Stories from Thursday, September 28, 2006

McCOOK -- After long road trips to Aurora and Gering, the McCook Bison finally get to set foot on their home turf at Weiland Field. McCook hosts the Sidney Red Raiders at 7 p.m. CT Friday. The Bison, ranked No. 1 in Nebraska Class B in four polls, are 4-0 after last week's 48-6 demolition of Gering...

Sept. 3, 1950 - Sept. 22, 2006 OKLAHOMA -- Richard Dale Coleman 56, formerly of McCook, died Friday (Sept. 22, 2006) at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1950, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Kenneth and Pattie Coleman. The family later moved to McCook, where he attend McCook Senior High School and graduated in 1968...

More than 100 past and present Bureau of Reclamation staff members and guests gathered Wednesday for ribbon cutting and dedication ceremonies at the Bureau's new $1.7 million field office in the 1700 block of West Third Street. The event produced a flow of memories, as former Reclamation manager, Bob Kutz, and current field office manager, Marv Swanda, told about the Bureau office's start in Indianola 1n 1946, the move to the former Gayway dance hall in McCook in 1952 and the construction of the new building in the early 2000s.. ...

Working to become one of Nebraska's leading family events, event coordinators recently launched a new web site on the world wide web to promote McCook Balloon Fest. Experiencing more than 40,000 hits within its first month, mccook balloonfest.com has quickly captured an audience of balloon enthusiasts across the globe...

Curtis -- The Middle Republican NRD held a public hearing before passing a $1.6 million budget Tuesday. No one appeared at the hearing in McCook, which was called to receive support, opposition, criticism, suggestions, or observations of taxpayers related to the proposed budget and the setting of the final tax request at a different amount than the prior year tax request...

Say you have a family income of $50,000, and owe $34,000 on your credit cards. If you were wise, you'd be looking for some serious ways of cutting back on your expenses, increasing your income, and climbing out of that financial hole. Many of us would be thinking about bankruptcy, but that option, always intended as a last resort, is more difficult because of recent changes in the law...

McCook city firefighters spray down an experimental helicopter prototype after it crashed about 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at the McCook Regional Airport. Two people were taken by ambulance to Community Hospital in McCook, but they were not believed to have serious injuries. According to witnesses, the helicopter was hovering near the airport when the crash occurred. The craft is owned by Pawnee Aviation of McCook, which plans to offer kits of the helicopter to homebuilders...