Stories from Friday, March 14, 2025

Obituary Barbara Frances (Focke) Dunker Oct. 29, 1938 - March 9, 2025 McCOOK, Neb. - Barbara Frances (Focke) Dunker, age 86, daughter of Francis and Leila (Wicke) Focke, was born in Atwood, Kan. on Oct. 29, 1938 and passed away on March 9, 2025 in McCook, NE...

I should not be so curious but since I’m not a cat, I’m safe from the old saying’s fate! I need some help with these two photos. The Golden Gloves photo came from a memory book on the McCook Elks Club. I should, not because I was around in 1942, know these young men but guessing just isn’t the way that history should be written...

LINCOLN, Neb. - In February 2022, the Wauneta-Palisade school library came under fire for allowing an elementary student to check out ‘inappropriate’ books. Since then, Nebraska libraries have received more requests for removal and review than in the previous decade combined. The trend was not unique to Nebraska. Nationwide, 2023 set a 21-year record with the American Library Association, reporting nearly 1,300 attempts to challenge books, a 90% increase...

Lorri Sughroue McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. – Fred Shepherd has seen a lot of changes over the years in the electrical industry. Now, after 43 years, he’s taking the plunge and retiring from American Electric McCook, marking the end of a career that began when he was 25 years old...

McCOOK, Neb. - Council members will move forward with the authorization of a $16 million bond for infrastructure associated with the sports complex at Monday evening’s meeting of the McCook and consider suspension of the three-reading rule. The meeting will open with the presentation of an annual financial and cash flow update for water and sewer utility funds, presented by Public Financial Management, Inc...

The current administration has made fentanyl interdiction a key variable in its ongoing trade talks, using the issue as leverage in negotiations with Canada and Mexico. As concerns about tariffs dominate economic discussions, the White House has tied drug trafficking enforcement to broader policy objectives, pressuring neighboring governments to take a more active role in stemming the flow of illicit opioids into the United States...

McCOOK, Neb. - Sharon Derr, of McCook, passed away at the Arbors Care Center in Franklin, Neb. on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at the age of 82. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 17, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m. at Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel in McCook. Sharon's family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m...

TRENTON, Neb - Harold K. Potthoff passed away at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at the age of 85. A Celebration o Life will be held March 22, 2025 at the Church of God Family Center in Trenton, Neb. A meal for friends and family will begin at 11:30 a.m. A service of life will follow at 1:00 p.m...