Stories from Friday, March 14, 2014

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Nebraska -- I went to the store the other day to pick up a few items and was reminded how complex selling food has become. Among the many choices of eggs there are: Cage Free Eggs! When we lived on the acreage, feeding, watering and turning out our "cage free" chickens were some of my chores. ...

Norma Lee Hollinger Sept. 13, 1922 - March 12, 2014 HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- Norma Lee Hollinger, 91, died Wednesday (March 12, 2014), at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege. She was born Sept. 13, 1922, at Red Cloud, Nebraska, to Roy and Millie (Gouldie) Fair...

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...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- About 130 students and 55 health care representatives attended the 24th annual Job Fair for Nurses March 6 at Central Community College-Grand Island. The event gave CCC nursing students enrolled in its associate degree in nursing and practical nursing programs in Columbus, Grand Island and Kearney an opportunity to meet representatives from hospitals, nursing homes, colleges and other institutions...

HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- More than 100 individuals attended an early childhood conference, "The ABCs of Child Care," on Feb. 22 at the Phelps County Ag Center in Holdrege. The conference was designed for child care providers; child care center, preschool, Head Start and elementary school staff members; foster parents; parents; and other interested individuals...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Commercial air service at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport will be suspended effective April 1. Great Lakes Airlines made the announcement Wednesday and indicated it would be effective through April 27 and "due to the severe industry-wide pilot shortage and its relative acute impact on Great Lakes."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Community Foundation Fund is within $30,000 of raising $500,000. And when it reaches that goal, Susie Buffett's "Sherwood Foundation Challenge" will have been met and the Fund will receive a no-strings-attached $250,000 gift...

Text messaging has become so common that some of us are annoyed when we are forced to telephone and personally talk to someone who doesn't accept texts. We're waiting for some friends to decide they'll no longer accept voice calls; only texts welcome...

62 percent of liberal Democrats believe that government programs can do a lot to reduce poverty, compared with just 21 percent of conservative Republicans. I don't consider myself liberal but I'm a life-long Democrat and have long held to this belief too. But after more than a half century of observing social behavior, I'm reassessing my position and I'm doing so because of the facts rather than some political ideology...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- This St. Patrick's Day enjoy a slow cooked corned beef recipe compliments of www.closetcooking.com and field tested by the City of McCook Fire Department. Firefighter/paramedic Shane Smith spent a portion of his day-off at the firehouse, Thursday morning, preparing theollowing Guinness Glazed Slow Cooker Corned Beef recipe. ...