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Indians stumble on road in Kansas
(College Sports ~ 11/20/19)
COLBY, Kan. – The Colby Community College basketball team overcame a slow start to the second half but came back to hand McCook Community College an 81-71 loss Tuesday at the Colby Community Building. “We didn’t play hard for 40 minutes, maybe 20 combined,” MCC coach Kyle Drennan said...
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Richard A. “Rich” Meader
(Obituary ~ 11/20/19)
Richard A. “Rich” Meader March 27, 1933 - Nov. 18, 2019 KEARNEY, Neb. — Celebration of Life Services for Richard A. “Rich” Meader will be on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Holdrege, Neb., with Pastors Nora Mendyk and Daren Popple officiating. Interment will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery at Holdrege with military honors provided by the Martin-Horn American Legion Post No. 66 in conjunction with the United States Army Funeral Honors Team...
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Edith Mae Palmer-Whitbeck
(Obituary ~ 11/20/19)
Edith Mae Palmer-Whitbeck Nov. 15, 1930 - Nov. 19, 2019 ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Edith Mae Palmer-Whitbeck, 92, of Arapahoe, died Tuesday (Nov. 19, 2019), at the C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born Nov. 15, 1930, in Indianola, Neb., to Lyle and Marie Darrow Palmer. She graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1947. She married John A. Whitbeck on Jan. 6, 1948, in Holdrege Neb...
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Meteor storm predicted Thursday
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
WAYNE, Neb. — We might see the biggest sky show since the Fourth of July on Thursday night, if predictions by Wayne State College experts turn out to be true. Officials at the Fred G. Dale Planetarium said there’s a chance to see a brief meteor storm starting at 10:30 p.m...
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Tuesday truck-pickup collision leaves two hospitalized
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
CULBERTSON, Neb. — An air-med helicopter lifted a Culbertson woman away from the scene of the collision Tuesday morning of her pickup and a semi-truck at 7:45 a.m., 1.7 miles east of Culbertson on Highway 6&34. The Great Plains Health helicopter transported Karen K. ...
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Winter's in air for McCook Bison teams
(High School Sports ~ 11/20/19)
GOODLAND, Kan. — One early sign of winter arrived with the Topside Invitational basketball tournament brackets this week. Both McCook Bison teams actually tip offtheir regular seasons at Valentine on Friday, Dec. 7. The Bison girls are returning from a 10-11 season which included their 56-42 win over Valentine last December...
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Picture of perfection: guru goes 20-0
(Community Sports ~ 11/20/19)
The perfection headline says it all when observing Steve Towery’s flawless 20-0 football picking record last weekend. Even despised rival/Gazette scribbler R.B. (Rude Buggar) Headley had to marvel at how Towery spends many weekends following coach Scott Frost’s amazing Nebraska football revival — hoping that may actually happen some day...
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University's sandwich drive helps fight vs. hunger
(College Sports ~ 11/20/19)
KEARNEY, Neb. – University of Nebraska at Kearney student-athletes traded their uniforms for hair nets and aprons Tuesday to help fight hunger in the community. UNK Athletics teamed up with Sodexo, the university’s dining services provider, to make and distribute nearly 3,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...
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Wrapping up the annual 'Turkey Trot'
(Community Sports ~ 11/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Colin Rooney finished more than three minutes faster than all other runners during Saturday’s annual Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk in McCook. Rooney’s final time of 21:07.7 took first overall while also winning the male age 19-and-under division...
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Scholarships, incentives seek to boost childcare
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — Finding quality childcare for infants (six weeks to 18 months) is tough, said McCook Economic Development Corp. director Andy Long at the public hearing Monday night at the McCook City Council meeting. “For over three (years old), there’s all kind of spots,” he said. ...
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NPPD lease worth $1.3 million; hike would generate extra $55K
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
McCOOK, Neb. — To clarify a story Tuesday on lease payments to the city from Nebraska Public Power District, the city is expected to collect $1,305,000 for the current year from NPPD lease payments, according to McCook City Clerk, Lea Ann Doak. The McCook City Council was asked Monday to consider increasing the lease payment from 12.5% to 13% of NPPD electric sales revenue in McCook, as allowed under the retail agreement...
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It all starts with breakfast
(Local News ~ 11/20/19)
Ericka Hoyt and Grant Dixon of Farm Credit Services of America, McCook offices, serve pancakes and sausage patties this morning to Lori and Robert Goltl of rural Palisade at the free breakfast opening event of the annual "McCook Farm, Ranch and Hemp Expo." Coordinator Darren Dale of Star Expos has more than 400 venders from 20 states, Canada and Australia, presenters, demonstrators, booths, live cattle displays and ranch horse sales for "farmers and ranchers, home decorators and those seeking education on all things ag." One of Dale's presenters is Brian Waldrip who has 13 years in cannabis-specific cultivation and is a leader in sustainable practices of the emerging U.S. ...
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Ready, set -- take a deep breath before you start shopping
(Editorial ~ 11/20/19)
It may be more blessed to give than to receive, but if you’re addicted to buying those gifts, you may be headed for trouble. German researchers have published a study finding that a small percentage of people are actually addicted to shopping. They say 1 in 20 adults has “buying-shopping disorder” (BSD), which “is characterized by extreme preoccupations with and craving for buying/shopping and by irresistible and identity-seeking urges to possess consumer goods.”...
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