Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2014

Lynn Paul Weskamp July 14, 1948 - Sept. 15, 2014 MCCOOK, Neb. -- Lynn Paul Weskamp, age 66, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Lynn was born on July 14, 1948, in McCook, to parents Otto Paul and Virginia Rose (Harris) Weskamp. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- McCook, Nebraska, cowboys Garrett Nokes and Brady Hageman won in events during the Nebraska State Rodeo Association finals in North Platte Sept. 5-7 and in end-of-the-year NSRA standings. Other competitors with Southwest Nebraska ties were winners during the finals and final standings...

McCOOK, Neb. -- It's a sport. There's a team and coaches. There's recruiting and scholarships. And horses. Yes, horses. Well-behaved horses, and squirrelly, bucking ones. It's college rodeo, and as of April 2014, Mid-Plains Community College recognized it as a sport and an athletic team on the campuses in McCook and North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham said donations were still coming in from last weeks McCook Community College performance of "The Guys," starring Matt Sehnert and Linsey Dugan. Admission to the play was on a free-will donation basis to assist the fire department with equipment needs...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook has applied for representation on the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission, which will be tasked with establishing rules and regulations based on recommendations from the Water Funding Task Force. The commission should play an integral role in shaping the future of statewide irrigation and compact compliance practices, prompting a pair of local irrigators to appear before City Council Monday evening in support of the effort...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce has announced candidates for 2014 Heritage Days Royalty: Candidates (in alphabetical order) Elizabeth Broadfoot is the daughter of Greg and Nancy Broadfoot and is a senior at McCook High School. Elizabeth has been a resident of Red Willow County for 17 years. ...

A dense ground fog crept into McCook in the early daylight hours of Wednesday morning and crept in again today, significantly reducing visibility for drivers, as well as cloaking buildings and signage along North Highway 83.

An American aid doctor being treated in Nebraska is expected to recover after receiving an experimental drug and a transfusion from another aid worker who had recovered from Ebola. Before the doctor can be discharged from the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, he must have had two blood tests, 24 hours apart, that are negative for Ebola...

The other day I was sitting near a group of other moms watching our little kids from afar and couldn't help but overhear their conversation. They were discussing the challenges of being a mom in today's world, given all the opportunities offered to kids anymore, and how busy families have become. They brought up some great points about limiting your kids' activities and making time for your husbands, etc, etc...

Treatment of an Ebola patient in an Omaha hospital reinforces Nebraska's reputation as a state with good medical care, but a dispute between a major health insurance company and one of its largest medical networks stands to undermine that status. An Aug. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Red Willow County Health Department is increasing their part-time nursing staff by one, after working through a staffing reduction in recent years that replaced two full time positions with part-time positions. The health department was excited to introduce registered nurse Kristen Puckett as their newest team member earlier this week. Puckett brings the number of part-time nurses employed by the health department up to three, joining RNs Pam Klug and Peggy Everitt...

The fall TV season is here, and that means it's time for a look into the future -- the near, near future, that is -- to identify the good, the bad and the rest on broadcast television. Over the next few weeks, I'll provide an overview of the fall offerings, and give my take on what will work, what won't, and where everyone will be standing at the midseason mark. This week, it's ABC's turn under the microscope...

60th anniversary The children of Russell and Lavena Marks of Trenton, Nebraska, are requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 19, 1954, south of Culbertson, Nebraska. Both grew up around the Driftwood Creek, south of Culbertson. ...