Stories from Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mary Lou Golden Feb. 2, 1936 - Oct. 9, 2012 NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Mary Lou Golden, 76, died Tuesday (Oct.9, 2012), at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. She was born Feb. 2, 1936, at Comstock, Nebraska, to Garland Peter and Anna Mary Land Bivens. She married Ivan Raymond Burson in November 1954, they later divorced. She married Walter E. Wells. They moved to McCook, Nebraska, in 1973 and later divorced. She waited tables, cooked and worked in nursing...

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...

LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Daily Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- For Michelle Lamaak of McCook, not too long ago, all it took was $50 that made the difference between something and nothing for Christmas. And now, she wants to make sure others can have the same chance...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- It's becoming a "we" instead of a "me" thing when it comes to new teaching practices at McCook Schools. "Teachers can no longer go by themselves into their room and close their doors," Superintendent Grant Norgaard said Monday night at the regular McCook School Board meeting. Instead, the new teaching theory McCook teachers are using emphasizes collaborative efforts among teachers of all grades, to identify learning goals and to build on successes...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Buy more food locally, the McCook School Board suggested to a representative of the food service program used by the school district. Larry Young, food service manager of Sodexho, addressed the McCook School Board Monday night at the regular meeting, to update them on the new federal mandates regarding school meals...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Re-financing bonds used for renovation at McCook Elementary will not reduce the tax request or levy, but will save the school district a half million dollars. With the current low interest rates, the re-financing will allow the district to save $570,000 and allow the district to pay off the bond one year earlier, by 2024, said McCook Public Schools Business Manager Rick Haney...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A new track surface is on-tap for the McCook High School. Re-surfacing the track is one of several upgrades that the school district is planning, according to McCook Business Manager Rick Haney. Haney updated the McCook School Board at its regular meeting Monday night and said that bids for re-surfacing the existing track would be presented to the Facilities Committee and that members could address which direction to go...

Two early 1940 Plymouth cars -- one a coupe, one a sedan -- ride with brand-new pickups, on a transport parked on Highway 36 in Oberlin, Kansas, Saturday.

Nebraska is in the bottom 10 states when it comes to implementing energy saving policies, but that doesn't mean we don't do some things very well. Massachusetts ranked No. 1 when it comes to utility and public benefits programs, transportation, building energy codes, combined heat and power policies, state government-led initiatives around energy efficiency and appliance and equipment standards...

With more than half of the seats in the nation's only one-house Legislature up for grabs in less than a month, let's consider what an effective Nebraska State Senator looks like. Term limits has exacted a painful toll on the Unicameral with the departure of a popular Speaker of the Legislature and five committee chairs among nine veteran incumbents. ...

I thought I outgrew my impulsive nature years ago. I was wrong. In the days immediately following the death of my mother-in-law, as we processed our loss, we realized that the loss, keen as it is for us, is keener still for those for whom Mom was part of the fabric of their every day lives...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Seniors Ty Schurr of Farnam and Hannah Lambert of Lincoln were announced king and queen of UNL's Homecoming celebration. They were crowned on the field at Memorial Stadium at halftime of the Nebraska-Wisconsin football game. Schurr is an agribusiness major with an emphasis in ag banking and finance. The son of Jerry and Linda Schurr, he is president of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Student Advisory Board...

Lilly Jade Keehn Oct. 8, 2012 - Oct. 8, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Lilly Jade Keehn, infant daughter of Laryssa Kristine Eckhoff and Pat Michael Keehn, died Monday (Oct. 8, 2012), at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte. Services are Friday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m. at the Carpenter Breland Chapel with the Rev. Rob Putz officiating. A private family burial will follow at the Benkelman cemetery...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- It took a stint in sales for Jeff Holthus of McCook to realize that he wanted to be back in the classroom. And now, nine years after graduating from McCook Senior High, he's made it back, as the physical education and health teacher at McCook Junior High...