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No ball tonight, but MNB prepares for 'Border Wars'
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Border traffic will be happily flowing in this weekend as the McCook National Bank Seniors are hosting their “Border Wars” Legion baseball tournament. A complete schedule has not been obtained for three days of baseball at the Jaycees Complex...
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Daniel Joseph “Dan” Rempel
(Obituary ~ 06/18/19)
Daniel Joseph “Dan” Rempel Oct. 1, 1948 - June 15, 2019 McCOOK, Neb. — Daniel Joseph “Dan” Rempel of McCook was called home by his Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 15, 2019. He was 70 years old. Dan was born Oct. 1, 1948, in Ainsworth, Neb., to parents, John F. and Carol Evangeline (Hollingshead) Rempel. He graduated high school in Cozad, Neb., with the Class of 1967...
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Rhonda J. Nokes
(Obituary ~ 06/18/19)
Rhonda J. Nokes July 4, 1954 - June 15, 2019 MINDEN, Neb. — Rhonda J. Nokes, 64, of Minden, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Kearney Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Minden with the Rev. Christopher Hazzard officiating. Private family inurnment will be at a later date...
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Bernard Marvin
(Obituary ~ 06/18/19)
Bernard Marvin IMPERIAL, Neb. — Bernard Marvin, 87, of Chase County, died Saturday (June 15, 2019), at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home in Imperial. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers and their wives, Vincent and Thyra Marvin and Keith and Lorene Marvin...
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Nuts hurl no-no; Mud Cats prevail
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/19)
FELLING FIELD — My Family Vision Clinic Lug Nuts’s two pitchers didn’t allow a single hit, as My Family Vision Clinic Lug Nuts defeated Sports Shoppe Iron Birds 2-0 on Monday. Wyatt Benes struck out Tripp Raile to get the last out of the game. The pitching was strong on both sides...
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FBI seeks information on missing Trenton woman
(Local News ~ 06/18/19)
OMAHA, Neb. — The FBI is asking the public for help in finding a missing Trenton woman. The woman, Sunny Sramek, age 18, was last seen on April 20, 2019 in Trenton, Neb. Sramek was reported missing to the Hitchcock County Sheriff’s Office on April 21, 2019, by her mother. She was last seen riding in a 2004 White Ford Explorer bearing Iowa license plate HGJ-341. There have been no reported sightings of or contacts from Sramek since her disappearance...
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MPCC steer wrestler reaches nation No. 3
(College Sports ~ 06/18/19)
CASPER, Wyo. — Mid-Plains Community College steer wrestler JD Draper is third in the nation following the conclusion of the College National Finals Rodeo. Draper threw his third and final steer in 5.2 seconds during the short go on Saturday. “JD did very well,” MPCC rodeo team timed event coach Garrett Nokes said. ...
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Council vote 4-1 on insurance
(Local News ~ 06/18/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — A new property/casualty insurance broker for the City of McCook was approved by the majority of the McCook City Council, with one hold-out. Councilman Jared Muhlenkamp was the lone dissenting vote Monday night at the regular City Council meeting in approving Ellerbrock-Norris Insurance as the city’s property/casualty insurance broker. ...
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Scrappy 'til the final pitch of 4-3 win
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/19)
FELLING FIELD — Kale Sattler singled in a walk-off winning run for the Parker Scrappers in their 4-3 win over Mac’s Drive Inn Marauders Monday evening. The game was tied at three with Parker Scrappers batting in the bottom of the fifth when Kale Sattler singled on a 2-2 count, scoring one run...
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FCB Juniors win another two
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/19)
McCook’s First Central Bank Juniors with Matthew VanPelt (above) swung through Colby, Kan., to score two wins last weekend. Now 6-8 this season, the Juniors were scheduled to host Kearney Runza tonight until rain forced a postponement. Weather permitting, they will be home for Lexington on Wednesday with first pitch scheduled at 5:30 p.m...
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Special exception for daycare delayed
(Local News ~ 06/18/19)
McCOOK, Neb. —The McCook City Council wants to take a closer look at a special exception sought for a proposed daycare center in McCook. The council voted unanimously Monday night to postpone a vote on the exception sought by Amber Massa for a daycare center at 1408 E. ...
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Tradition
(Column ~ 06/18/19)
It ‘twas a band of brothers, one female vet included, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and maybe Coast Guard too. Your scribe recently had the honor of participating in the firing squad rendering a salute of honor for recently deceased Harvey Hinz. Twenty one rounds of blank ammunition fired in volleys of three. Organized by the local American Legion Post by tradition it is our final honor to one of our fallen fellow military veterans. Harvey served his country in the Army during the Korean War...
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New incentives might help put an electric vehicle in your garage
(Editorial ~ 06/18/19)
Electric vehicles have a long ways to go to overcome their fossil-fuel cousins, but they’re becoming more popular. Two million EVs were sold worldwide last year, with more than a third of a million sold in he United States, but that amounts to only about 2% of total vehicle sales...
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Rebels nearly go 5-0 for weekend
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/19)
The McCook Rebels 16-and-under fastpitch girls are 15-5 this season and nearly went 5-0 last weekend. McCook beat Broken Bow Spirit, 4-2, on Saturday when Kori Uerling’s RBI-double broke a 2-2 tie. Uerling and Tiara Matson led the attack with two hits each...
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Rain mixed blessing for county's farmers battling noxious weeds
(Local News ~ 06/18/19)
CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — Farmers and ranchers don't like to cuss moisture. However, it'll be the snow of last winter and the rain of this spring that will fuel the growth of noxious weeds during the summer, threatening the economic and environmental quality of their land...
- Coley Anton Lines (Obituary ~ 06/18/19)
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