Stories from Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Feb. 4, 1924--July 29, 2011 SARASOTA, Florida -- Eileen Berniece Bock, 87, died Friday (July 29, 2011). She was born in Stratton, Nebraska and spent the first 12 years of her life on a farm in Stratton. She lived in Denver, Colorado, and New Jersey before moving to Florida...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The first required reading of the 2011-12 city employee pay plan was approved by the McCook City Council, Monday evening at council chambers. The pay plan features a two percent cost of living increase for all city employees, in addition to merit and longevity increases. Police and fire personnel are negotiated separately through their respective unions...

McCook's Fox Theatre Operations & Events Committee has taken on one of their biggest projects since forming in 2009, the first-ever Fox-NET Film Festival. With member Tim Monzon spearheading the effort, the O & E Committee is working with NET Television to present this exciting four-day event at the historic Norris Avenue theatre, Sept. ...

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Talk about a circus! It has been a rope-a-dope bar none. I'm reminded of watching Curly and Moe on black-and-white TV. So far it has been sheer entertainment except for the fact that it is also deadly serious business. I writing of the goings-on of Congress this past week continuing and unresolved as I write this Sunday evening...

Dec. 16, 1929-July 31, 2011 HAYES COUNTY, Nebraska -- Geraldine Bernice Mintling, long-time Hayes County resident, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was born Dec. 16, 1929, in Culbertson, Nebraska, at the home of her grandmother, Mary McMullen. Her parents were Victor John and Silva Vida (McMullen) Fagerstone and she grew up on their farm in southern Hayes County...