Stories from Monday, December 30, 2013

Arland Francis 'Mike' Iliff Dec. 31, 1934 - Dec. 27, 2013 BEAVER CITY,Nebraska -- Arland Francis "Mike" Iliff, 78, of Beaver City, formerly of Stamford, Nebraska, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. He was born Dec. 31, 1934, at Rapid City, South Dakota, to Arland "Patrick" and Mary (Claude) Iliff. ...

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...

Sharon Gibbs ELSIE, Nebraska -- Sharon Gibbs, 71, of Elsie and sister of Veda Kemper of McCook, died Dec. 26, 2013, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services were today, Dec. 30, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the Elsie United Methodist Church with the Rev. Linda Battello officiating. Burial was in the Elsie Cemetery...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man arrested in July, for what was at least his third drunk driving offense, was able to avoid a felony conviction for the crime but still received $1,000 in fines and lost his driver's license for 15 years, in addition to being sentenced to 150 days in jail...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but that's true for women, girls and boys as well, judging by traffic on the McCook Gazette website. The fire that destroyed Fuller's Family Restaurant was far and away the most-read story on mccookgazette.com in 2013, not only the initial reports and photographs, but the follow-up stories about the move and reopening...

ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- The new executive director of the Nebraska Crime Commission gives much of the credit for his success in law enforcement to his hometown of Arapahoe. Darrell Fisher, who has been involved in law enforcement continuously since 1975, said his commitment to public service began during his growing up years in the Furnas County town of 1,000-plus residents...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Three McCook-based music promoters have joined forces to form a new promotion, production and publicity agency known as Seh- Due-Mor Productions. "The name just happens to be the first three letters of our last names, but, spoken aloud, It does a good job of telling what we hope to accomplish, which is 'to say and do more.' said Matt Sehnert, the owner-manager of Sehnert's Bakery, and one of the founding partners...

Most of us, when we move to a new location, like to keep a few reminders around of the place we left behind. Usually these keepsakes consist of pictures, or bedspread, or some personal keepsake. But for Patty Keene, of McCook, that was not enough. She keeps a 6' high replica of one of the stone statues, which are so closely identified with Easter Island, a part of her home country of Chile, in South America. ...

Starting Wednesday, don't expect to visit a tanning salon if you're under 18 in Illinois. Plan to show a photo ID when you vote in Arkansas, and expect to be able to play whatever high school sport and use whatever bathroom fits your "gender identity" in California...

Dorothy Ruby VanPelt Feb. 26, 1932 - Dec. 28, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Dorothy Ruby VanPelt, 81, died Saturday (Dec. 28, 2013), at Decatur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin, She was born Feb. 26, 1932, to William and Eunice (Yarnell) Ruby in Danbury, Nebraska. She attended school in Danbury and McCook, Nebraska...

By Gene O. Morris McCook Gazette McCOOK, Nebraska -- Here's a quiz, but it's no fair to answer if you are a close personal friend of Gretchen Sehnert, a 2011 graduate of McCook High School who is now a nursing student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Lincoln campus?...