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McCook's Friehe, Brooks combine for perfect game
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/03)
MINDEN -- Senior Lisa Friehe and junior Natalie Brooks combined for a perfect game no-hitter as the McCook Bison softball team routed Minden 16-0 in Thursday's season-opener at Minden. Friehe pitched the first two innings and struck out all six batters she faced...
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Bison boys tennis returns five from state squad
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/03)
The McCook High School boys tennis team returns five players from the squad that finished 11th at the Class B state tournament last season. The state tournament performance has given coach Matt Wiemers and his team a good feeling about the 2003 fall campaign...
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Determined faith of friends
(Local News ~ 08/29/03)
His quiet voice belies the strength Ben Neunenschwander of Culbertson found during his recovery from complications of heart bypass surgery. The quiet voice is a result of a tracheotomy he received during the surgery and resulting recovery. The strength he found in his faith, his family and his friends...
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Nice flying weather
(Local News ~ 08/29/03)
This powered parachute puttered through the early evening sky west of McCook on Thursday.
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New station goes on air
(Local News ~ 08/29/03)
IMPERIAL -- Dave and Connie Stout, owners of McCook Radio Group, announced Thursday the debut of a new radio station in Imperial. The 24-hour station will be called KADL and is located at 102.9 on the FM dial. KADL will feature local Imperial and ABC news, severe weather reports, Brownfield ag reports and a heavy emphasis on local Chase County High School sports...
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State Patrol gearing up for Labor Day
(Local News ~ 08/29/03)
LINCOLN -- The Nebraska State Patrol is asking motorists to be prepared for heavy traffic this weekend due to a combination of the Labor Day holiday, the Nebraska State Fair, and a Husker home football game. The equivalent of 45 extra officers, including administrative personnel, will be on patrol this evening through early Tuesday morning thanks, in part, to a $15,600 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. ...
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Mid-Plains considering levy increase
(Local News ~ 08/29/03)
NORTH PLATTE -- The Mid-Plains Community College could raise its total tax rate by about 12.8 percent, according to working numbers discussed at Wednesday night's meeting of the board of governors. The proposed 0.9-cent levy increase is needed to help the college area meet its $13.95 million budget for 2003-04...
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Heritage Days allows residents to live history
(Editorial ~ 08/29/03)
Hear the word "heritage" and you think of McCook, Nebraska. It's a trend which started more than 30 years ago with the first German Heritage Days celebration, and has since spread to become the name of the Heritage Hills Golf Course and the Heritage Senior Center...
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Open Forum
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/29/03)
Air service has other benefits Dear Editor, Concerning the editorial in the Wednesday, Aug. 27 edition about airline service into and out of McCook: I used the service to Denver enroute to Portland, near the end of July 2003, and highly recommend it, especially for older persons...
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