Stories from Friday, August 15, 2014

Ronald 'Ron' Brabander Feb. 13, 1944 - Aug.12, 2014 GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Ronald "Ron" Brabander, 70, of Grand Island, died on Tuesday, Aug.12, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. To honor Ron's wishes, cremation has taken place. A private family celebration of life will take place at a later date. All Faiths Funeral Home is serving the family...

Sonny Hinz ARAPAHOE, Neb. --Sonny Hinz, 77, of Arapahoe, died Thursday (Aug. 14, 2014), at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. Funeral services are Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, in Arapahoe with the Rev. Becky Saddler officiating. Interment is 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at the Fairview Cemetery at Cambridge, Nebraska...

55th anniversary The family of Richard and Darlene Cole of Culbertson, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 55th wedding anniversary. They were married Aug. 21, 1959, at First Presbyterian Church in Dodge City, Kansas. They moved to Nebraska in 1972, where both were teachers. ...

103rd birthday The family of Mildred L. Zink of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 103rd birthday. She was born Aug. 21, 1911. She was a nurse at the U.S. Army Air Base in McCook during World War II, at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook and the head of nursing at Cambridge Hospital when it first opened up after WWII. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 707 West 14, McCook, NE 69001...

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...

92nd birthday The family of Evelyn Morgan of Nebraska City, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 92nd birthday Aug. 25. Her family includes daughter, Jackie Kuhr, son, Don Morgan and grandchildren, Andy, Nick and Katie Kuhr and Joe and Jay Morgan. Cards of congratulations will reach her at c/o The Ambassador, Room 200, 1800 14th Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68140...

Carl Patrik Blomstedt Tim and Hannah Blomstedt of Garden City, Kansas, announce the birth of their son, Carl Patrik Blomstedt, who was born July 24, 2014, in Grand Island. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Dennis and Frances Blomstedt of Palisade, Nebraska and John and Marybeth Roschewski of Culbertson, Nebraska...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Neb. -- When I am researching I often come across little stories of Nebraska that strike me as fascinating and yet not quite enough to do a whole article on. What you will find within these stories may not seem to be genealogy related, but they are. Hopefully someone will be plugging one of the subjects into a Google search bar and find a tidbit of information on their family history that finishes a chapter for them!...

The McCook ambulance service is already busier than ever and a national trend causing rural ambulance services to shut down may be on the brink of pushing their responsibilities even further.

COLUMBUS, Neb. -- There have been an increased number of phone scam incidents reported this week to the Nebraska Public Power District by NPPD customers. Incidents in Kearney and O'Neill have prompted NPPD to advise all customers, statewide, to be wary of suspicious calls...

Kenneth Carriker, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Director, is reminding livestock producers to apply for Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program (LFP) and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) benefits.

The McCook City Council will coordinate their annual public hearing to hear support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations pertaining to the city budget Monday evening.

Anna Graff, a senior at McCook High School and the daughter of Ronda and Jon Graff, spent slightly less than a year in Germany through a Rotary Youth Exchange program.

It was a typical call. "Thanks a frickin' lot," was the sign off on the answering machine. Maybe not so typical after all -- most callers would have used the original word.