Stories from Friday, April 18, 2025

g. Skirts were getting shorter, McCook was growing, and there was no way anyone could say there was nothing to do! After all, it was the ‘Roaring 20’s’. I was perusing through January 1925 issues of the McCook Daily Gazette when all the ‘club’ news caught my eye. Just for giggles I’m going to list the clubs I found meeting in just over two weeks, some meeting twice in that time!...

Ruth Woudwyk McCOOK, Neb. — Ruth Woudwyk, 85, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2025 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook., Cremation was chosen. Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook...

Richard Lee Karr Oct. 12, 1939 - April 1, 2025 McCOOK, Neb. - On April 1, 2025, Richard Lee Karr was surrounded by his family when he peacefully passed away at his home in McCook, Neb. He was 85 years old. Richard was born in Paxton, Neb., on Oct. 12, 1939, to Elsworth and Hazel (Sawyer) Karr. ...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — A kindergarten teacher from Southwest Public Schools was recently named a recipient of the “Touchdown for Teachers” award, presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska in partnership with University of Nebraska-Lincoln Husker Athletics...

McCOOK, Neb. - The McCook City Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday evening at 5:30 p.m., with public hearings scheduled for a liquor license request for Fresh Foods Central, Inc. and for the final plat approval for Walters First Addition. The council will also receive an update on the city’s ongoing work to modernize its comprehensive plan, zoning code, and subdivision regulations — a process expected to influence McCook’s development policy for years to come...

Lorri Sughroue/McCook Gazette Aria Webb, 2 1/2, shares a chocolate kiss with her big sister, Clara Webb, at the MNB Bank Easter Egg Hunt Thursday at Norris Park. Emcee for the event was Tom Bredvick, MNB CFO, who entertained the crowd with “Dad” jokes and performed crowd control. “This is not like grandma’s where you can shove your cousin to the fence,” he said. “Be polite.” MNB has sponsored an Easter Egg hunt for close to 25 years, with this years’ event drawing nearly 200 people...

In the 1999 Spike Jonze film “Being John Malkovich,” a failing puppeteer discovers a secret portal behind a filing cabinet that allows him, quite literally, to enter the mind of actor John Malkovich for fifteen minutes. After that brief, disorienting trip, the traveler is unceremoniously ejected—spit out next to the New Jersey Turnpike, as if to remind him: you don’t belong here...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Team scores and all top five area placers from Thursday’s Medicine Valley Track-Field Invitational: BOYS Teams: 1. Cambridge 87, 2. Arapahoe 83, 3. Hitchcock County 74, 4. Medicine Valley 67, 5. Brady 54, 6. Franklin 50, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 45, 8. Maywood-Hayes Center 30.5, 9. McCook JV 23.5, 10. Southwest 12...

CURTIS, Neb. — Dundy County-Stratton took second and Hitchcock County third behind the champion Loomis Wolves at Thursday’s 13-team Medicine Valley Invite. The Tigers tallied 364 with Hitchcock hitting 66 as Brayden Melchert took second individually with an 80...

OGALLALA, Neb. — McCook High’s girls mowed down Ogallala, 12-0, in a varsity tennis dual Thursday but are really looking forward to this holiday weekend break. “The team competed well enough to pick up the dual win. Was not our best tennis, but the girls competed well. The weekend break is just what we need to get rested up for some big meets ahead,” coach Matt Wiemers confirmed...

e Class A Kearney Bearcats shot below 300, but McCook Bison outgolfed all other teams at Thursday’s Hastings Invitational. Coach Ben Vetrovsky provides more insights about a team who admits “he humbles them” still on the course from time to time. “McCook Bison Golf traveled to Hastings on Thurusday to play in the Hastings Invitational at Lochland Country Club to compete in a field of 12 teams...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook senior Josiah Wilkinson ran his fastest 400 meters yet while leading the Bison into a top five finish among 12 Dutch Zorn Invite teams on Thursday. Team scores, all McCook Bison results and personal records (PRs) on Thursday:...