Stories from Thursday, August 26, 2010

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- A celebration of Dr. Robert Manley's life in song and story is planned for the Holiday Inn, 2503 South Locust in Grand Island, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19. Participants are invited to sing and reminisce about the late historian and teacher's life...

It was an interesting glass-half-full, glass-half-empty situation Wednesday with the release of new state reading test results. "68.6 percent of Nebraska students tested meet or exceed state reading standards," trumpeted the official Nebraska Department of Education release...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The declination of an Indianola, Nebraska, man to run for a seat on the Southwest Public Schools board of education has created a vacancy on the general election ballot. Red Willow County Clerk Pauletta Gerver said late this morning that Donald Longnecker's declination of nomination opens a vacancy on the general election ballot in November...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Results of reading tests taken in the spring of 2010 by all of Nebraska's third through eighth graders and eleventh graders indicate that, on average, 70 percent of McCook Public Schools' students are meeting or exceeding state reading standards...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Working together, McCook Public Schools, McCook Community College, private donors and a couple of McCook businesses have created an expanded and enhanced look-out point for handicapped fans of McCook High School's Bison football team...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- City Manager Kurt Fritsch told the City Council during its Aug. 16 semi-monthly meeting at Memorial Auditorium, that having everything in one location would be much more organized and consistent. Fritsch was recapping an updated floorplan presentation to the City Council regarding the proposed Municipal Facility to house city administration as well as police and fire departments...

Fire engulfs a corn storage and shop building at Frenchman Valley Farmers Co-Op, on the north side of Highway 6&34 at the Perry Elevator three miles west of McCook, about 7:20 p.m., Thursday. Firefighters from Culbertson, Red Willow Western, McCook, Indianola, Bartley and Beaver Valley responded helped on the scene to battle flames and heat. A Nebraska state fire marshal was en-route Thursday night...