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Freedom stays on track with holiday run
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/18)
CULBERTSON, Neb. — The Freedom Run 5K/10K is a unique event for the Republican River Fitness Series in several ways. The race is one of the longest running races in the area; the Freedom Run draws a large number of families in town for the annual Culbertson Fourth of July Celebration; and there is always a chance that the race will come to a screeching halt mid-race...
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Phyllis M. (Peters) Douglass
(Obituary ~ 07/05/18)
Phyllis M. (Peters) Douglass May 27, 1926- June 23, 2018 CASPER, Wyo. — Phyllis M. (Peters) Douglass, age 92, passed away June 23, 2018, at Central Wyoming Hospice, surrounded by her loving family. Phyllis was born on May 27, 1926, in Bellwood, Neb., to Clarence and Margaret (Meysenburg) Peters. ...
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Verena V. Wetter
(Obituary ~ 07/05/18)
Verena V. Wetter March 12, 1929 - July 3, 2018 NORTON, Kan. — Verena V. Wetter, 89, died Tuesday (July 3, 2018), at the Andbe Home in Norton. She was born March 12, 1929, to William F. and Mary M. (Kilian) Seiler in Wakita, Okla. She earned an associate degree in business from Sacred Heart College in Wichita, Kan., and worked at a bank in Wichita prior to her marriage. She married John J. Wetter on Jan. 16, 1954, in Wichita. They lived in Norton...
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Cardinals cap strong season at state
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/18)
KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook Cardinals coach Chad Graham was happy to see the 10-and-under baseball team play three tough state tournament games and win over Hastings last weekend. “Good learning experience and I was very proud of the way the boys played,” he remarked. “We were a little undermanned going down there with only 10 players, but the boys fought hard until the last out.”...
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American All-Stars win finale at Felling
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Tuesday’s All Star Game was played by players from the five Majors teams: Royals, Carpenter Breland Funeral Home Phillies, H&H Installation Braves, Sports Shoppe Cubs, and High Plains Podiatry Orioles. Players were voted to play by their teammates, and were placed on either the National League or the American League...
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FCB Juniors earn No. 1 for area tourney at home
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — They’re playing the roles of Yankees or Red Sox depending which big-league powerhouse you prefer. McCook’s First Central Bank Juniors are overwhelming favorites to win the B-6 area baseball tournament and qualify for state. The Juniors are hosting this tourney at McCook’s Jaycees Complex from Friday through Tuesday...
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McCook Seniors stomp Melons for West title
(Community Sports ~ 07/05/18)
GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook’s National Bank Seniors wext extra-base batty with five doubles and 12-0 trouncing of Gothenburg that decided the league West division title Tuesday night. Winning pitcher Clayton Stevens also left no doubts with perhaps his most dominant performance of a 6-0 season...
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City renews permit for deep injection well
(Local News ~ 07/05/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council approved all the items on the consent agenda Monday night without comment, including one with a $25,000 price tag. That’s the fee for a 10-year permit recently renewed for the Class I nonhazardous deep injection well at the sewer plant. The well disposes of the waste from the water treatment plant...
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Request pulled from agenda; wording of ordinance revised
(Local News ~ 07/05/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — A regular agenda item slated for the McCook City Council to vote on Monday night was pulled from consideration. Summer Molitierno of Galaxies Ice Cream requested the item be removed. The item requested that West First from B to C Streets, near Galaxies Ice Cream, be closed for “classic car” parking on Saturday, July 8, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the shop...
- Happy Fourth! (Local News ~ 07/05/18)
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Online taxes, industrial hemp, medical marijuana
(Column ~ 07/05/18)
This week I would like to discuss a couple of things that have been in the news and give you a break from property taxes. I would like to touch on the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that deals with sales taxes on items purchased on the internet, as well as, talk about industrial hemp and medical marijuana...
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Low jobless rate helping more felons find jobs
(Editorial ~ 07/05/18)
McCook’s Work Ethic Camp was created with the goal of helping ex-cons transition back to being productive members of society. That role has eroded with the overcrowding of Nebraska’s prison system, but a new trend may make it easier for convicts who have paid their debt to society to get back into the legal workforce...
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More class?
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/05/18)
Mr. Buckley Haag showed that he has a little more class than Commissioner McNutt by resigning his elected position. Apparently, Mr. McNutt and the people he represents have little to no respect for public office. I guess in Red Willow County, McCook in particular, if you are going to endanger the image of the public office you hold you should commit your crime against children...
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Suspect arrested in I-80 road rage shooting incident
(Local News ~ 07/05/18)
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — A Florida man has been arrested following a road rage incident on Interstate 80 near Kimball Wednesday evening. At approximately 9:30 p.m. MT Wednesday, July 4, the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received a report of a man shooting from one vehicle into another on I-80 near mile marker 20...
- Roy Lee Patterson (Obituary ~ 07/05/18)
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