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Falcons, Tigers headline all-RPAC West hoops
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. —Hitchcock County joined powerful Paxton in placing two players each on the all-RPAC West boys’ first team this season. Senior 5’8” guard Pierce Utterback and 6’2” junior Dionte Perkins helped ingite the Falcons to 15 wins (15-7 overall) this season...
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Prison shops to begin manufacturing masks, gowns, hand sanitizer
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
LINCOLN, Neb. – In an effort to meet some of the supply needs that have arisen with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Cornhusker State Industries (CSI)*, which operates the industry shops for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS), will soon begin producing hand sanitizer for utilization by staff members and distribution to other state agencies...
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Annalea Janousek
(Obituary ~ 03/23/20)
Annalea Janousek July 25, 1949 - March 21, 2020 STRATTON, Neb. — Annalea Janousek, 70, died Saturday (March 21, 2020), at her home in Stratton. The family is keeping with her wishes to be cremated. A tentative date for the memorial service is Saturday, June 6, 2020, 10:30 a.m., at St. James Catholic Church in Trenton. Please follow our website for obituary and service times as information becomes available. A full obituary will be posted closer to service time...
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Alberta R. Leising
(Obituary ~ 03/23/20)
Alberta R. Leising Nov 6, 1936 - March 20, 2020 OXFORD, Neb. — Celebration of Life Services for Alberta R. Leising will be held at a later date at the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oxford, Neb. Private family graveside services will be at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, Neb...
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Trojan, Valley girls power RPAC All-East
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. — Cambridge senior Korynn Clason leads a familiar lineup of all-RPAC East girls basketball first teamers this season. Southern Valley’s senior duo of 5’6” guard Grace Hogeland and 6’ post Lauryn Samuelson join the 5’10” Clason as all-RPAC first teamers...
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Five schools fill all-RPAC East boys' spots
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. —No fewer than five schools filled the five all-RPAC East boys spots on their first team this season. Southern Valley 6’3” junior Carter Bose represented an S.V. squad featuring four double-figure scorers which reached the D-1 final. Cambridge 6’ senior Paxton Ross joined Bose to cap his cap his Trojan hoops career after a record-setting football season...
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McCook YMCA closed, but workout help videos near
(Community Sports ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. — The Ed Thomas Family YMCA in McCook offered this statement Sunday evening: “As a safety concern for our staff and YMCA members, the Board of Directors of the Ed Thomas YMCA has voted to accept the National YMCA’s strong recommendation that all YMCA facilities should close...
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In trying times, National Puppy Day still delivers
(Community Sports ~ 03/23/20)
Everyone should now today’s National Puppy Day will forever deliver all types of sports connections: Baseball Chicago’s Wrigley Field has ivy-covered walls where players lose balls in the vines a few times every summer. They clearly haven’t watched a backyard beagle when you bounce the ball into thick backyard bushes. Not only will that leaping dog disappear into foilage, it almost always returns with the baseball firmly in its stinky teethy grasp...
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Magnificent MH-C duo leads all-West team
(High School Sports ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. — Senior Avery Johnson and junior Jaycee Widener lead the all-RPAC West girls first team following a historic Maywood-Hayes Center hoop run this season. The Wolves (23-4 record) reached their first Class D-1 state tournament as a consolidated school. They also topped 20 wins for a third conssecutive season...
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Two senior medical students receive residency assignments
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Two Southwest Nebraska senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center students have received their residency assignments. Sara Jane German of Imperial has been accepted into the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Family Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Allie Jegan Swanson of Indianola is assigned to the UNMC Family Medicine program in Omaha...
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Man pleads no contest to stabbing dog; gets 60 days minus time served
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. — The transient who stabbed a dog 18 times in February pleaded no contest in Red Willow County Court and was sentenced to 60 days in jail for cruelly mistreating an animal, a Class I misdemeanor. James Wagner, 29 years old, was given credit for 31 days already served in jail. He was originally charged with felony animal cruelty...
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Events, gatherings limited to 10 or fewer
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Public events and gatherings are limited to 10 people or fewer statewide, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, which is to be effective at least through the end of March and may be extended. A copy of this guidance can be found on Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department’s website at www.swhealth.ne.gov...
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YMCA, other closings announced as precaution
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. -- In what he said was one of the toughest decisions made in his 40-plus years with the Ed Thomas YMCA, retiring executive director Michael Gonzales reported that the board of directors voted to close the facility until further notice. “We hope our members will continue to support the YMCA with their memberships during this time.”...
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Employee health top priority for county
(Local News ~ 03/23/20)
McCOOK, Neb. -- As of Monday morning, the courthouse and the sheriff’s office were closed to the public, although offices are still staffed and courthouse business could be conducted by calling individual offices. The jail will offer video visitation with inmates, and new inmates will be screened before they’re lodged. ...
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Nebraskans show wisdom in response to officials' pleas
(Editorial ~ 03/23/20)
Like columnist Walt Sehnert, whose column on the 1918 H1N1 “Spanish Flu” is reprinted on this page, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is looking to the past to provide guidance in dealing with the current COVID-19 pandemic. It’s all about slowing the spread of the illness enough to give health care professionals time and resources to help save the patients who need it the most...
- William D. Hannah (Obituary ~ 03/23/20)
- Margaret T. Shapiro (Obituary ~ 03/23/20)
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