Stories from Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Arlene Criger BENKELMAN, Neb -- Arlene Criger, 70, long-time resident of Benkelman, died Monday (July 14, 2014), at the Dundy County Hospital, Benkelman. Survivors include her mother, Doris Edwards of Benkelman and children, Jimmy Doyle Criger of McCook and Todd Criger, of McCook, Nebraska...

40th anniversary The family of Rocky and Judy Leibbrandt of Danbury, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of their 40th anniversary. They were married July 19, 1974, in McCook, Nebraska. Their family includes children, Tiffany and Alan Hardy of Danbury and sons, Casey, Cody and Clayton; Michelle and Brent Townsend of Danbury and daughters, Ali, Isabella and Elizabeth; Anna Leibbrandt and Colby Larson of Oberlin, Kansas and son, Chevy. ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its spring 2014 dean's list for students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, radiation science technology and clinical laboratory science programs. To qualify for the dean's list, nursing, radiation science technology and clinical laboratory science students must be enrolled for 12 or more hours during the semester and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above. ...

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...

We can't remember the specifics, but there was surely a comedy sketch somewhere during the early days of videotape about two guys watching a football game between their two favorite teams. One remark leads to another, resulting in a wager over the outcome of the contest. The clock runs out, money changes hands and, of course, the audience laughs when the pair turn out to have been watching a videotape...

You win some, you lose some. Folks in Lincoln have lost an important piece of history to the University of Nebraska's whims and preservationists in Omaha have apparently lost a battle to save a couple historic buildings from the Mutual of Omaha wrecking ball...

Here we are, almost in the middle of summer. The nights are getting longer -- a little bit at a time, but definitely longer, and some of the most exciting astronomical objects are available for our viewing pleasure. Our old friends in the Summer Triangle (Vega, Deneb, and Altair) are in great position above the eastern horizon about an hour after local sunset; The Big and Little Dippers and their crew are in the north, and Sagittarius and Scorpius, two more traditional summer constellation are in prime viewing position in the south.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Police Department is looking to reunite a substantial amount of stolen property with victims, who may very well be unaware a theft has even occurred. Multiple felony charges are pending against two individuals, one apprehended early Friday morning the other yesterday, which led to the recovery of a large number of stolen tools and other items...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook School Board approved unanimously Monday night a raise/benefit package for McCook School District administration totaling $31,912. Superintendent Grant Norgaard said at the regular meeting that evaluations are based on goals set by administration themselves and that evaluations are partially done...

Judge Randy Butterfield of Ericson, Nebraska, asks 4-H'ers competing in the Furnas County fair horse show in Beaver City Tuesday morning, "How tall is your horse?" Only one of the exhibitors in the youngest age division knew, Butterfield said, revealing that a competitor at another show answered the same question with, "I don't know. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Following several years of upgrade and new construction projects, which included installation of a new secondary water main and construction of cation waste lagoons at the waste water treatment plant, the McCook water and sewer departments are looking forward to taking at least a year off from big projects...