Stories from Friday, September 26, 2025

McCOOK, Neb. - For the September 2025 Coffee Talk, the Gazette was joined by County Commissioner Randy Dean, a second-term commissioner representing Red Willow County’s second district. Dean spoke candidly about taxation, zoning and the implications of the impending arrival of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility...

McCOOK, Neb. - The grant deadline for the McCook Community Foundation Fund is quickly approaching with applications due Wednesday, Oct. 1. In the meantime, grants from this past spring are in use throughout the community from supporting a new wrestling facility to the use of a digital scanner to research genealogy...

We have been here before. When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was struck down by an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Americans were not only mourning the loss of an individual but confronting the possibility of the loss of what he represented. His death revealed both the deep divisions of the time and the potential for unity that his voice carried...

Angela Stephen, of Indianola, passed away early Thursday morning, September 25, 2025 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 56 years of age. Cremation was chosen and services are pending at this time. Memorials in Anggi’s memory are suggested to the Willow Christian Church in Indianola. Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook...

An awful 0-8 start sent R.B. (Rumblin’ Bumblin’ Headley to his most misses during one pigskin week with 20 during college football action last weekend. R.B. still finished 41-20 which puts his record through four weeks of picking every college football win at 232-63 (78.6% correct)...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook High coach Zach Wieser provided details about Bison freshman football action Thursday night: “Last night the freshman football team traveled to Kearney High. We lost 35-8. Our lone touchdown was a short run from Gus Smith and the two point conversion was a pass from Gus Smith to Kyson Smith...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — The young and “old” were well represented with Cambridge freshman Lydia McGowen joining Medicine Valley senior Kael Garrett as Maywood-Hayes Center Invite champions on Thursday. Garrett powered Med Valley to second placer overall, totaling 25 points. Teammate Shya Gudiatis also delivered a top eight finish amore more than 30 varsity runners...

ARTLEY, Neb. — The Southwest Roughriders are right back on a winning track with their 3-0 volleyball win over Arapahoe Thursday evening. Southwest suffered its first defeat to McCook in the Bison Invitational on Saturday. They didn’t stay down for long, not when twin-tower sisters Kyra Nelms clubs 15 kills and Anikka Nelms knocks down 13 past those upset-mindend Warriors...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — McCook senior Paige Broomfield stepped up to place fifth with her round of 90 at Thursday’s Holdrege Invitational. Senior golf teammate Kapri Loop captured 11 place as she finished with 98. Sophomore Hailey Smalley was only two strokes off that pace as she shot an even 100 and Kaela Hinze totaled 123...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Junior Cassidy Rogers’ three hits highlighted a tough 12-7 McCook Bison softball loss to Alliance on Thursday. The Bison (5-15 record) certainly created more highlights than an 0-3 Saturday at Hastings last weekend in tournament play...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Coach Tom Sughroue was pleased with his McCook cross country team performance at Thursday’s Ogallala Invitational as he pffered these remarks: “We had a good day yesterday considering we hadn’t ran a meet in two weeks with the cancellation of our meet last week...