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Saints come smashing in for two more wins
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
STAMFORD, Neb. — Junior Kynlee Marquez crushed five doubles and two home runs as Southern Valley-Alma scored two big varsity softball wins Tuesday afternoon. The unbeaten Saints (3-0) finished Chase County, 13-2, in five innings after needing only four frames to knock down Blue Hill 9-1...
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Juvenile arrested for threats against school
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
CURTIS, Neb. — The Frontier County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Nebraska State Patrol and several other law enforcement agencies, has arrested a juvenile for making a threatening social media post toward Medicine Valley School. Tuesday morning, August 27, Medicine Valley School was made aware of social media posts that included a threat of violence against the people of the school...
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Druse anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 08/28/19)
60th anniversary The family of Marcia and Charles Druse Sr. of Cambridge, Neb., is hosting an open house in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 26, 1959, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Cambridge. The open house is Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, 2-4 p.m., at St. John’s Parish Hall in Cambridge, when Marcia’s 80th birthday will also be celebrated. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 72199 Rd 413, Cambridge, NE 69022...
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Car-train accident claims lives of elderly Culbertson couple
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — An elderly Culbertson couple died in a collision Tuesday afternoon of their car and a BNSF freight train east of McCook. Funeral services for Rosemarie Kogl, 86, and her husband, Clemens Kogl, 88, are pending with Carpenter-Breland Funeral Home in McCook...
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Going bowling! Best of McCook league this week
(Community Sports ~ 08/28/19)
Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook as a new season is rolling along: Men’s Major TJ’s Family Fun Center22-8 Maris Gen. Constructin 20-10 Burton Well Drilling 12-18 Diamond Vogel 10-20 Quality Irrigation 10-20...
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Tigers top Bison in spirited Jamboree
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
Dundy County-Stratton and McCook played five great sets during the Bison annual “Jamboree” at McCook High School Monday night. The Bison won two sets 25-20, 25-21, but visiting DC-S took those next two 25-18, 15-12 to go with an earlier 25-15 victory...
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Projected starters on Bison 'D' for Friday
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Along with the projected starters below, here’s a little look at what fans will see full-length in the Fall Sports Preview as coach Jeff Gross commented on each position. “McCook will employ its 4-4, multiple-look defense as it has been the staple of the program and has the led the state in total defense on numerous occasions...
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Indians aiming for national 'three-peat'
(College Sports ~ 08/28/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Five newcomers to the McCook Community College golf team will have less than two weeks from the time they arrived on campus to the time they wear Indian Blue in varsity competition. And they’ll do it for a team looking for its third straight trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament...
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McCook girls test Top 10 diamond powers
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
HASTINGS, Neb. — A pair of Class B top five-rated foes left no doubts about whether McCook can challenge softball’s best Monday afternoon. The Bison took an early lead over No. 5 Norris then rallied late to nearly wipe out a five-run deficit. Junior Ashley Miller’s two-out single scored senior Brolin Morgan while bringing McCook within 6-4 — but the Norris Titans held on by that close final margin...
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Bison will kick off as Class B No. 2 team
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Somehow, the Class B state football title race rolls through McCook or someone finds Bison standing directly in their path to ultimate glory. Nothing apparently will change entering this 2019 season. After a No. 3 ranking from Omaha World-Herald voters, the Lincoln Journal-Star stepped it up even higher this week they tabbed McCook as Class B’s No. 2-rated team...
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Bobcat power stops Chase victory pursuit
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
STAMFORD, Neb. — The Blue Hill Bobcats belted four home runs and bad things definitely came in threes for Chase County’s softball team on Tuesday. Chase shook off a 2-0 deficit to lead 3-2 through our innings. However, the Bobcats (2-1) scored three runs during each of those next three innings which finished an 11-4 triumph...
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Another Indian earns shot with D-1 team
(College Sports ~ 08/28/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Former McCook Community College player Jesse Bloom, a 5-11, 185-pound right-handed pitcher from Centennial, Colo., recently signed on to play at Farleigh Dickinson, a DI school in New Jersey. Bloom led all Indian pitchers with 15 appearances. He started eight games and went 2-5 with one save and one complete game...
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Bison golfers roll into tourney top five
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/19)
SIDNEY, Neb. — Panhandle powers ruled the Sidney Invitational butMcCook High’s golfers finished a respectable fifth overall on Tuesday. The Bison are certainly expecting to drop their team score of 420 which was 10 strokes behind host Sidney. However, it was also the first 18-hole tourney this season leading into Friday’s McCook Invitational at Heritage Hills...
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New teachers all took different paths to career
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
Lorri Sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. — As students begin the new school year at McCook Public Schools, there will be nine new teachers starting at the district as well. Although very happy with their choice of career, these teachers all had their own unique journey to getting where they are today...
- Mary Annette Snyder (Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
- Thomas Liebig (Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
- Calvin L. Freehling (Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
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A few thoughts on positive attitudes, other influences
(Editorial ~ 08/28/19)
You won’t live longer with a negative attitude, it’ll just seem longer to you and the people around you. New research confirms some Old Testament wisdom, a cheerful heart really is like a medicine. People who have a more positive outlook have an 11 to 15% longer lifespan, and 50 to 70% better odds of reaching 85 years old, compared to those who are less optimistic, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
- Clemens Lavern Kogl and Rose Marie Elizabeth (Brown) Kogl (Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
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