Stories from Thursday, March 20, 2025

McCOOK, Neb. – The new executive director of McCook’s Family Resource Center knows what it’s like to face tough circumstances. “Having grown up in foster care, I already felt a step behind my peers,” said Kaye T. Bieck, who assumed the role of executive director at the Family Resource Center with the retirement of Kathy Haas. ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Nebraska as a whole, and McCook in particular, is in a position to take advantage of a historic opportunity for growth, according to Nebraska Department of Economic Development Director K.C. Belitz, who presented at McCook Economic Development Corporation’s annual meeting on Wednesday...

For the past 20 years, the McCook Community Foundation Fund, along with the Nebraska Community Foundation, has conducted a survey of our high school students. Performed every four to five years so that a student participates at least once, the survey covers a wide range of questions from what they like – or don’t like – about their hometown, what size of town they would like to live in when they are older and what is important to them when deciding where to live when they settle down...

The Nebraska Legislature is currently considering a bill that has sparked debate over privacy, gun rights, and financial regulations. LB686, introduced by Sen. Dan Lonowski of Hastings, would prohibit the use of merchant category codes to identify firearm retailers, effectively blocking financial institutions from tracking gun-related purchases in Nebraska...

Mary Catherine Moskal TULSA, Okla. - Mary Catherine Moskal, formerly of McCook, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 90. Services are pending at this time. Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook...