Stories from Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Mary Lou Vreeland July 1, 1931 - Feb. 15, 2015 CURTIS, Neb. -- Mary Lou Vreeland of Curtis died Feb. 15, 2015, at McCook, Nebraska. She was born July 1, 1931, to Hazen and Aletha (Schnase) Florom at their home in Curtis. She grew up in Curtis and graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Agriculture in 1949. She was an operator at the Curtis Telephone Company for one year...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Receipts from the 1 percent portion of the current tax include $190,000 from motor vehicle sales toward the street fund, and $701,700 each to pay down city property taxes and city projects, City Manager Nate Schneider told about 20 people gathered for a townhall meeting Tuesday at the Heritage Senior Center...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Prairie Gold Homes has hired a program director and begun its search for a construction manager. The Lincoln-area non-profit was approved by the McCook City Council recently to lease the former Public Safety Center, which will serve as a Western Nebraska branch for its home construction/inmate training program...

It was a horrible story. Tammy Meyers, a 44-year-old mother of four, was giving her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson last week when they had an encounter with another driver. One thing led to another and she wound up with a bullet wound to the head, dying on Valentine's Day when she was taken off life support...

Planets, planets everywhere, and now a thin crescent moon thrown in to boot. Plus, the day we have been waiting for has arrived, the planets Venus and Mars will be at their closest on Saturday, February 21. We have been watching the pair get closer and closer over the past few weeks and the day we have been waiting for has arrived...

In response regarding LB 111, I must point out that what seems to be a reasonable way to protect voters' rights, will instead negatively impact around 300,000 voters across Nebraska. LB 111 would require a voter to show a driver's license or state-issued photo ID with current address at the polls. This will cause significant problems for minorities, the elderly, college students and low-income groups found in urban areas, small towns, and rural settings...

WEDNESDAY 2:27 a.m., 700 block of E. Fifth Street -- noise complaint 5:27 a.m., 300 block of West H Street -- citizen assist 9:22 a.m., W. First and C Street -- subject arrested on Red Willow County warrant 10:30 a.m., 200 block of West M Street -- dog at large...