Stories from Thursday, November 14, 2013

Verena Gassner Critser Aug. 16, 1925 - Oct. 31, 2013 STURGIS, South Dakota -- Verena Gassner Critser, 88, died Thursday (Oct. 31, 2013) at the Sturgis Hospital, in Sturgis. She was born on Aug. 16, 1925, in Zurich, Switzerland to Walter Paul and Elsa (Siegrist) Gassner...

Elleen M. Hall March 22, 1925 - Nov. 8, 2013 BROKEN, BOW, Nebraska -- Elleen M. Hall, 88, died Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. Memorial services "Honoring Elleen" will be at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, at the One-Box Convention Center in Broken Bow. Andrew Black will officiate. Burial of ashes has taken place. A gathering of friends and family will follow the service...

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...

Are Nebraska "tree huggers" getting a chance to put their money where their mouth is, or did NPPD make a meaningless gesture when it announced that that customers could voluntarily pay a "green" surcharge? Nebraska Public Power District directors approved a "Retail Green Club" which allows retail customers who believe in the use of renewable energy to specify the amount of their monthly energy usage they want to come from renewable sources...

Well, my favorite sports season started up last week. Basketball. My oldest had her first basketball games last Saturday and each year, at the beginning of the season, I'm always amazed at out how much the girls have grown. It seems they should all be 10 year old 4th graders, not these taller and maturing 8th graders. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- About 30 concerned citizens and parents voiced their objections about an athletic transgender policy that is no longer in place, at the Nebraska State Athletic Association meeting in McCook Wednesday. Although no agenda item was listed for that item, members of the public had the first 30 minutes of the meeting to express their concerns...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Oh, the sequins ... the chiffon ... the lace. Oh, the price for a pretty prom dress ... The dress fulfilled a young girl's Cinderella dream of wearing an elegant gown ... or something over-the-top glamorous and grown-up, or a fun-and-flirty show-stopper .....