Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2025

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Team scores and all results for area golfers at Tuesday's Gothenburg Invitational. More will appear in the next McCook Gazette edition. TEAMS 1 Minden 358 2 Holdrege 386 3 Valentine 389 4 Cozad 405 5 GICC 407 6 McCook 408 7 Broken Bow 441...

Dear Editor, I was one of a handful of McCook residents who attended the Unicameral Urban Affairs Committee’s interim hearing concerning the Work Ethic Camp and an ICE detention center in Nebraska. The room was packed except for the front row where a dozen chairs were assigned to those who had been invited to testify. ...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Comments from coach Nick Umscheid following his McCook eighth-graders' 14-12 football win at Kearney Sunrise on Tuesday: "We were fortunate to pick up a hard fought victory last night in Kearney. We were ahead 8-6 at halftime, then Kearney went ahead 12-8 with 3 minutes left in the game. Our offense put together an effective drive in the last few minutes of the game to pull ahead 14-12...

OMAHA—With the match hanging in the balance, fans wearing both red and blue rose to their feet and chanted their allegiance. Several times during the fourth and fifth sets, the fans filled the arena with duelling “Let’s go Jays” and “Go Big Red” chants, creating a wall of noise...