Stories from Wednesday, June 23, 2021

McCOOK, Neb. — The Nebraska Girls' State Match Play Golf rolled into quarterfinals with seven of eight higher seeds winning their Sweet 16 matches this morning at Heritage Hills. Quarterfinals are matching up No. 1 and current University of Nebraska-Lincoln golfer Lauren Thiele from Wahoo against No. 8 Emily Kryzanowski of Scottsbluff...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCok's First Central Bank Juniors have won three of their last five following the 14-2, 8-3 victories overf visiting Medicine Valley Tuesday night. The Legion Post 203 Juniors (4-11 record) trounced Ogallala, 12-3, last weekend. Bryson Gullion, Payton Dellevoet, Quentin Terry and Cole Graham drove home two runs apiece during the big opening win vs. Med Valley at McCook's Jaycees Complex...

When Scottsbluff tennis coach Darren Emerick heard about the possibility of getting a team together to compete in the World Team Tennis junior national championships, he had little time to get things organized. The team that will be representing western Nebraska includes two players from Scottsbluff and four from McCook as they head out Monday morning for Orlando, Florida, and be back Friday, July 2...

BARTLEY, Neb. — If it has leaves and roots, chances are Jim Foster has grown it, or at least tried. There’s been a few things Jim Foster hasn’t been successful with, such as the 150 peanut plants he planted this year with only three surviving. But everything else on his two city lots are flourishing with either vegetables or flowers, with most of it grown by seed...

McCOOK, Neb. — The City of McCook will be getting its first payment from the American Rescue Plan Act 2021. At the regular McCook City Council meeting Monday night, the council approved, with the rest of the consent agenda items, to authorize the mayor to sign the American Rescue Plan Act - Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Non-entitlement Units of local government application, contingent to review by the city attorney...

McCOOK, Neb. — The federal government will pick up the tab for a master plan for McCook’s airport. On Monday night, the McCook City Council approved the consent agenda item that accepts the grant offer agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for the Airport Improvement Program Project (AIP), the development of an airport master plan update at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport...