Stories from Thursday, April 24, 2025

The McCook Community College softball team has pushed back the starting times one hour for Friday’s doubleheader against Western Nebraska Community College. This will be the final regular season home games for the Lady Indians. Nine sophomores will be recognized at 1:30 p.m. just prior to the 2 p.m. first pitch...

TRENTON, Neb. — Team scores and all top four placers from Wednesday’s Hitchcock County Track and Field Invitational. GIRLS Teams: 1. Wauneta-Palisade 128, 2. Southwest 80, 3. Hitchcock County 52, 4. Medicine Valley 33, 5. McCook JV 23. 100 meters: 1. Kateylyn Cook, HC, 13.36; 2. McKenna Doetker, W-P, 13.46; 3. Alyssa Koch, SW, 13.68; 4. Rylan Custard, SW, 13.7...

LaVetta Snyder Dec. 17, 1915 - April 15, 2025 BENKELMAN, Neb. — LaVetta Snyder was born on Dec. 17, 1915 (two years prior to the U.S. entering World War I) near Rollwitz, Neb. She was the third of 12 children born to Charles and Lola Mullanix. LaVetta first attended Rollwitz grade school, eventually graduating from Benkelman High School in 1932. Immediately following high school, she started her teaching career at Rollwitz at age 17, later teaching at Max...

Happy 11th Birthday Colton! Love, Papa and Nana Davis

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Team scores and all Gazette area top six placers from Wednesday’s annual Jim Mather Invitational. GIRLS Teams: 1. Loomis 98, 2. Elm Creek 96, 3. Cambridge 59, 4. Arapahoe 54, 5. Alma 43, 6. Bertrand 40, 7. Wilcox-Hildreth 33, 8. North Platte St. Patrick’s 29, 9. Southern Valley 28, 10. Franklin 23, 10. Hi-Line 23...

Mike O’Dell McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. - For April’s Coffee Talk session, the Gazette sat down with representatives of the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD). The conversation took place Wednesday morning at Citta Deli in McCook. Director Myra Stoney and Clinic Manager Melissa Propp were joined by a small group of community members...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Chamber of Commerce Director Sarah Schneider shared updates from the chamber’s recent April board meeting, including board transitions, upcoming community events and efforts to boost local engagement and tourism. Two board members are stepping down as their terms conclude and Schneider said that the Chamber voted on potential new board members based on recommendations from the nomination committee. ...

Everyone is an alumnus from somewhere or with something. It could be a link to an organization or a group. Perhaps it is an association with a college or a university, or the connection could be with a public school from high school all the way down to elementary school...

By most definitions, 20 months of decline in anything is enough to raise concern. When that trend involves capital equipment—the kinds of big-ticket items farmers rely on to plant and harvest—it’s more than concern. It’s a red flag. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss has tracked farm equipment sales through his Rural Mainstreet Index for nearly two decades. ...

Ronald Blume INDIANOLA, Neb. — Ronald Blume, 73, of Indianola, passed away at his Indianola home on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. 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...