Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Juliann A. Koerperich Feb. 17, 1955 - April 14, 2015 BRENTWOOD, Calif. -- Former Hastings, Nebraska, resident, Juliann A. Koerperich, 60, passed away April 14, 2015, after a long and courageous battle with cancer in the loving arms of her husband in Brentwood, California...

Julie M. Burge June 16, 1958 - April 20, 2015 ARAPAHOE. Neb. -- Julie M. Burge, 56, of Arapahoe, died Monday (April 20, 2015), at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center in Arapahoe. She was born on June 16, 1958, at McCook, Nebraska, to Donald D. and Dolores R. ...

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...

75th birthday The family of Bill Weber of Culbertson, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 75th birthday Sunday, April 26. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 608 Wildmar, Culbertson, NE 69024.

Kurt R. Sulzman Nov. 21, 1972 - April 16, 2015 POLK CITY, Iowa -- Kurt R. Sulzman, 42, died Thursday (April 16, 2015), at Audoubon, Iowa. He was born Nov. 21, 1972, in Hoxie, Kansas, to Donald and Lillian (Skubal) Sulzman. He was raised in Dresden, Kansas. He attended Hoxie High School and Kansas State University...

McCOOK, Neb. -- After two court rulings and multiple City Council and McCook Planning Commission meetings about a local dog kennel, the McCook City Council decided Monday neighbors involved in the dispute should try to sit down and talk it out. Councilors were scheduled to vote on implementing a limitation on the special exception, granted to Daniel and Lizann Miller in 2008, which would have required they limit the business to the size originally specified in their application. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The telecommunications/computer technician who installed telephones in the Red Willow County courthouse in McCook, Nebraska, says the phones he sold the county are not outdated and obsolete. Rob Henry of Commercial Engineering Services --CES -- in downtown McCook said Monday afternoon that he sold the county Cisco Model SPA525G2 phones, phones that have no end-of-life. "This model is top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art equipment," Henry said...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The 2015 Nebraska High School Rodeo competition will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in the 1500 block of West Fifth in McCook, Nebraska. A couple of hundred contestants are expected to compete in roping and cutting, barebacks and saddle broncs, pole pending and barrel racing, and bull riding...

Swanson Sign Co. workers put up the lettering on Lewis Motor Sports' new building on North U.S. 83 in McCook. The business is in temporary quarters on B Street until the new structure is ready.

National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is April 18th to April 25th, 2015. With the support of the CDC, health care professionals and others, NIIW was originated in 1994 with the goal of promoting the importance of immunizations which protect everyone from preventable diseases...

NPPD has been criticized as not moving toward renewable energy sources such as wind and solar quickly enough, but just in time for Earth Day on Wednesday, Nebraska's publicly-owned utility has announced a major step toward more "green" energy. One of the coal-fired boilers at Sheldon Station near Hallam will be replaced with one that burns hydrogen, producing mostly water vapor in the process of making electricity...

TIF we hear the term bandied about but what in the world is it? The acronym stands for Tax Increment Financing, TIF, but what in the world does that mean to you and me? Is it a good deal for we the people who pay property tax? Good deal for who? Will it cost us money in the long run? Questions, questions...

Clinton 'Clint' Leroy Bridges Sept. 10, 1926 - April 21, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Clinton "Clint" Leroy Bridges, age 88, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at his home in McCook surrounded by his family. Clint was born Sept. 10, 1926, in Norman, Nebraska, to Roy C. and Ada L. (Preston) Bridges. He graduated from Minden High School in 1945 and three days later, was drafted into the U.S. Army...