Stories from Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Dorothy Nell Hudson Sept. 13, 1914 - July 1, 2012 OAK HARBOR, Washington -- Long time McCook, Nebraska, resident, Dorothy Nell Hudson, 97, passed away on July 1, 2012, in Oak Harbor, Washington. She was born on September 13, 1914, in Buffalo, Kansas, to parents John W. Brock and Eliza Rachel (Crist) Brock. She was the youngest of eight siblings...

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...

40th anniversary The family of Bill and Connie Wilkinson of Culbertson is requesting a card shower in honor of their 40th wedding anniversary, They were married July 15, 1972. Their children include children, Bill and Jennifer Wilkenson of Cozad, Nebraska, Wade and Traci Wilkinson of Omaha, Nebraska and five grandchildren, Cards of congratulations will reach them at 72226 Road 379, Culbertson, NE 69024...

LINCOLN,Nebraska -- Nebraska Art Teachers Association (NATA) Co-Presidents, Lorinda Rice and Bob Reeker, both of Lincoln, are proud to announce the slate of board of directors for the organization for two years, July 1, 2012-June 30, 2014. Along with Rice and Reeker, other elected officers that complete the executive committee include Lynette Fast, Lincoln and Allison Fees, Broken Bow as Co-Presidents Elect; Sr. ...

Courtesy/Red Willow Western Rural Fire Dept. Jeff Cole, left and Kevin Hylton, right of Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department of McCook, Nebraska pose with Kristen Eschliman, front and Makayla Frisch, back, of Dollar General in McCook, after loading cases of water donated by Dollar General customers. ...

CRETE, Nebraska (AP) -- A 21-year-old man has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular homicide for the death of a friend who'd fallen from the back of a truck in southeast Nebraska. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Cody Barnes, of Smithfield, will be sentenced on Sept. 18. He'd been charged with felony manslaughter...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook School Board retained Superintendent Grant Norgaard with one member voting against it. At the regular school board meeting Monday night, McCook School Board member Shane Messersmith was the lone opposing vote on the board that approved the three-year, 2 percent package increase for Norgaard. After the vote, Messersmith stated, "I have a hard time with the three years. There are issues in our school district that need to be taken care of sooner rather than later."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The irrigation structures that criss-cross the Nebraska landscape was a source of fascination for students visiting from Minnesota. McCook School Board member Larry Shields related to fellow board members Monday night during "Positive Comments" at the regular meeting that students visiting from a FFA chapter in Worthington, Minnesota, were mystified at the idea of irrigating land...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- An investigation by the Nebraska Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, involving the Nebraska State Patrol, Gosper County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Police Department has led to the arrest of a 26-year old McCook man on charges related to child enticement and pornography...

Red Willow County, Nebraska, sheriff's deputies Jason Swartz, left, and Justin Davis take measurements following a two-vehicle accident about 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, three miles east of McCook on Highway 6 and 34. McCook and Indianola ambulances transported victims to Community Hospital of McCook. More information will be released when deputies complete their investigation...

The retreating sun glows red and gold on a recent 100-degree afternoon. After a slight reprieve, temperatures are expected to climb back into the triple digits this weekend.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook area construction project costs for 2012 continue to fall short of 2011 and are now more than $3 millions less, when comparing construction numbers posted during the first six months of each year. The $8,179,318 year-to-date total for 2012 is also less than a third of the $27 million posted during the same time period in 2010...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Thanks to last year's hail storm and the hiring and training of newly-licensed employees Linda Maiden's Agency missed several months of the Good Neighbear Award but that is an advantage to the McCook Midget Baseball Association. The MMBA is the recipient of the most recent charitable donation of for the Good Neighbor Award which with all of the missing months totals $500...

CAMBRIDGE, Nebraska -- The Tri Valley Healthy Living Center of Cambridge, Nebraska, invites all kids from kindergarten through sixth grade at Cambridge, Arapahoe, Southwest and Southern Valley schools to compete in a free, fun-day "heptathlon" Saturday on the football field in Cambridge...

Good news for Nebraska's downtown revitalization efforts. The state Department of Economic Development has announced another round of Community Development Block Grants aimed at addressing the traditional "Mom and Pop" economy that exists in nearly every city...

I love birds. I love their songs in the morning and their lullabies at night. I love to watch the soaring hawks and eagles and I delight in translating their busy chatter as they go about their daily bird business. I learned to speak bird from the bird family that built their nest in the drive-through window at a Brighton, Colorado bank. ...

Anika Anne Upton OMAHA, Nebraska -- Anika Anne Upton, infant daughter of Eleanor Upton, granddaughter of Teresa Pursley and great-granddaughter of Dean and Charlene Pursley of rural Wauneta, Nebraska, died Tuesday (July, 10th, 2012), at the Children's Hospital, in Omaha...

Joanna 'Fay' Lutz April 25, 1922 - July 10, 2012 BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Joanna Fay Osborn Lutz was born on April 25, 1922, at the family farm in rural Dundy County, Nebraska, to Orian M. and Agnes Elvera Sahlin Osborn. She was the fifth of eight children born to them. Fay Lutz passed away on July 10, 2012, in Benkelman, Nebraska, at the age of 90 years, two months and 15 days...

Just when it seemed the controversy over the new county jail was dying down, complications from mismanagement of the county-owned nursing home have the potential to derail the whole plan. The project is on a tight budget as it is, voters having turned down county commissioners' first choice, allowing the new law enforcement center to be financed outside the state-mandated levy lid of 50 cents per $100 of valuation...