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Track returns and looking great at Trenton
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/21)
TRENTON, Neb. Glorious mid-week track and field meets returned Wednesday as six schools competed at the Hitchcock County Invitational. The meet ran smoothly from all appearances with fans watching Wauneta-Palisade’s 400-meter relay set a new meet record for their 2021 debut...
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Oxford teen killed in fire
(Local News ~ 03/25/21)
OXFORD, Neb. — A man who died in a structure fire in rural Furnas County Monday morning has been identified. According to the Furnas County Attorney’s Office, Alan Jerry Weatherwax, 18, of Oxford was discovered by firefighters deceased inside a farm shop building...
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Defendants sentenced on drug, weapons charges
(Local News ~ 03/25/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — In Red Willow County District Court Monday, Christopher L. Merklin, 39, St. Francis, Kan., pleaded guilty to attempt of a Class 4 felony, amended from possession of a controlled substance, and pleaded guilty to possession or use of drug paraphernalia, an infraction, and was sentenced to 75 days in jail with credit for 34 days served as well as a fine of $100 for an infraction...
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Orleans man faces federal charges
(Local News ~ 03/25/21)
Orleans man faces federal charges LINCOLN, Neb. — An Orleans, Neb., man has been charged with three counts of counterfeiting obligations or securities, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jan. W. Sharp. Bruce A. Nelson, 53, Orleans, faces a maximum penalty for each count of 20 years’ imprisonment, $350,000 fine, a three-year term and a $100 special assessment...
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Changing how we think -- 20 years in the making
(Column ~ 03/25/21)
What a difference 20 years makes. For years, Floyd Hershberger had watched other communities grow and thrive because of a local charitable foundation and knew McCook would benefit from having something similar in place. So in 2001, the McCook Community Foundation was created - with a zero balance...
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Eighty-nine bills named senator, committee priorities
(Column ~ 03/25/21)
Last week a total of 89 bills were named either a senator or a committee priority bill. If priority bills are advanced out of committee they will have a better chance of being heard on the legislative floor this year. The speaker also named 25 bills as speaker priority bills. This may sound like a lot of bills and although some of these bills are controversial, most are not...
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Nebraska, Alaska Air National Guard spots, helps rescue missing fishermen
(State News ~ 03/25/21)
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Members of the Nebraska and Alaska Air National Guard helped Coast Guard and Federated States of Micronesia responders rescue five missing fishermen near Houk Island, Chuuk, March 12. The mariners set sail March 9 aboard a 23-foot skiff but never returned to the dock...
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Governor's Choice
(Local News ~ 03/25/21)
Posters by Imperial second-grader Peyton Banks, above, and Hayes Center sixth-grader Addison Richards, below, won Governor’s Choice awards in the Nebraska Department of Agriculture’s 18th annual National Ag Week poster contest. This year’s theme was “Nebraska Agriculture: Straight from the Good Life.” “There are many talented students in Nebraska who learned about agriculture and how important the ag industry is to our state through this contest,” said NDA Director Steve Wellman. ...
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Bison set to tee off season Friday
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/21)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The McCook High golf boys tee off at Friday’s North Platte Invitational to finally end a nearly two-year not wanted break. Coach Joe Vetrovsky certainly is ready to see his boys return with three top players back from their 2019 Class B state tournament team...
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Big Ten decides it's time to bring back fans
(College Sports ~ 03/25/21)
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday that it will allow fans to return to regular-season conference sporting events beginning immediately. The decision to follow local health guidelines and restrictions was made jointly by Big Ten Conference Athletic Directors and the Council of Presidents and Chancellors in consultation with university medical experts and the conference office...
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Trojans, Tigers take first at Cambridge Relays
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/21)
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Team scores and top four area placers at the Cambridge Relays on Wednesday. BOYS Teams: 1. Dundy County-Stratton 104, 2. Cambridge 90, 3. North Platte “A” 68, 4. Maywood-Hayes Center 49, 5. Southern Valley 34, North Platte “B” 18. 400-yard relay: 1. ...
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John C. Lemons, III
(Obituary ~ 03/25/21)
John C. Lemons, III McCOOK, Neb. — John C. Lemons, III, 50, of McCook, died Tuesday (March 23, 2021), at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte, Neb. Private family memorial services will be at a later date. Memorials can be given in his name to the family to help defer funeral expenses. Memorials may be given directly through the website page at www.carpenterbreland.com. Contribution may also be sent to Carpenter Breland Funeral Home, P.O. Box 476, McCook, NE 69001...
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