Stories from Friday, November 7, 2025

LINCOLN, Neb. — Consider the two-year flip that deservedly had Dundy County-Stratton flipping out Thursday afternoon. “My first year, we did not win a set,” junior Emily Schack recalled. Not one set? All season? Believe it! Yet also believe another fact on Thursday at Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena:...

Megan Anderson Harr, 41, passed away after an extended illness on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, at Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha. She was born on March 31,1984, to Christopher and Julie Anderson Harr in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. She graduated from Elkhorn Senior High School in Elkhorn, NE in 2003...

Marilyn Hawkins passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on November 5, 2025, at the age of 89. She was born to Frederick and Lettie (Mason) Brust on August 5, 1936, in McCook. Marilyn was known for her profound love for animals and the support of local history...

McCOOK, Neb. — On Wednesday, the Gazette received word that an interesting person with a goat had set up camp on the south side of Highway 34, just east of Perry Grain. Upon arrival, a Red Willow County Sheriff had recently left after discussing the removal of the trash he picked up from the side of the highway...

It’s still early enough in the month that a tide of odd recognition days and weeks continues to pepper our inboxes. We seem to have let National Fig Week slip by unnoticed, and while Polar Bear Week is widely recognized as the first week of November in colder climates, McCook sightings are usually limited to the YMCA in the early weeks of January...

Results from the McCook YMCA Women’s volleyball league matches Thursday: Competitive Diggin’ On A Prayer over Community Hospital Wellness 25-2, 25-10 Diggin’ On A Prayer over the Eyeballer’s 25-19, 25-21 Palic over Community Hospital Wellness 25-14, 25-21...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho – The McCook Community College men’s basketball team lost to Eastern Florida State Thursday 111-101 in the opening game of the Battle of The Boot Tournament hosted by College of Southern Idaho. “Obviously this was not the outcome we wanted,” said MCC Coach Dillon Hargrove. “But this was a national tournament-like game and Eastern Florida is a national-tournament-type team, ranked top 25 in the country in the media poll.”...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Dundy County-Stratton took the first set from No. 1 Wynot in this morning’s Class D-2 state semifinals. Top hitters Clara Spargo, Emily Schack and Abi Spark fueled the 25-23 comeback victory. The No. 4-seed Tigers were still roaring after a 3-0 sweep over No. 5 Garden County on Thursday...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho – The McCook Community College men’s basketball team downed Casper College Friday afternoon 79-76 in the consolation round of the eight-team Battle For The Boot, hosted by College of Southern Idaho. “Our guy really battled on both ends of the floor today,” said MCC Coach Dillon Hargrove, whose team snagged 18 offensive rebounds, including three critical ones in the final minute of play...