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McCOOK, Neb. — Before every game, the McCook Cardinals 11 & Under traveling baseball team prays for absent team mate Calvin Corbett. Calvin missed most of last summer's baseball season, and probably won't be able to play this summer. "Calvin plays second base and outfield, and he does some pitching," says Coach Chad Graham. "He's super fast."...

McCOOK, Neb. — Emergency personnel responded Thursday afternoon near M Hill on Highway 83 south of McCook to a man bleeding from lacerations on his arm. Red Willow County Sheriff Alan Kotschwar said officers discovered the man was wanted on warrants out of Texas and he is now in the county jail awaiting extradition to Texas...

The University of Nebraska Cornhusker volleyball team will play the Colorado State Rams on the McCook Community College campus Saturday on a floor used in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and installed this morning in MCC's Graff Events Center. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Seven finalists have been selected to present their business plan and a chance at $25,000 to help infuse area business startups and expansion in the 2019 Ben Hormel Business Plan Competition through McCook Community College’s Business and Community Education...

McCOOK, Neb. — Jeffrey Weintz, 29, never found a puzzle he didn’t like. In fact, there’s 145 of them glued and hanging up in his apartment in McCook and more propped up against the walls in his bedroom. At a puzzle party Saturday at his apartment, the last puzzle was found glued together and hanging in the only available place left - behind the television...

McCOOK, Neb. — A farmer south of McCook is hoping the City Council will be willing to address a long-time drainage problem he alleges is caused by a drainage ditch owned by the city. Bob Wilcox, who’s owned his property since 1976, told the McCook City Council Monday night that a city drainage ditch, that directly abuts his property, does not allow water to drain properly and is causing a backflow of river water onto his land. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Last year, a “Safewise” survey put McCook as the ninth safest city in Nebraska. This year, the city jumped three spots in the survey to sixth safest, City of McCook Police Chief Ike Brown said. Speaking to the McCook City Council Monday night at the regular meeting, Brown said the crime rate in the city is “well below” state and national averages and he commended citizens and the police department for these low numbers. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council accepted Monday night a $61,424.55 insurance dividend refund Monday night from EMC Insurance Co., the insurance provider for the city’s capital equipment and facilities. The city has received a dividend refund from EMC before, mostly recently around $40,000 last year. Denise Broomfield, MNB Insurance Services agent, commended the city on the lack of losses that resulted in the dividend check...

This Nebraska Nursing Home crisis has been a jolt to our system for senior care. State Health and Human Services committee members now are being made aware of their need to re-evaluate distribution of funds available for nursing homes. Many people are encouraging the state senators to approve changes for the better...

Boeing makes good airplanes. Ye old scribe speaks from experience having flown two of the iconic products from that company of great renown. Following Air Force pilot training I was assigned to fly the KC-97. Big ugly, ungainly looking on the ground still it was a pleasure to fly. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The new tax plan proposed from the Nebraska Legislature’s revenue committee aimed at lowering property taxes is “absolutely” a tax shift, said State. Sen. Dan Hughes. “But that’s how we got into the predicament we’re in now,” Hughes said Thursday morning at the McCook Chamber of Commerce conference call, by shifting the burden of state revenue onto property taxes. The state has relied too long on property taxes and not enough in other areas, he said...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will start off its regular meeting Monday night by accepting more than $60,000 in a safety dividend check from the city’s insurance company. The council will meet 6:30 p.m., at city council chambers in the Municipal Building...

We all hear the mantra about diet and exercise leading to longer life, but how about our zip code? That can make a difference, according to a University of Nebraska Medical Center team that is unveiling a new Life Expectancy Calculator and Mapping for Nebraskans website...

This Nebraska Nursing Home crisis has been a jolt to our system for senior care. State Health and Human Services committee members now are being made aware of their need to re-evaluate distribution of funds available for nursing homes. Many people are encouraging the state senators to approve changes for the better...

We agree with Omaha Sen. Lou Ann Linehan that the Revenue Committee’s tax plan is a step in the right direction, With the sluggish farm economy sunk further by flooding in much of the state, this may be the year farmers and ranchers get a break on their property taxes, sharing an average 20 percent reduction in school property taxes, which are the largest component of property tax bills...

The University of Nebraska Cornhusker volleyball team will play the Colorado State Rams on the McCook Community College campus Saturday on a floor used in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and installed this morning in MCC's Graff Events Center. ...