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Kent Raymond Kelsey
(Obituary ~ 07/06/17)
Kent Raymond Kelsey June 6, 1938 - June 20, 2017 McCOOK, Neb. — Kent Raymond Kelsey passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook where he had been living since 2014. He was 79 years old. Kent was born on June 6, 1938, to parents, Raymond and Alma (Foltz) Kelsey at Eureka, Calif. ...
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Hillcrest pays off debt early, charts course for future
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — After the recent resignation of Hillcrest Nursing Homes’s administrator, the Board of Trustees began moving forward Wednesday on hiring a new one and checking up on financial concerns. And with cheers and applause, the board also decided to make the final payment sooner rather than later on the remaining balance of the $1 million Red Willow County borrowed for the facility in 2012...
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Weekend check-in, other ideas closer to implementation
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
MCCOOK, Neb. — Admitting residents on the weekends at Hillcrest is getting closer to being a reality. The recommendation to do so was first cited by Klaasmeyer and Associates of Omaha, an Omaha health care management and consulting firm hired by Red Willow County to assess operations at Hillcrest. ...
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First Central Bank meets Cozad again in B6 Area Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 07/06/17)
The McCook First Central Bank juniors will play Cozad in the opening round of the Nebraska American Legion B6 Junior Area Tournament...
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City ponders future of A Street Park
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — City leaders will prioritize developing a plan for the A Street Park during the upcoming budget cycle and indicated earlier this week selling the property or bringing it up to standard with other city parks are the two leading options...
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Highway safety measures worthy of future debate
(Editorial ~ 07/06/17)
If a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around to hear it, does it really make a sound? If a policeman doesn’t issue you a ticket for driving while texting or not wearing a seatbelt, does your state really prohibit those activities? No, at least not effectively, says Mark Segerstrom, Road Safety Project Coordinator for the Nebraska Safety Council...
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'Excellent' yields, high-quality grain reported
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Dryland wheat yields in the 60-to-70 bushels per acre range are being reported as the harvest in Southwest Kansas and Northwest Kansas moves past the halfway point in the Golden Plains of America. “For the most part, yields are excellent,” said Randy Peters, whose family has extensive wheat acreage in Red Willow and Hitchcock counties. ...
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New ownership
(Local News ~ 07/06/17)
A crew installs the new “Pinnacle Bank” sign at the former AmFirst Bank in McCook this morning. On July 1, AmFirst Bank locations in McCook, Benkelman and Hayes Center joined Pinnacle Bank’s 61 branches in Nebraska. The new sign was created by Omaha Neon Sign Co. Inc.; the big B Street sign will be installed in August. Family-owned since 1938, Nebraska-based Pinnacle Bancorp, Inc. is a $9.9 billion financial holding company operating more than 140 community banks in eight states...
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MCC four men moving up to NCAA hoops
(College Sports ~ 07/06/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Four McCook Community College men’s baskeball players have committed to play basketball at the next level. Lewis Diankulu, Draylan Perkins, Brody Sharkey and Torrey Mayo all completed their associates degrees in May. They will all be competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association level for the 2017-18 season...
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Heritage men's golf starts second half
(Community Sports ~ 07/06/17)
Latest standings from the Heritage Men’s Golf League after play on Wednesday which began the season’s second half. McCook Lettering (195.5 points) led A League while McCook National Bank (203.5) topped B League to finish the first half. A League Trenton Agency 21...
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Americans triumph at Felling All-Star Game
(Community Sports ~ 07/06/17)
FELLING FIELD – The American League All-Stars took the lead for good in the sixth inning to capture a back-and-forth game from the National League All Stars by a 10-9 score on Wednesday night. In the annual Majors Division postseason All Star game, the American League All Stars were down 7-6 in the bottom of the sixth inning when National League pitcher Kolyn Gaston induced Kaden Day to hit into a fielder’s choice...
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