Stories from Tuesday, October 7, 2025

OGALLALA, Neb. — She’s a wrestling powerhouse who proved able to make the clutch putts in district pressure Monday afternoon. Southwest senior Madelyn Tryon earned a Class C state golf spot after reaching last winter’s Nebraska Girls State Wrestling Tournament.

HASTINGS, Neb. — To catch or not be caught were really the only questions confronting McCook entering Friday night football stop in Hastings. The Bison knew they were catching Tigers whether it was seniors Gabe Roberts, Tate Schafer or Trey Tiller making 11 tackles apiece...

TRENTON, Neb. - The mood was both somber and expectant as community members gathered at the Trenton Community Development Commission (TCDC) building in Trenton, Monday afternoon, for a public hearing on a proposed 5,000-head cattle feedlot, planned for a site one mile north of Culbertson...

What might once have been the headline story of the day—the county’s long-debated membership in the West Central Nebraska Development District—passed without comment at Monday’s meeting of the Red Willow County Board of Commissioners. The matter, once a source of sharp division, was quietly folded into the consent agenda and approved without discussion. With all members present, the board moved briskly through accounts payable before opening the floor for public comment...

McCOOK, Neb. - The McCook City Council convened for its regular session on Monday in the city council chambers. Council members Meuhlenkamp and Calvin were absent and excused. The meeting began with a presentation from PFM Financial Advisors, which included a study on the city’s water usage. ...

Grannie Annie spoke out in disgust. She had just read that some charter schools, in the East, including Washington, DC, were paying groups of their senior students $50 a week to attend school. Yes, the money is from a grant, not your tax money—so far. They give the student a credit card and pump $50 into the kid’s account each Monday morning. There are no restrictions on how the money is spent...

As the latest government shutdown drags on, the older among us are experiencing a sense of déjà vu. We’ve seen this before—during both Democratic and Republican administrations—and after years of watching the same drama unfold, we recognize the pattern. Tempers flare, accusations fly and each side insists the other is to blame, but beneath the shouting matches and the soundbites lies something deeper: a constitutional mechanism working exactly as designed...

McCOOK, Neb. — The registration deadline is now approaching for the 2025 YMCA Fall Adult Volleyball League. Divisions are being offered for Competitive and Recreational in both Women’s and Co-Ed. The season begins the week of October 20. Women will play on Thursday evenings. Co-ed will play on Monday evenings...

Linda Louise Boner was born in Corpus Christie, Texas to Wray and June M. (Kleckinger) Emrich on December 19, 1949. Her father was a career military man, and the family made homes all over the country and around the world. Linda lived most of her adult life on her beloved farm in Frontier County, Nebraska. It was on the farm that Linda married Robert Boner on October 3, 2020. The two were together for more than 40 years...