Stories from Monday, June 23, 2014

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...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A spring graduate of McCook, Nebraska, Senior High has received a college scholarship from Epsilon Sigma Alpha Foundation. The $600 scholarship presented to Hannah Goss June 19 by ESA Foundation representative Sunya Decker of McCook is one of 191 ESA Foundation scholarships, valued at $238,650, presented this spring to post-secondary students world-wide...

Two-year-old "Vinnie," a Drahthaar, gives Joni Unger a "high five" as he waits to strut his stuff with his 4-H'er (and Joni's son) Logan Farr during a three-state dog show sponsored by the Driftwood Feeders 4-H Club Saturday in McCook, Nebraska. In the ring, Trent Brooks pondered questions -- What vaccinations does your dog get? What are internal parasites? What are external parasites? -- from judge Tammy Nicholson Ehrman of Minden, Nebraska, formerly of McCook. ...

McCook Postmaster Kelly Lacey presents Steve Post a Million Mile Club plaque for more than 34 years of safe driving, delivering mail around McCook without an accident.

BRUCE BAKER City Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- Residents neighboring a local dog kennel the City of McCook recently renewed a legal battle with are attempting to join in on the civil suit. A North Platte attorney representing property owners in the vicinity of the kennel, which is located at 71363 Road 385 and operated by Daniel and Lizann Miller of McCook, filed a petition for intervention in Red Willow County District Court on May 21, 2014. ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- A Dundy County project and five others will receive Ak-Sar-Ben Friends matching funds grants. The Cornerstone Center for Community Service by the Dundy County Foundation will share in the $5,000 grant. When the Dundy County Elementary school was closed and placed on the real estate market, a group of citizens proposed that it be preserved and turned into a center for Community Engagement. The building is being renovated to better accommodate the needs of the community...

Heidi Claire Sanders (Tyler Rambali), top, and Marshal Marshall Law (Christian Hoffman) look on while Lotta Luck (Kathy Latta) draws the card that will decide their fate, while Col. Ticonderoga Sanders (Jeremy Blomstedt) and Rusty Nail (Connor DeWalt) look on. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- School districts around the nation and state have successfully implemented 1:1 digital technology programs over the past several years, some using laptops and others using iPads. This Fall, McCook Senior High will begin their journey as a 1:1 iPad school. ...

Adam Sund as Klinger, part of the "MASH" contingent from Holbrook, grabs a handful of candy from his "purse," at the Medicine Creek Days parade Saturday in Cambridge. With the theme "Rollin' Vegas Style," the parade included tractors, such as Albert Hays and his vintage Massey Harris and plenty of candy for kids. ...

A prudish gentleman seated in a neighborhood diner inquired about the daily special. "Beef tongue," he was informed. "Oh, I could never eat something that had been in an animal's mouth!" he replied. "Give me a couple of scrambled eggs instead!"...

In 1882 the Railroad, through its Real Estate Division, The Lincoln Land Co., had succeeded in establishing a town on the north side of the Republican River. This town was due to become an important Division Point for the Railroad, and in turn an important commercial center for the area. This town originally consisted of 480 acres, but soon extended in every direction, and developed into four quite distinct parts -- West McCook, South McCook, East McCook, and Main Town...