Stories from Friday, April 19, 2024

Editor’s Note — Since this column was filed, Israel has launched a limited counterattack on the Iranian Air Base in Iran’s Isfahan Province. Iranian media reports that three drones were shot down, but no damage has been acknowledged. It’s been an interesting week. ...

Latest results from the Men’s League bowling at TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major TJ’s Family Fun Ctr, 356-153 Glass Express 299.5-210.5 Maris Gen. Const. 297-213 Stockman’s Feed278.5-231.5 The Krips 272-238 Fullmomentum 271-233...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Chase County’s champion teams both topped 250 points and more than doubled their closest challengers at Wednesday’s Chase County Invitational. The Chase girls totaled 265 compared to runner-up Perkins County’s 121 among this seven-team field...

Jeraldine (Jeri) B Park Feb. 19, 1947 - April 15, 2024 EDISON, Neb. - Jeri Park, 77, formerly of Edison, Neb. passed away Monday, April 15, 2024 at Bethany Senior Living in Port Lavaca, Tex. Jeri’s wishes were to be cremated. Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, May 25 at 11 a.m. at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Neb...

OGALLALA, Neb. — McCook High’s girls JV tennis lineup finished 18 points better than any of four other teams at the Ogallala Invite Thurdsay. McCook won 15 of 16 matches to total 38 points, winning all four divisions. North Platte and Alliance shared second with 20 apiece...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Before the busy rodeo weekend, McCook senior Cole Graham conquered a Wildhorse Golf Course challenge with his 74 taking first at Thursday’s Gothenburg Invitational. Sophomore Landon Kmoch took third for his second top five finish in two days. Kmoch and junior Reid Loop led McCook to second at Wednesday’s Ron Coleman Memorial Invite...

McCOOK, Neb. — High school rodeo contestants from around the state will converge on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds next week at the Kiplinger and Alice arenas. Cutting competition is set for today with the rodeo beginning at 9 a.m on Saturday and trap shooting approximately a half hour after the rodeo...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Mid-Plains Community College rode away with the men’s team championship Saturday at the Jackrabbit Stampede in Brookings, S.D. The women on the MPCC Rodeo Team took fourth in the overall standings. “With all the traveling going on, the students have done a great job of making the short practice weeks count and using their time in the practice pen efficiently,” said Keeley Vaughan, MPCC Rodeo Team timed events coach. ...

McCOOK Neb. - April is Autism Awareness Month, and a 7th-grade student at McCook Junior High has been doing her part to help promote it. In 2022, Midna Santoleri began by making videos that her mom, Kersten Cook, would share. This year, she started a Facebook page, ‘Inside My Autistic Mind,’ where she shares her videos, blog posts, and even a poem she has written...

McCOOK Neb. - Originally from Osmond, Neb., Amanda Sackett and her husband moved to McCook in 2017 while they were Nebraska State Troopers. In 2021, she changed careers and joined Grahm Real Estate as a realtor.  She began Wildfire Photo Co. in 2022 after a friend, a professional photographer, Carrie Roberts, suggested she had an eye for photography. Sackett had always enjoyed taking photos and had often taken photos at events, capturing moments otherwise forgotten and giving them as gifts...

McCOOK, Neb. —The YMCA of McCook is excited to announce that it’s launching the Community Strong Annual Campaign to help ensure that everyone in McCook and surrounding communities has access to vital community programs and resources that support youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility...

Marijuana laws in Nebraska are strict as medical and recreational cannabis for adults is fully illegal. While some 4/20 celebrations do occur in the state, most cannabis users and aficionados travel to cannabis-friendly states. Even in states where cannabis is fully illegal, children, teens, and young adults are influenced, whether through social media, pop culture, or adults in their lives using cannabis. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Started 50 years ago as the Handi-Bus, the City of McCook’s Public Transit is celebrating Nebraska Public Transit Week next week, April 21-27 with free rides for people who have never ridden before and drawings and giveaways all week...