Stories from Tuesday, July 2, 2013

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...

CRETE, Nebraska -- Doane College has announced students named to the Dean's List for Spring 2013. Students must achieve a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.0 scale to qualify for this academic distinction. Doane College is the first private liberal arts and sciences college in Nebraska. ...

Gerald and Jessie Manley of McCook enjoy the shade of the Kentucky Coffee Tree that was planted in Norris Park in memory of her grandparents, John and Lillie Wallace. John was a park caretaker/maintenance person for the city from the 1930s to the 1950s, Jessie said, and carried water from Norris Park to water the newly planted trees in Bolles Canyon, as there wasn't a water source at that time near the canyon. ...

Damage from a car driven on wet concrete recently poured on East H Street extends several blocks and will delay what would have been a Monday opening. The damage was initially estimated to cost more than $40,000 to repair and McCook police officers responding to the incident said the woman driving the vehicle would likely be cited, considering the two barricades she maneuvered around...

OXFORD, Nebraska -- A 30-day closure for Nebraska Highway 46 will begin the week of July 8, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads. During this time, the current roadway will be removed which will allow for two new segments of 9-inch concrete pavement to tie into the existing ends. Other work being completed will include bridge guardrail, earth shouldering and drainage structures...

Our hearts go out to the families, friends and comrades of the 19 brave young firefighters who were killed in the wildfire at Yarnell, Arizona. The tinder-dry conditions and shifting winds that forced them to take desperate measures to try to survive are among the threats most frightening to veteran firefighters...

How in the world do they do it? If you live in Southwestern Nebraska one can almost daily pick up the newspaper and find an announcement for a celebration for 25, 40 and the big one, 50 years of married life. On occasion it will speak of 60 years married and rarely 75 years. How in the world do people stay married, one man one woman for all those many years?...

A favorite church hymn, "His Eye Is On the Sparrow," certainly applies to the State of Nebraska. We are located in a major fly zone for birds. Sparrows come here in large flocks. Their presence in Egypt was quite obvious when I went there. Thousands roosted in trees, bushes and reeds along the Nile River...

LA VISTA, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Bankers Association is pleased to announce Don Moore, President & CEO of First Central Bank has been elected to their Board of Directors. The Nebraska Bankers Association elected new members to the NBA Board during the association's Annual Meeting held May 3rd, at the Embassy Suites in La Vista. ...

The cooler temperatures are reminiscent of spring, when, as Alfred Lloyd Tennyson wrote, "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." The annual rites of spring include the mating dance of the area's prairie chickens, captured digitally by Roxy Lang of Wilsonville on March 28. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council approved a plan to replat property for a housing development, but only after attaching stipulations connected to concerns raised by neighbors. The stipulations attached to the North Pointe Properties housing development, north of R Street in McCook, require addressing concerns about storm water drainage, maintenance of trees bordering the northern property line and confirmation that the city would be given a piece of property to extend R Street east to intersect West Seventh Street.. ...