Stories from Monday, April 26, 2010

Oct. 27, 1922 - April 22, 2010 PALISADE, Nebraska -- Marcella Rosella (Worske) Herbert, 87, died Thursday (April 22, 2010) at the Heritage of Wauneta Nursing Home in Wauneta. She was born Oct. 27, 1922, in McCook to Dominique "Mike" and Jane (Bayless) Worske. She grew up in McCook and attended McCook High School...

May 10, 1947 -- April 11, 2010 LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Wilfred G. "Fudd" Decker, 62, died Sunday (April 11, 2010) surrounded by family and friends at his home in Lincoln. He was born in Imperial on May 10, 1947, to Zenas E. and Bessie M. Hawkins Decker. He grew up in Palisade, graduating from Palisade High School in 1965...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Community Hospital's $29 million expansion project continues, even on projects and in locations less visible to the public than the erector set of steel growing out of the top of the hill at East H and 11th streets in McCook, Nebraska...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Mid Plains Community College governors will be asked to provided $8.4 million in funding, split between the Health Complex at North Platte Community College and the Events Center at McCook Community College. Meeting at the Tipton Hall, Weeth Theater at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the board also will hear recommendations from President Michael Chipps on official policy concerning construction methods and a recommendation for the method of construction...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Beginning May 3, the McCook City Council will conduct its public meetings at the Heritage Senior Center, 1312 W. Fifth. The change was made necessary because one of the councilman has suffered an injury and is unable to negotiate the stairs into the regular meeting room...

The calender should be enough, but it always seems to take a storm like the tornadoes that roared through the South on Saturday to remind us that storm season has arrived. A dozen people were killed in Mississippi and Alabama as tornadoes touched down on their way to Georgia and South Carolina...

During World War II Nebraska was very much involved in the war effort. Besides sending so many of our young men to fight in the Armed Forces, there was the SAC Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. Eleven other airfields were scattered across the state, including the one at McCook. Nebraska, was home to a number of Prisoner of War Camps, including one at Indianola. Another facility, so very important to the war effort was the Naval Ammunition Depot at Hastings...

Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning accepted the resignation of Margaret Swanda, after 15 years as the director of the county's health department. Also at their weekly meeting, commissioners elected not to use a federal government Recovery Zone bond program to pave two miles of county road north of McCook's East 11th Street...

A friend of mine recently had life-saving cancer surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. His first doctors, who were not with UNMC, told him this specialized surgery was not done in Nebraska.... That he'd have to go to the Mayo Clinic...

SCOTTSBLUFF -- McCook's tennis girls are putting together a solid season this spring. The Bison girls won the team championship at the Scottsbluff Invitational Saturday, April 24, as none of the McCook competitors finished lower than second in the four divisions of singles and doubles play. McCook scored 46 points, with Ogallala finishing second with 41, and Scottsbluff a distant third with 23 points...

LEXINGTON -- The McCook High School track and field teams competed in a unique event Friday, April 23. The Don Bader Invitational at Lexington High School featured some of the top prep track and field athletes from the south-central part of the Cornhusker State, ranging from Class A schools down to Class D. No team scores are compiled in the annual meet, meaning schools can focus on individual results instead of team titles...