Stories from Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Raymond Edward Bley Nov. 2, 1929 - Dec. 13, 2014 WAUNETA, Neb. -- Raymond Edward Bley, age 85, was born Nov. 2, 1929, to Jacob and Katie (Duhm) Bley on the family farm in the Eden community and grew up there. He attended grade school in rural schools. High School was attended in Wauneta, and he later received his GED...

Roland 'Duane' Fisher Jan. 9, 1932 - Dec. 12, 2014 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Roland "Duane" Fisher, 82, of McCook, Nebraska, died Friday (Dec. 12, 2014), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born Jan. 9, 1932, in Frontier County, Nebraska, on the family farm to Mason Webb and Mary B. (Wasia) Fisher. Duane graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1951...

Wilma Lucille Stevens March 10, 1925 - Dec. 12, 2014 WICHITA, Kansas -- Wilma Lucille Stevens, 89, formerly of Leavenworth and Tonganoxie, Kansas, died Friday (Dec. 12, 2014). She was born March 10, 1925, to Fred and Bertha Messinger of McCook, Nebraska. She married Lyle Wallace Stevens June 8, 1947. She worked for several years in the banking industry...

More and more of us do more and more of our business over the Internet, and it's not all buying baubles from China -- we're now able to order a pizza across town or refill a prescription using a smart phone app. That means more of our money is zipping around as digital data and an increasing number of criminals are following the footsteps of Willie Sutton, who, asked why he robbed banks, supposedly answered "because that's where the money is."...

I grow tired of the non-stop narrative, made by the race hustlers and their fellow travelers within the mainstream news media, that there is an "epidemic" of white cops shooting unarmed black teens ... I am also tired of the asinine "protests for social justice" that the media continues to slavishly report...

I have a question about McCook's "Shop Locally." We have in McCook two very nice thrift shops, so why is a semi trailer in Sears' parking lot from a Goodwill Company here and why are people of McCook taking items to it to be sold in other towns and we get no profit to stay in our town?...

Read the news or watch it on TV and one can become disillusioned with our world today. We have a lame duck congress trying to spend us into the poor house. We have a President intent on making our borders porous and eager to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants all in hope of creating more voters for his socialist agenda. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Court ordered supervised visitation between parents and their children is as sorrowful an experience as it is necessary, and when coupled with an inadequate locale it can work against the parenting process, prompting one local official to take action...

Wesson is all healed up, and made a visit to Santa Claus during "Pet Night" Thursday. Wesson came to the McCook Humane Society animal shelter as a stray in August, but he desperately needed ear surgery before he could be adopted. Pleas for help with the $400 surgery raised nearly $6,000 for the shelter. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Red Willow County,'s veterans service officer will provide services to veterans living in Furnas County from Jan. 1, 2015, through June 30, 2015. Red Willow County's commissioners Monday morning signed an interlocal agreement with Furnas County in which Red Willow County's VSO Tom Stritt is appointed Furnas County VSO, and the Red Willow County (through its county treasurer) will be paid $6,762.81, which is the unused half of the $13,525.62 that Furnas County commissioners budgeted for the Furnas County's veterans service office for 2014-2015.. ...

McCook, Nebraska--Tickets are still available for the Bellamy Brothers Christmas concert in McCook on December 21. Only $30 each, the tickets can be purchased at McCook National Bank, Cowboy Up Tack, Hershberger's Music and Community Hospital Health Foundation located at 711 East 11th Street, Suite B. Tickets at the door will be $35 each...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The residents of Hillcrest Nursing Home will soon be cruising around on a brand new set of wheels, thanks to a collaborative effort from several organizations. The 2014 Ford Supreme Bus was delivered last week, after an effort that has spanned more than a year and a half...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A new subdivision located southeast of the Pearsons Country Terrace Subdivision received City Council approval last night. Councilors unanimously approved the final plat and subdivision agreement authorizing Dwight Gallatin of McCook to proceed with the creation of the Gallatin Subdivision...

Harold Dizmang WAUNETA, Neb. -- Harold Dizmang, 76, died Wednesday (Dec. 10, 2014), at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. Survivors include his wife, Carol Dizmang of Wauneta; children, Cynthia, Donna, Mike, Bryon and Gregory; brothers, Dale and John Dizmang and several grandchildren...

Twila Faye Burkert Feb. 9, 1929 - Dec. 16, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Twila Faye Burkert of McCook, formerly of Hayes Center, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. Twila was born on Feb. ...