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Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Election 2010

Stories relating to local and national election.

Voters take a step toward future (11/03/10)
Voters pass municipal facility (11/03/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Cheers broke out from the small crowd gathered in the Red Willow County Clerks office as the vote tally, 1269 to 1142 in favor of building the proposed municipal facility, was announced. Supporters of the project had been kept in suspense most of Tuesday evening as the vote tally began at just past 8 p.m. ...
Voters turn down two school bonds (11/03/10)
Voters in two Southwest Nebraska school districts said "no" Tuesday to bond sales that would have financed expansion, upgrades and renovations to school buildings in Trenton, Culbertson and Arapahoe. Voters in Maywood approved a 15-year sales tax that will help maintain and repair village infrastructure, and a write-in candidate won a position on the Palisade village board...
Planning commission tables jail zoning issue (10/26/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Planning Commission talked about changes that would be needed to allow a jail to be built in the city limits, but decided no action was needed yet. McCook zoning ordinances state that the agricultural zone is the only zone where a jail facility can exist. The current Public Safety Center is exempt from the ordinance, as a pre-existing use, but the topic has arisen as a result of the proposed Municipal Facility, which voters will decide on with the Nov. 2 ballot...
Ex councilman: Building proper use of sales tax (10/26/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A member of the board that drafted guidelines for the city sales tax said members had a building like the Nov. 2 proposal in mind at the time. Speaking at Monday night's town hall meeting at the Heritage Senior Center on the proposed municipal facility, Jerry Reitz said that when the additional one-cent sales tax was implemented in 2008, "The voters handcuffed the City Council with how they could spend the money."...
Write-ins eligible for SWPPD, town ballots; MPPD ballot corrected (10/26/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Red Willow County Clerk has released the names of candidates who will run as write-ins for Indianola mayor and the Bartley village board on the Nov. 2 election. And, one candidate was inadvertently left off the McCook Public Power District board of directors in a sample ballot published last Friday...
Commissioner faces two challengers (04/28/10)
The person who will represent Red Willow County's District 3 on the county commission board for the next four years may be determined when Republicans Leigh Hoyt, Vesta Dack and Jim Coady go head-to-head in the primary election May 11. Election commissioner Pauletta Gerver said that the name of the winner of the primary election will be placed on the ballot for the general election in November, and he or she may be challenged by someone who petitions in or becomes a write-in candidate. ...
Candidates face off over water issues (03/05/10)
State Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial and former state senator Tom Baker of Trenton faced off at a candidate forum Thursday, on how to address water issues in the Republican River Basin. Both are running to represent Southwest Nebraska's 44th district...
More challengers beat deadline (03/02/10)
More candidates have stepped up to challenge current office holders in the Red Willow County May 11 primary Non-incumbents had until Monday, 5 p.m. to file. Michael Owens of McCook has filed for the open seat on Mid-Plains Community College, District 1 Board of Governors. Incumbent Roger Wilson did not file for re-election...