 22, 1967, in the Methodist Church in Curtis. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 73760 Road 391, Curtis, NE 69025...
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Soup bags and other novel ideas
(Column ~ 12/08/17)
We’re having fresh broccoli for dinner so as I was cleaning it, I didn’t throw the stems away but rather peeled them, sliced them and threw them in my soup bag in the freezer. I think you can probably guess my age by the fact I have a soup bag, or maybe you don’t even know what that is! Well, a soup bag is where you store all the bits and pieces of veggies left over from a meal. ...
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Wray pulls away in second half to defeat Lady Bison
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
GOODLAND, Kan. -- A fast start and strong finish propelled Wray, Colo., to a 62-45 win over the McCook Lady Bison in Thursday’s first round of the Topside Tip-Off in Goodland, Kan...
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Hospital facilities plan advances
(Local News ~ 12/08/17)
McCOOK, Neb. —Community Hospital board of directors approved a Facility Master Plan resolution at the regular board meeting on November 15 authorizing Community Hospital to acquire an architect and apply for USDA funding for a new building project. The project, simply called Project 1, is estimated to cost up to $18.5 million. It is designed to address these needs:...
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Resignations, donations up for approval by school board
(Local News ~ 12/08/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Board of Education will be asked to accept two resignations at its regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. Rick Haney, McCook Schools business manager, wrote in his resignation letter that he will be resigning at the end of his contract for 2018 in order to “pursue different challenges and opportunities.”...
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Mobile Pantry in Culbertson Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/08/17)
CULBERTSON, Neb. — The “Mobile Pantry” truck will deliver food on Saturday, Dec. 9, to the Ag Building on the Hitchcock County Fairgrounds in Culbertson. The doors will be open to shoppers from 10 a.m. until noon. Shoppers absolutely must bring their own boxes and some sort of conveyance to move them, such as little red wagons or collapsible shopping carts. There are no income restrictions and no lengthy paperwork to fill out, however, shoppers must be Nebraska residents...
- Santa's Workshop (Local News ~ 12/08/17)
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Eagle girls edge Swedes, S.V. boys lose
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
OXFORD, Neb. — Senior Cassie Bose’s 13 points helped the Southern Valley girls edge Gothenburg, 45-42, and evened their record at 2-2 this season Thursday evening. Maggie Bose added eight points followed by Janessa Kring’s seven, Lauryn Samuelson with six, Becca Linnemann’s five, Grace Hogeland’s four and two from HalLee Linner...
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Michael's big birthday
(Column ~ 12/08/17)
I flew down to Arkansas last weekend for my middle son’s 40th birthday. How fast time goes by has always amazed me because it just seems like yesterday I was celebrating MY 40th birthday. But time doesn’t wait for anyone so my focus was on Michael. Regular readers of this column know that maladies often befall me whenever I fly and I didn’t even have to get on the plane before they started this time around. ...
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NCTA Ranch Horse team captures title
(College Sports ~ 12/08/17)
LOVELAND, Colo. _ Horses and riders in a working stock horse competition in Colorado last weekend returned to Nebraska with winning attitudes and awards. The Aggie Ranch Horse Team from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis brought home the Reserve Champion Collegiate Team title after three days in the arena at The Ranch at the Larimer County Fairgrounds...
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Area footballers fill D2-8 district team
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
The Class D2-8 all-district football teams announced recently: A glance at all the Hitchcock County Falcons, Arapahoe Warriors and Wauneta-Palisade Broncos who earned honors: First Team Offense Arapahoe — Quarterback Gentry Anderson, receiver/tight end Yordi Gutierrez, running back Noah Koller, lineman Cooper Schultz. Hitchcock County — lineman Wes Merrill. Wauneta-Palisade — lineman Gunner Goings and kicker Dennis Cavanaugh...
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Cattle Trail tourney resumes today
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — The 2017 Cattle Trail basketball tournament featuring 16 area teams resumes today at McCook High and McCook Community College. A glance at upcoming girls and boys’ through Saturday night’s title games: GIRLS Today Semifinals at MCC: Wauneta-Palisade (3-0) vs Hitchcock County (3-1), 3:30 p.m.; Dundy County-Stratton (3-0) vs. Decatur Community, Kan. (1-1), 6:30 p.m...
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Bison make blog all-state team
(High School Sports ~ 12/08/17)
As a self-titled “1,000-yard guy”, Bobby Mills easily surpasses that many miles while blogging about Nebraska high school football throughout the year. All of Mills’ travels led to one clear decision: The McCook Bison deserve spots on his Class B All-State team for 2017...
- Delores Jean Burton (Obituary ~ 12/08/17)
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