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Weather shortens season-opener for Lady Bison tennis
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/18)
LEXINGTON, Neb. -- Mother Nature 1, McCook 0...
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Pantenburg birthday
(Birthdays ~ 03/21/18)
75th birthday The family of Robert (Bob) Pantenburg is requesting a card shower in honor of his 75th birthday on Thursday, March 22, 2018. He has three children, one step-son, six grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 804 E. Seventh, McCook, NE 69001...
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Reducing tobacco's addictive qualities is a good first step
(Editorial ~ 03/21/18)
Tobacco use — mostly cigarette smoking — is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. It kills more than 480,000 Americans annually, and costs more than $300 billion a year, according to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D...
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GROW Nebraska, Central Plains Foundation honored
(Local News ~ 03/21/18)
KEARNEY, Neb. – The GROW Nebraska 2018 MarkeTech Conference on March 15 in Kearney recognized the Central Plains Foundation, which repurposed the former public school in Holbrook after it closed in 1992 and helped with the establishment of GROW Nebraska...
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Tree rebates available
(Local News ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Qualifying trees purchased between Monday, March 26, and Friday, June 8, for planting in McCook may be eligible for the City of McCook’s 2018 spring tree rebate program. The tree rebate program encourages property owners to plant trees. The “focus tree” of the 2018 rebate program, the Kentucky coffee tree, is a tree that the city’s tree advisory board would like to see more of within the city limits...
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Wauneta, St. Pat's students take best of show in McCook
(Local News ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — “Blurry Face” by Wauneta High School student Hannah Lovell and “Sunny Zen” by St. Patrick’s junior high student Jaymie Steinmetz earned “Best of Show” honors at the annual junior and senior high students’ March Art Show at the McCook Art Guild in downtown McCook...
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Grant deadline approaching
(Local News ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. – Less than two weeks remain to apply for a community grant from the McCook Community Foundation Fund as part of the 2018 spring cycle. Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity was a recipient during the 2017 fall grant cycle from MCFF. Habitat received $5,000 toward the group’s latest project, rehabbing a house on West I Street in McCook...
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McCook woman runs for county commissioner
(Local News ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — District 3 Commissioner Candidate Andrea Wolfe said she can offer a combination of experience and education to contribute to the management and growth of Red Willow County. She earned a bachelor of arts degree with cum laude honors in Biology and Agriculture, and holds current Nebraska insurance licenses...
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Buffaloes, Red Devils roar on to all-NWKL
(High School Sports ~ 03/21/18)
ATWOOD, Kan. — Rawlins County and Decatur Community are both represented on the all-Northwest Kansas League basketball teams announced recently. Rawlins junior Kirsten Beckman nearly averaged a double-double all season, and she made the second team of this strong Class 1A conference...
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Messinger spikes keep unbeaten pace with Hauxwell
(Community Sports ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — Hauxwell Motors and Messinger kept their perfect pace going at 6-0 following week three of YMCA Adult Women’s volleyball play last week. Both league leaders swept a pair of matches with Hauxwell not permitting more than 10 points in a set...
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Trojans fight off Indian comeback
(College Sports ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College Indian baseball team got down 10-0 after four innings but battled back to put the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the ninth before Colby Community College finished off the Indians 10-8 Tuesday at the Jaycees Sports Complex...
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Top 25 MCC golfers take aim at title
(College Sports ~ 03/21/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College golf team begins the spring schedule Thursday in La Junta, Colo. for the Otero Junior College Invitational and MCC Coach Tyler Loop and his team have high expectations for the spring. “Our goal is to win the conference and get the automatic bid for nationals in Lubbock, Texas,” Loop said. “To do that we feel we need to win four of our six spring conference tournaments.”...
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