Stories from Thursday, June 5, 2014

Linda Rae Jacobsen Aug. 7, 1941 - June 4, 2014 FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Linda Rae Jacobsen, age 72, of Fort Collins, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Linda was born in Trenton, Nebraska, on Aug. 7, 1941, to parents James Leroy and Letha Lucile (Williamson) Brown. Linda was one of ten children who grew up on a family farm in Trenton. She attended school in Trenton, graduating from Trenton High School in 1959...

Dora Lucile Anderson Langley Sylvester July 31, 1925 - May 30, 2014 WILSONVILLE, Neb. -- Dora Lucile Anderson Langley Sylvester was born in Wilsonville, Nebraska, on July 31, 1925, the daughter of C.R and Mary Anderson. She passed away on May 30, 2014...

MCCOOK GAZETTE McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Rotary Club recently granted four scholarships to McCook High School students. Mallory Koepke is the daughter of Steve and Dawn O'Dea, and the late Greg Koepke. She plans on attending University of Nebraska-Omaha to study pre-nursing...

HAYS, Kan. -- Area students have accepted scholarships to Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, for the 2014-2015 school year. These students are: Chase County High School Shelby Jaeger, a 2014 Chase County High School graduate, accepted a $500 Copper Academic Award. Jaeger, daughter of Mike and Joeanna Jaeger, Imperial, plans to major in early childhood education...

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...

Did Native Americans argue about who got the best smoke signals? Some of them attacked encroaching Europeans building a better system, a telegraph line alongside the tracks used by the Iron Horse. Businesses and individuals who sent messages via the telegram were supposed to get equal treatment, whether it was birthday greetings for one of the Rockefellers or word of the sinking of the Titanic...

Before I was a mom, I always thought it'd be the ideal situation to just raise kids from ages 4-18. Give birth to them and then let someone else raise them until they were out of diapers and walking and talking, then take them back. Ya know, get the hard stuff done and then let me have the easy years. Now that I have a teenager, I decided I was majorly wrong!...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook MS group will have its annual MS walk Saturday at Norris Park, with registration at 8:30 a.m. Those who give $10 will receive breakfast and lunch, a raffle ticket and a potted plant, donated by local nurseries. Many local businesses have donated supplies for the walk and prizes for the raffle...

Lorri Sughroue McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- Congress is not functional and the fault lays on both sides of the aisle, said Mark Sullivan, the Democratic candidate challenging Rep. Adrian Smith to represent Nebraska's Third Congressional District. "It's the duty of any elected official to represent the constituents first. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Two highway projects will begin soon, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads. Weather permitting, a fog seal project will begin Tuesday and conclude June 17, from the junction of Highways 47 and 89, extending north about eight miles...