Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2004

The McCook Wrestling Club hosted the Southwest Nebraska Championships Saturday at the Senior High Gym. The meet had 115 wrestlers from the surrounding communities competing. The tournament had two divisions. Those in second grade and younger competed in a non-competition format...

For three weeks every year, televisions across the nation are tuned into one station. It makes Mom wear her Murray State (12th seed) alumni shirt and Dad swears he graduated from Maryland (4). With Florida A&M (16) winning Tuesday night's play-in game-and the privilege of playing Kentucky (1)-, the NCAA opened its annual 65-team tournament dubbed March Madness...

July 16, 1914-March 16, 2004 ATWOOD -- Ernst F. "Ernie" Holste, 89, died Tuesday (March 16, 2004) at Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. He was born July 16, 1914, to Henry and Sophie (Niermeier) Holste in Ludell. On Oct. 12, 1944, he married Hilda Dunker at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ludell. He was a farmer and stockman and a lifetime resident of Ludell...

Jan. 20, 1920-March 15, 2004 GOTHENBURG -- Eva A. Herman, 84, of Brady, died Monday (March 15, 2004) at the Gothenburg Memorial Hospital in Gothenburg. She was born Jan. 20, 1920, to Jesse and Alma (Wymore) Buker in Freedom. She attended school at the Hilltop School near Freedom through the 8th grade...

Mildred Erminta (Peterson) Russell of Kilmarnock, Scotland died peacefully in the presence of her husband, Robert "Bob" and a loving niece, Morag, on Sept. 10, 2003. Mildred was born in Farwell on Dec. 18, 1915, and attended McCook Junior College before continuing her education at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln...

NORTH PLATTE -- Bryan and Amber Rooney of Arnold announce the birth of their daughter, Brooklynn Marie, March 6, 2004, in North Platte. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Brad and Kris Rooney of Trenton and Marcy and Carol Shadley of Trenton. Great-grandparents are Tan Rooney of Atwood, Shirley Rotter of Lincoln, Ben Rotter of Dallas, Texas and Donna Guthrie of Indianola...