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MCC men home on Saturday for Region IX play-in
(College Sports ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College men’s basketball team will open the post-season at home Saturday against Otero Junior College. The Region IX tournament play-in game starts at 4 p.m. MCC tied for second place in the Region IX South Standings with Western Nebraska, but MCC fell to the third seed because of the first tiebreaker – the Cougars swept MCC during the regular season...
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Contemplating a national divorce
(Column ~ 03/03/23)
This week, I stumbled upon a recording of a radio interview with Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been advocating for what she calls a “National Divorce.” By that, Greene suggests that portions of our country should undergo a secession of sorts, cutting ties to our mega-powerful national government and forming a coalition similar to the European Union or perhaps even our former government under the Articles of Confederation. ...
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Contemplating a national divorce
(Column ~ 03/03/23)
This week, I stumbled upon a recording of a radio interview with Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been advocating for what she calls a “National Divorce.” By that, Greene suggests that portions of our country should undergo a secession of sorts, cutting ties to our mega-powerful national government and forming a coalition similar to the European Union or perhaps even our former government under the Articles of Confederation. ...
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Wagner birthday
(Birthdays ~ 03/03/23)
80th birthday The family of George Wagner of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Please join his family Michael, Sheila, and Jeromy Miller in celebrating his special day. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 1212 West 12th Street, McCook, NE 69001...
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1883: Money to be made by creating towns where the railroad wants them
(Column ~ 03/03/23)
Just a look back this week at articles taken from the McCook Weekly Tribune from the months of October, November and December. “We learn that a new town on the line of the B & M cut-off has been laid out in Phelps County. It is eight and one-half miles northwest of Sacramento, and about the same distance southeast of Phelps Centre. ...
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Paul Eugene Schneider, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
Paul Eugene Schneider, Sr. Sept. 16, 1933 - Feb. 28, 2023 NEWNAN, Ga. — Paul Eugene Schneider, Sr., age 89, of McCook, Neb., went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 28, 2023, at 1:23 pm EST at the Southland Health and Rehabilitation in Peachtree City, Ga...
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Sparty bounces Husker women out of Big Ten tourney
(College Sports ~ 03/03/23)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Jaz Shelley led three Huskers in double figures with a game-high 24 points, but it was not enough to stop No. 9 seed Michigan State from eliminating No. 8 Nebraska, 67-64, in the opening game of the second round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Target Center on Thursday...
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Rawlins boys, Red Devil girls drop playoff games
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/23)
ELLIS, Kan. — The 20-2 Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarchs stopped Rawlins County’s boys short of state with a 62-41 elimination win Thursday night. The Buffaloes finish 14-8 for this season Girls QUINTER, Kan. — The 17-3 St. Francis Indians won a 39-35 substate playoff skirmish with Decatur Community-Oberlin’s girls Thursday evening...
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MCC spiker taking her talents to Missouri school
(College Sports ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College sophomore Jisell Chumacero has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career next season at Missouri Valley College, an NAIA school in Marshall, Mo. “McCook is a rare place to be, with the family aspect of it all, but when I got to Marshall, if felt a lot like McCook,” said Chumacero...
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Guardian Angels CC ends Eagles' flight to 'paradise'
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/23)
LINCOLN, Neb. — Experienced Guardian Angels Central Catholic ended Southern Valley’s first girls state tournament since 2010 quickly on Thursday afternoon. The Class C-2 No. 3 seeds took a 32-20 halftime lead behind Reese Thoerner’s 11 first-half points...
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MCC women tip Region IX aiming to repeat Monday
(College Sports ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College women will start post-season play Saturday against a team they faced to end the regular season Monday– Northeastern Junior College. The women, under coach Brandon Pritchett, won the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference title going 5-1, but in Region IX south play the team went 4-6 (12-18 overall) and ended up with the fifth seed out of six teams...
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All of the McCook Bison boys' season leaders
(High School Sports ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — All the season leaders from McCook’s 14-10 season and second consecutive subdistrict championship. The Bison are 34-17 overall during these past two seasons. Two-point field goal percentage: Patrick Gross 100 percent, Mykuh Hanson 100, Josiah Wilkinson 75, Mitchel Cole 71.4, Gabe Gans 67.5, Evan Humphrey 60, Kaiden Porter 60, Keegan Johnson 55.8, Beau Bieker 52.7, Brett Fraker 51.2,Lucas Gomez-Wilson 50...
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Council approval sought for 6% hike in water, sewer rates
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to approve increasing water and sewer rates by 6%, at the regular meeting Monday, 5:30 p.m. at the city council chambers in the Municipal Building. If approved, the increases will have two more readings before going into effect. ...
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State-of-the-art technology at school just one sign of MCFF’s contributions to community
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
McCOOK, Neb. – Making Southwest Nebraska better is one of the goals of the McCook Community Foundation Fund Advisory Committee. By bringing people and resources together to collaborate and dream big, MCFF has been accomplishing that goal for the past 22 years...
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Let us know how to help your business
(Column ~ 03/03/23)
The thing about this column is that it allows me to recount my previous month and share what has been on the hearts and minds of the Chamber and our staff. Even though February is the shortest month, I feel like it has been the longest month as we have been so busy having member conversations...
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Anastasia Petersen
(Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
Anastasia Petersen Sept. 15, 1937 - Feb. 28, 2023 ELWOOD, Neb. — Anastasia Petersen, aged 85, passed away Feb. 28, 2023, in Elwood. Anastasia Minnick Petersen was born on Sept.15, 1937, to Dr. Clarence Minnick and Ruth Marples Minnick at the Republican Valley Hospital in Cambridge, Neb. ...
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Kids flex mental muscles at chess club
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
Kids flex muscle power at chess club Lorri Sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. — It’s strangely quiet in the hallways at Central Elementary on a recent Tuesday afternoon, no small feat considering there are over 50 fourth and fifth graders congregated together...
- Ellen Delores Barlow (Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
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