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On the Record
(Other Record ~ 05/27/15)
This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Activity log These items are taken from reports filed by the McCook Police Department. The locations refer to block numbers, not specific addresses. If you have information about any of these reports, call the police department at (308) 345-3450...
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Ruby Anderson
(Obituary ~ 05/27/15)
Ruby Anderson WAUNETA, Neb. -- Ruby Anderson, 95, longtime resident of Wauneta, died Monday (May 25, 2015), at Sunrise Nursing Home in Wauneta. Survivors include sons, Richard Anderson and wife, Dot, of Parker, Colorado, Lynn Anderson of Hastings, Nebraska, four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren...
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Randall Dee Roethemeyer
(Obituary ~ 05/27/15)
Randall Dee Roethemeyer March 26, 1961 - May 24, 2015 OMAHA, Neb. Our "angel unaware" was born the tenth child of Melvin William and Elda Regina (Wendland) Roethemeyer on March 26, 1961, at the family farm north of Maywood, Nebraska. Randy departed this earthly life on May 24, 2015, in Omaha, surrounded by family...
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Veto vote measure of Legislature's trust in administration
(Editorial ~ 05/27/15)
By the time many of you read this, the question will be answered: Did the Nebraska legislature override Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of LB 268 to repeal the death penalty? The bill passed with only 32 votes, two more than the 30 required to enact the law over Ricketts' veto...
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First 'killed' at Pearl Harbor actually wasn't
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/27/15)
First 'killed' at Pearl Harbor actually wasn't Dear Editor, I would like to clarify Susan Doak's article about James Gammill in her article in Friday's Gazette. I am the only niece of James Gammill, and, yes, headlines in all of the papers in the county read "James Gammill first in Red Willow to be killed!"But by the grace of God, a month later, the headlines all read "Gammill is alive and well!"...
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An Illinois view of the night sky
(Column ~ 05/27/15)
We are coming to you this week from the gloriously dark skies of rural west-central Illinois, about an hour north of St. Louis. If you look at a map of Illinois, that peculiar bulge caused by the meandering of the Mississippi River is west-central Illinois putting it north of St. Louis...
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Free swimming Monday as McCook pool opens
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook swimming pool opens Monday, June 1, kicking off the 2015 season with an annual free swim day. The pool will be open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission prices remain the same as prior years with daily and season pass options. Daily admission for adults age 13 and older is $2.50; children age 12 and younger, including the baby pool, is priced at $1 daily...
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Balance sheets force Hillcrest room rate hike
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Citing nearly a half million in past-due balances, along with rising vendor costs and payments due to Medicare, Hillcrest Nursing Home will raise room costs in July. The Hillcrest Board of Trustees unanimously voted recently to increase room rates by $12 per day at the beginning of the fiscal year that starts in July, with the potential of another $12 increase in six months. Hillcrest is owned by the county but operates on its own revenue...
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McCook city surplus auction set for Friday
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook is coordinating its annual city surplus and police auction Friday afternoon at the police impound yard. The auction will begin at 1 p.m. and includes a significant number of surplus items and equipment, including 15 vehicles impounded by the police department and two former U.S. Government vehicles...
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'Old Glory Days'
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
Bob Furrow, a charter member of the Maywood, Nebraska, Lions Club, and his wife, Eileen, open Maywood's 25th annual "Old Glory Days" parade Saturday morning. Despite the cold breeze and a constant drip and drizzle, parade participants and parade-goers still celebrated the weekend celebration's theme, "Old School Cool." Cool, for sure on Saturday. ...
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Recycling project Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
Elise and Harper Stevens, left, create a poster to be hung at McCook Christian Church for a Project Pals 4-H Club electronics recycling project, while James Neel, Sam Hoyt and Breyer Lampe, above, load up some old computers for the event, set for 1 to 4 p.m. ...
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Donald W. Fricke, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/27/15)
Donald W. Fricke, Sr. Dec. 15, 1936 - May 25, 2015 CULBERTSON, Neb. -- Donald W. Fricke, Sr., age 78, of Culbertson, passed away at Community Hospital of McCook on Monday, May 25, 2015. He was born in Comstock, Nebraska, on Dec. 15, 1936, to Fredrick and Rhoda (Amberry) Fricke. Donald finished his GED in 1980...
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The Flood of 1935 -- Landmark water tank found new life after waters receded
(Local News ~ 05/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- It nestles among trees and shrubs, tucked into a corner of a wire fence. Hundreds, even thousands, of people drive by it every day. Many of those are McCook people, but very, very few of them -- if any -- know the history of the steel-gray water tank that sits in a feed yard east of McCook, on the south side of Highway 6-34 and north of the Republican River...
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