Stories from Wednesday, September 17, 2014

McCOOK, Neb. -- As a new associate dentist at Southwest Nebraska Dental Center, Dr. Stacey Borowski believes in the power of educating her patients about their oral health and helping patients understand the connection between oral health and whole body health...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man received jail time last week stemming from a string of recent assaults, which ranged from biting his brother, assaulting a law enforcement officer with bodily fluid and threatening to kill his grandmother, according to court documents...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Hayes Center man convicted in July of attempted sexual assault of a child was sentenced to 24 months probation and ordered to register as a sex offender last week in Red Willow County District Court. The offender, 20-year-old Cody D. Vancura, was charged in connection with a April 2014 incident during which he allegedly made sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl he was babysitting...

The McCook, Nebraska, Humane Society plans its second annual "Dog Day in the Park," Saturday, Sept. 20, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., at the shelter house near the swimming pool in Kelley Park, across the street north of the McCook Community College campus. ...

Dew beads on a spider web strung on a pasture fence near McCook, Nebraska, this morning. A dense fog enshrouded the area until mid-morning, and with temperatures in the mid-80s this afternoon, it's liable to be warm and muggy. Forecasters call for a slight chance of rain tonight, and again Friday...

A story on the wire caught our eye this morning, about how a Nebraska breeder had "donated" 26 small dogs to the Grand Island animal shelter. How generous! Despite the questionable wording, turning the dogs over to the shelter was certainly preferable to actions taken by other mysterious breeders, who have chosen to dump dozens of small dogs in the Southwest Nebraska countryside a couple of times in the past few years...

The time of the turning of the leaf and the turning of the year is here again. The wonderfully warm days of summer are shortening and cooling off. In fact, some places have already had a touch of the dreaded "S" word, snow. The autumnal equinox -- when the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south -- will be on Monday, Sept. 22, at 8:29 pm MDT...