Stories from Monday, August 2, 2010

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Lebanon village board of trustees has two vacancies on the general election ballot in November, but only one candidate has filed for the office. The second vacancy may be filled by the person receiving the most write-in votes on the November ballot, if no one else files for the office by 5 p.m. today...

Sept. 21, 1932-Aug. 1, 2010 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dixie Lea Rice, 77, died Sunday (Aug. 1, 2010) at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was born on Sept. 21, 1932, in Sedgwick County, Colorado to John Benjamin and Evelyn (Stutzman) Michel. She graduated from Shelton High School in 1950...

Sept. 6,1928-July 29, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- Robert "Bob" C. Williams, 81, died Thursday (July 29, 2010) in Cambridge. He was born north of Indianola on the family farm, Sept. 6, 1928, to Charles and Bessie Loux. After his mother's death when he was nine, he was adopted by his aunt and uncle, Robert and Edith (Loux) Williams. He graduated high school in Curtis...

Recently, while walking around the Midway at the Red Willow County Fair, I caught myself looking at the brightly lighted Ferris Wheel and asking, "Do you suppose that there was a Mr. Ferris that invented that wheel?" As soon as I had a chance to look up information on that subject I did so, and sure enough, there was indeed a Mr. ...

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Governments are adept at regulating electronic communications.

Morgan Yendra of Kearney, Nebraska, left, the 15-year-old daughter of Jeff Yendra and Terrell Simonson. wears the tiara and sash of the 2010 Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen, accepting the crown from 2009 rodeo queen Kristin Kometscher of Lawrence before the Red Willow County fair rodeo in McCook, Nebraska, Friday evening. The junior rodeo queen is Elana Farley of North Platte, the 13-year-old daughter of Jon and Gina Farley...

Wauneta, Nebraska, celebrates the end of the 2010 wheat harvest with a parade, pool olympics, pedal tractor pulls, volleyball and softball tournaments, movies, run/walk competitions and photo contests. Mason Fanning awed parade-goers with burn-outs in his 1968 restoration project Chevy pickup, and Alondra Almanza, a sophomore cheerleader at Wauneta/Palisade High School, at right, along with seniors Ayla Rector and Joselyn Ramirez, wowed spectators with cheers for their school. ...

The McCook Football League honored its two main sponsors with a special presentation Thursday, July 29, at Weiland Field during the final round of games in this summer's youth football league schedule. The sponsors, McCook Clinic P.C. and McDonald's, were presented special framed plaques with a group photo of all the players and coaches involved in the 2010 MFL...

OMAHA -- A former McCook High School standout is taking money to the bank. Brandon Crick earned his first professional paycheck on the golf course at the 2010 Cox Classic Presented by Lexus of Omaha. The Nationwide Tour event was contested Thursday through Sunday, July 29-Aug. 1, at the Champions Run course in Omaha...