Stories from Monday, December 29, 2014

Angie S. Stamm July 20, 1971 - Dec. 24, 2014 BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Angela Sue Stamm was born July 20, 1971, in Benkelman, Nebraska, to Russell Stamm and Phyllis (Ham) Stamm. Angie grew up in Benkelman, where she attended Dundy County High School and graduated in 1989. As a youth, Angie was very active in Horse 4-H and was grand champion in showmanship...

Lawrence Brewster Towne Aug. 28, 1915 - Dec. 25, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Lawrence Brewster Towne, 99, died Thursday (Dec. 25, 2014), at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born Aug. 28, 1915, to William E. and Jessie J. (Barry) Towne in Lincoln County at the Barry Ranch in Nebraska...

Larry Max Ingram Dec. 7, 1943 - Dec. 24, 2014 MOOREFIELD, Neb. -- Larry Max Ingram, 71, of Moorefield, Nebraska, died Dec. 24, 2014, at Linden Court in North Platte. He was born Dec. 7, 1943, in McCook, Nebraska, son of Lovell Max and Ruth Elaine (Cochran) Ingram...

Michael R. Evans MAYWOOD, Neb. -- Michael R. Evans, 64, of Maywood, died Friday (Dec. 26, 2014) at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. Funeral services are Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the Maywood High School in Maywood with the Revs. Martin Leeper and Dale Heimer officiating...

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...

If the price of your produce goes up over the coming year, you may be able to chalk it up as another example of unintended consequences. President Obama's executive action to prevent some 5 million people from being deported is expected to make an agricultural labor shortage even worse, according to trade organizations...

In late 2014 one topic that seems to be very important to our leaders in Washington is the new stance we have taken with the Raul Castro government in Cuba. After some 61 years of very poor relations with the Cuban government there are now real overtures to reach for better, more normal ties between the United States and Cuba. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Remember that parents of the newest baby in 2015 must contact the McCook Gazette to qualify their new family member for honors as "New Year's Baby 2015" of the Gazette area of Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. The new baby must be born within the Gazette trade area of Dundy, Chase, Hayes, Hitchcock, Frontier, Red Willow and Furnas counties in Nebraska, and Rawlins and Decatur counties in Kansas, to parents who live within the same area...

Icicles drip from a large brown insulator that decorates a front porch in McCook, Nebraska. The forecast calls for more icy-cold weather -- with a winter weather and wind chill advisory through Tuesday evening. Single-digit negative temps are predicted tonight, with highs only in single-digits tomorrow...

Roxie L. Tuller Jan. 27, 1925 - Dec. 24, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Roxie L. Tuller, age 89, of McCook, Nebraska, died at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Dec. 24, 2014. She was born in Decatur County near Oberlin, Kansas, on Jan. 27, 1925 to Glen and Laura (Hunsacker) Heller. Roxie attended and graduated from Oberlin High School...

Stanley L. Cox Oct. 8, 1928 - Dec. 29, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Stanley L Cox, age 86, of McCook, died at his home on Dec. 29, 2014. He was born in McCook on Oct. 8, 1928, to Earnest E. Cox and Mary Etta (Young) Cox. Stanley attended McCook Public Schools until the eighth grade, when his dad became ill and he needed to go to work to help support his family which included five sisters. ...

Melvin Harold Thielbar Oct. 11, 1923 - Dec. 28, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Melvin Harold Thielbar passed away at his home in McCook on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. He was 91 years old. Melvin was born on Oct. 11, 1923, at Oberlin, Kansas, to parents, Guy L. and Della (Remington) Thielbar. He graduated from Danbury High School in 1941...