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Sun-warmed prairie
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
A windmill west of Culbertson stands guard over pastures going brown in late-summer heat. Isolated thunderstorms are forecasted to return Friday with sun and high-80s dominating the remainder of the upcoming forecast.
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Janice Marie (Rasmussen) Hutchins
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Janice Marie (Rasmussen) Hutchins Nov. 12, 1953 - Aug. 20, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Janice Marie (Rasmussen) Hutchins, 62, of McCook, died Saturday (Aug. 20, 2016). She was born Nov. 12, 1953, in Davenport, Iowa, to Robert Rasmussen and Fern Rasmussen...
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Keith Gage
(Obituary ~ 08/24/16)
Keith Gage WAUNETA, Neb. -- Keith Gage, 80, of Wauneta, died Monday (Aug. 22, 2016), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney; Neb. Survivors include his wife, Mary Gage of Wauneta; children, Jerlyn Hohnholt and husband, Jon, of North Platte, Neb., Cherie Wallace and husband, Chris, of McCook, Neb., Jimmy Gage and wife, Cindy of Longmont, Colo., and Mike Gage and wife, Julie, of North Platte; brothers, Norman Gage and wife, Mary, of Ellisville, Miss., and Rodger Gage and wife, Colleen, of Kearney; daughter-in-law, Cyndy Gage of Longmont; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.. ...
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Drug price issue not as simple as we think
(Editorial ~ 08/24/16)
The rising price of a life-saving injection device is getting the attention of consumer advocates and members of Congress. EpiPens are used to treat food allergy reactions in what can be life-or-death emergencies. There's no generic version of the device, and no direct competitor...
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First an announcement and then a look back at the skies
(Column ~ 08/24/16)
Before we get to the skies, I have an announcement. The miracle of modern science and medicine has determined that I have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, in the King's English, ALS, or more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Two things are known about ALS, one, it is fatal; two, there is no known cure...
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Man arrested for sending explicit photos
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
BENKELMAN, Neb. -- A 24-year-old Benkelman man is being charged with enticement by electronic communication device after North Platte police say he sent sexually-explicit pictures to a teenager. North Platte police investigator John Deal told the North Platte Telegraph newspaper that the parents of a teen told police that Devin Bolio of Benkelman sent photos of his genitals and sexually-explicit messages online to the 14-year-old...
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Official cites cuts in expenses
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook's upcoming fiscal year budget advanced on first reading last week and was touted by at least one city leader for including an overall reduction in General Fund expenditures when compared to the prior year. During the budget reading, City Manager Nate Schneider said the transmittal letter covered the crux of the 2016-17 proposed budget and thanked city department heads for their budget work this year...
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Transmittal letter comparison shows $200K increase
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Each year the McCook city manager drafts a transmittal letter identifying key areas of the proposed city budget leading up to first reading approval. A comparison of transmittal letters from the city budget which advanced last week and the letter published with last year's budget indicates city General Fund expenses have increased...
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Surplus auction
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
"Numerous bicycles" and vehicles ranging from a 1979 Chevy K1500 pickup to a 1997 Pontiac Firebird and a 2011 Dodge Charger will sell at a City of McCook surplus auction Thursday, at 1 p.m., at the old landfill site west of the John Deere dealership on old Highway 6. The sale bill also includes two green Kawasaki motorcycles and a couple of camper trailers...
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MEDC touts 'best of' list
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
McCOOK, Neb.-- Soon after McCook's birth as a railroad town in 1882, Nebraska's major newspapers nicknamed McCook "The Magical City of the West." More than a century and a quarter later, the title still seems appropriate, with this now modern "Magic City" on the edge of the American West garnering more than 24 "Best Of" honors in the past two years...
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Photogenic amphibians
(Local News ~ 08/24/16)
A frog decorates a pot hand-crafted by Arkansas potter Logan Hunter, grandson of Ruthann and Marvin Klooz of rural McCook. Logan's and Hannah May's work -- offered as "Hunter & May Pottery" -- is available at Keystone Floral in downtown McCook. Right, outside, in a cool McCook garden, a fat toad poses for his close-up. Submit your local photos for publication consideration at: www.mccookgazette.com...
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Longhorns softball splits at Southern Valley tri
(High School Sports ~ 08/24/16)
Chase County opened their softball season by splitting a pair of games at the Southern Valley/Alma Triangular Tuesday evening...
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A whole lot of hot air
(High School Sports ~ 08/24/16)
Despite speeds that would disturb all school-zone police, McCook High's best golfers didn't let a swirly bad hair day ruin their focus at the first 18-hole tourney of 2016 on Tuesday...
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