Stories from Tuesday, June 19, 2012

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, is out of the loan business. After commissioners' action Monday morning, about $267,500 -- the balance of the county's revolving loan fund -- will be turned over to the Nebraska Department of Economic Development...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners will offer the county-owned nursing home a "parachute" if a cash flow problem becomes critical. Commissioners agreed during their regular weekly meeting Monday to authorize the transfer of up to $300,000 from the county's inheritance tax fund to Hillcrest Nursing Home's operations budget, if it becomes necessary...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- "I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job," the Rev. Lance Clay said at the conclusion of Monday night's invocation at the McCook City Council meeting. "But we sure could use some rain." The pastor of Memorial United Methodist Church didn't get any arguments from the others in attendance...

Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners walk through the two apartment houses north of the courthouse at 520 Norris Avenue in McCook during their meeting Monday morning. Commissioners Earl McNutt, Steve Downer and Vesta Dack are seeking bids for the demolition of the two two-story structures as well as the deconstruction of the single-story stucco house at 516 Norris and the brick two-stall garage at 524 Norris by July 1; they'll open bids at 9:30 a.m., Monday, July 16. ...

From Vietnam to Watergate, Gulf Wars I and II, September 11 and Afghanistan, there's always been something comforting about ending the day with something to put things into perspective. For years, it was Johnny Carson's monologue on the Tonight Show, followed up with Jay Leno and the other evening talk show hosts...

LaVina Bardsley Sept. 13, 1936 - June 13, 2012 WAUNETA , Nebraska -- Lavina Kay Bardsley, 75, died Wednesday (June 13,2012), at Heritage of Wauneta. She was born Sept. 13, 1936, to Floyd Lecurgus and Sophia Stella (Kerchal) Goings in Imperial, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Wauneta High School in Wauneta, Nebraska...

Mindi Goings WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Mindi Goings, 39, died Sunday (June 17, 2012), at her home in Wauneta after a long battle with cancer. Survivors include husband, Robert of Wauneta; son, Gunner Goings of Wauneta; daughter, GraCee Goings of Wauneta; parents, Warren and Janet Lemburg of Palisade, Nebraska; parents-in-law, Fred and Kay Goings, of Wauneta; brothers, Branden Lemburg and wife, Cara, of Grand Island, Nebraska and Landon Lemburg and wife, Ashley, of Grand Island, Nebraska; and sister, RanDee Littrel and husband, Jason, of Wauneta.. ...

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

I am concerned that the various entrances to McCook lack any beautification. As you head into town past Walmart, all you see are those dying pine trees along their parking lot. On Highways 6 and 34 west of town you are greeted one billboard after another. How much more attractive McCook could be were trees and shrubs planted along the sidewalk from Walmart to town...

McCOOK, Nebraska --The Piecemakers Quilt Guild met at Our Saviors Lutheran Church on Friday, June 8. Bea Bauerle gave a lesson for a block that she and her daughter created. The block is very unique. It can be used in different directions to create many different looking quilts, depending on how they are arranged...

Two Senate terms ago Nebraskans sent our former Governor E. Benjamin Nelson to Washington to represent our interests. Senator Ben, Democrat, campaigned on his intentions to be an independent voice representing the conservative outlook for which our state is noted...

Two Senate terms ago Nebraskans sent our former Governor E. Benjamin Nelson to Washington to represent our interests. Senator Ben, Democrat, campaigned on his intentions to be an independent voice representing the conservative outlook for which our state is noted...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Mid-Plains Community College is planning Ribbon Cutting events for its newest facilities in McCook and North Platte on Aug. 22. The celebration for the McCook Community College Events Center will take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, followed by a similar celebration that afternoon at 3 p.m. for the new Health and Science Center at North Platte Community College...

Red Willow County, Nebraska, weed superintendent Bill Elliott will investigate rural properties on which State of Nebraska ag inspection specialist Jeff Lampmann, of Grant, has reported infestations of noxious weeds, such as this musk thistle growing near McCook. ...