Stories from Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Marvin and Esther (Mekelburg) Brockmeier and their daughter, Shirley, welcomed Marlene Ruth into the family on December 12, 1939. Marlene passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Wray, CO on September 10, 2025. Marlene attended school in Yuma, graduating high school in 1957. She then attended Colorado State Teacher’s College (now UNC) graduating in 1961. The year 1961 was eventful for Marlene. She got engaged on April 30, graduated from college on May 30 and married Kenneth Serl on July 30...

Donald D McMains, age 90, passed away September 12, 2025, after a brief stay at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. Don was born September 16. 1934, to Burtis (Pete) & Ruby McMains at McCook, Nebraska. Don grew up in McCook and graduated from McCook High School in 1952 after which he entered the United States Marine Corp where he was an aircraft mechanic during the Korean war. In 2024 Don was awarded the quilt of Valor for his service to his country...

Carol Louise Max was surrounded by the love of her family when she passed away on Friday evening, September 12, 2025 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was 86 years of age. She was born on November 24, 1938 on a farm seven miles south of Curtis, Nebraska early on Thanksgiving morning to Glenn and Mable (Williams) Ruppert; the third of four children...

Lois Joan (Hayes) Hoff was born on May 1, 1928, in Hastings Nebraska, to Francil and Viola (Niccolson) Hayes. When she joined her two older brothers, Davis Jay and Larry Gene, she completed the family. Lois usually preferred being out-of-doors playing “cowboys and Indians” with her brothers and the neighbor kids rather than being in the house playing “house and dolls” with her girl cousins. You might say she was somewhat of a ‘tom-boy’...

Dwayne Brunswick, age 69 of McCook, NE passed away at his home in McCook on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Funeral services are pending at this time with Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook, NE.

McCOOK, Neb. - The McCook City Council met Monday evening, September 15, 2025, and moved through a full agenda that included proclamations, public hearings on vacation rentals, a street improvement plan, and the adoption of the city’s budget and related measures for the coming fiscal year. Four members were present, with Rambali excused...

LINCOLN, Neb.--Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha had hoped to hear from state officials, including the governor and the director of the Nebraska Department of Corrections, during a committee hearing at the Capitol on Friday about plans to convert a state prison into a proposed immigrant detention facility...

Note the excellent article in the Gazette last week. Editor Mike was illustrating the large decrease in nearby residents of Hispanic ethnicity coming to our community to shop and dine. Our local Mexican restaurants especially have noticed the decrease in customers since the announcement of the upcoming ICE detention facility. Walmart too...

I used to enjoy flying. I truly did. It was fun to see the country from 30,000 feet, and aviation itself has always fascinated me. Between the restaurants, shopping and the ever-important people-watching, airports were like an amusement park. Long layovers were something to savor...

YORK, Neb. — Call it a first with more to come after McCook High’s tennis boys won the York Invitational team title on Friday. The Bison totaled 27 points thanks behind a terrific trio who finished 10-0. Senior Aaron Frank swept through his No. 1 singles matches at 5-0 while showing again he’s becoming a force among Class B’s best players...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Numbers really don’t tell the whole story as coach Tom Sughroue watched his McCook Bison take on another warm Saturday cross-country race. “I thought we ran well on Saturday times really didn’t dictate how well we ran,” he said after the girls finished fourth among seven teams...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sadly, Class B No. 2 Waverly did not bring the Minnesota Vikings’ offense to Weiland Field Friday evening. Weekend totals would have meant a 7-6 McCook Bison victory, but these Vikings tacked on six more six-point plays for a 42-7 victory...

ce again, the combined forces of Holdrege and Adams Central were no match for what McCook brought to its softball diamond Monday evening. McCook sent 11 hits sizzling around visiting Highway 6 Trailblazers while making a path to four wins in six home games so far this season...

The City of McCook Administrative Office will be closed to the public on September 17, 2025 for a software upgrade. No payments utilities or accounts receivable will be taken due to the system being down. City offices will resume our regular hours on Thursday September 18 at 7:30 a.m...

Dear Editor, They killed the man – they will never kill his spirit. On September 10th, America again changed in a way that will be remembered for as long as there is an America. From age 18, Charlie Kirk was the most gracious individual to ever challenge the ideological poison of the Left. He was effective in changing the minds of thousands of students on college campuses across the country. Thus, the Left had to silence him because they understood his positive influence upon America’s youth...