Stories from Wednesday, August 4, 2010

WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Graveside inurnment services for Gerald Wheeler, who died May 30, 2010; his wife, Frieda Wheeler, who died on Dec. 21, 2009; and their son, Glenn, who died Feb. 5, 1988 are Friday, 10:30 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery in Wauneta with the Rev. Kevin McGraw officiating...

Dear Editor, Back in time when 701 went into litigation our attorneys wrote to county officials telling them to withhold paying the NRD's tax claims. Because of the aforementioned litigation, this brought about the question, what should be done with the money?...

Harry Strunk would have been amazed.

Overall, I'm a pretty easy-going gal. In fact, when I admit to having a bit of a temper, my co-workers actually scoff. I assure them, in my best impression of the late Bill Bixby in the role of Dr. David Banner; "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."...

Dusty Tirrill, a lineman for McCook Public Power District/REA, works on power lines dangling from a power pole snapped in half when an Ideal linen truck struck it about 6:30 a.m., today, approximately 8 1/2 miles north of McCook, Nebraska, on U.S. Highway 83. ...

City of McCook employee Steve Miller helps clean up Kelly Park after the severe weather that rolled through last night tore down branches from many of the trees throughout town. In a report compiled this morning, the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kansas, reported 85-mile-an-hour winds and pea-sized hail eight miles south of Culbertson at 3:57 a.m., today, and 70-mile-an-hour winds at McCook at 4:23 a.m., today. ...