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Down 21, No. 3 Bison brilliantly rally to beat No. 7 NW
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/18)
MCCOOK, Neb. — Week two of 2018 won't rank far behind all the best McCook Bison playoff games during recent years. Trailing Grand Island Northwest 21-0 a minute before halftime, the Class B No. 3-ranked team rallied for an incredible 35-21 victory at packed and wild Weiland Field Friday night...
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Young McCook spikers tangle with unbeaten Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — They were jumpy, noisy, laughing and diving all over the place Thursday night. What better ways for the young McCook Bison volleyball team to relax their new head coach? “I was a little nervous but now I’m so proud,” Aubrey Feeney declared about her first chance to lead McCook’s varsity volleyball team into a match against undefeated Hastings...
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Rev. Leslie M. Cole
(Obituary ~ 08/31/18)
Rev. Leslie M. Cole BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Rev. Leslie M. Cole, 81, of Beaver City, died Wednesday (Aug. 29, 2018), at the Beaver City Manor. Visitation is Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, 4 to 7 p.m., at Wenburg Funeral Home in Beaver City. Services are Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, 2:30 p.m. at Faith Community Church in Beaver City. Interment will be at the Union Cemetery in Beaver City. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com...
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Researching ancestor immigrant records
(Column ~ 08/31/18)
It does not pay to be too sanctimonious about your ancestors when you are researching them. They were after all, humans, just like all of us. As a point, I got a kick out of some early history of Iowa and the Catholic-Irish settlement that my great-great grandparents were a part of when I read that because clergymen were usually circuit priests (traveling between sparsely populated “towns”) scheduled to be only in an area for a short time and then returning a few months later, there were times when the birth of a child proceeded it’s parents’ marriage. ...
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Trojans, Tigers sweep to set up early showdown
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/18)
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans and Dundy County-Stratton Tigers set up a super early showdown with triangular sweeps Thursday evening. Cambridge’s now 5-0 following wins over visiting RPAC rivals Alma and Bertrand. The Trojans conquered a tough 27-25 first set before finishing off Alma, 25-17...
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Buffs are best at M-HC opening matches
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/18)
Senior Kristen Beckman (right) tries to send a kill past the tall block attempt of Maywood-Hayes Center junior Avery Johnson during the Buffaloes’ 25-22, 25-16 win at Thursday’s MH-C Triangular. Beckman and the Buffs also swept Southwest 25-19, 25-14 while raising their record to 5-3 this season. The Wolves recovered for a 25-16, 25-13 win over Southwest which evened their record at 1-1...
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Bison stir up 14-0 win over Dusters
(High School Sports ~ 08/31/18)
HOLDREGE, Neb. – A whirwlwind of McCook hits quickly left Holdrege in the dust during this 14-0 Bison softball victory Thursday night. McCook’s felt right at home as all three wins have arrived on the Duster diamond. The Bison went 2-1 at last weekend’s annual Holdrege Invitational...
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Pilot found guilty of being felon in possession of firearm
(Local News ~ 08/31/18)
Wife convicted of conspiring to kidnap judge, sheriff
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State Patrol offering texts for missing, endangered advisories
(Local News ~ 08/31/18)
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol has developed a new way for the public to receive Endangered Missing Advisories directly from NSP. The public can now receive the alerts via text message. Anyone with a cell phone can subscribe to receive text alerts of EMAs directly from NSP. ...
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Late firefighter, probation officer remembered as embodiment of service
(Local News ~ 08/31/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Mayor Mike Gonzales said quietly, responding Thursday to the death of one of McCook’s greatest volunteers, that the McCook Gazette’s motto describes perfectly the life of Raleigh Haas. Gazette founder Harry Strunk lived his life and ran his business under the hand-chiseled granite motto: “Service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy in this world.”...
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City manager's salary, tax request, TIF on agenda for meeting Tuesday
(Local News ~ 08/31/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will have a full plate Tuesday evening at its regular meeting with a number of items to consider, including setting the city’s property tax levy and final tax request for the 2018-19 budget, approving the city manager’s salary and a request for a $6 million TIF expansion project...
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John McCain, American hero
(Column ~ 08/31/18)
We use the term “hero” way too often these days. You’re not a hero if you join the police department, or the fire department, or the military. You have to DO something besides being a member to earn that title. John McCain and his band of brothers certainly did that during his five-year stay at the infamous Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. ...
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