Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Irene M. Hamilton Dec. 22, 1923 - July 26, 2015 McHENRY, Ill. -- Irene M. Hamilton, age 91, of McHenry, died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at her residence. She was born Dec. 22, 1923, in McCook, Nebraska, to John and Lenora (Hesterworth) Wilcox. On June 14, 1945, she married F. Dean Hamilton at St. Patrick's Church in McCook...

Sheril Kay Buethe Feb. 3, 1952 - July 25, 2015 RAVENNA, Neb. -- Sheril Kay Buethe, 63, of Ravenna, died Saturday (July 25, 2015), at Good Samaritan Society of Ravenna. She was born on Feb. 3, 1952, to Orville A. and Betty (Clements) Buethe. She grew up on a farm by Bruning, Nebraska, and moved with her parents to Stamford, Nebraska, in the 1970s. ...

Daniel L. Longsine July 9, 1949 - July 25, 2015 FORT DODGE, Kan. - Daniel L. Longsine, 66, died peacefully Saturday, July 25, 2015, at the Kansas Soldiers Home. He was born July 9, 1949, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was the son of the late Roland and Bonnie Longsine...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Figgins Construction will begin armor coating projects on several city streets Friday. Citizens residing in the affected neighborhoods are asked to remove all vehicles until after oil and gravel is applied and the street is reopened for use...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook, Nebraska, area service unit of the Salvation Army plans its annual "back-to-school" backpack give-away Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 3 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., at McCook Christian Church. There will be a two-backpack limit per family...

In winds gusting to 35 miles an hour Tuesday morning, riders at the Hayes County Fair horse show in Hayes Center, Nebraska, could forego wearing their hats, or chase them all the way to Kansas. Sisters Chyanne Friehe, foreground, and Chessney Friehe competed in the senior division horsemanship, where both won purple ribbons and Chessney earned the grand championship. ...

Judges Maureen Carr, left, and Judy Seger of Wallace, Nebraska, taste-test Mason Loomis' Oreo pie during the annual pie baking contest at the Hayes County Fair in Hayes Center Wednesday morning. Four-year-old Quaid Brott won the youngest division, those pie bakers 7 years old and under, with his "Sawdust Pie." In second place was Bristol Cox, blueberry pie; in third was Mason Loomis, Oreo pie. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Prairie Gold Homes will break ground on a new home on East I Street in the coming days and the inmate training, home construction, non-profit hopes to have it completed by the end of February. PGH representatives coordinated a public meeting, Tuesday afternoon, sharing blueprints and discussing details of the project with area residents and community leaders. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Scanning through the radio dial as you drive through McCook, have you had a radio station pop up that you haven't heard before? Or maybe the reciting of the rosary caught your ear? Those new sounds are compliments of McCook's new Holy Spirit Catholic Radio station, 96.9 FM...

One major car company is distributing a software patch for its new cars after Wired magazine published a video about two hackers taking control -- through the radio, nonetheless -- of a coworker's car while he was driving it. The video shows the steering wheel spinning on its own, him pleading with the hackers to give him back control of the accelerator pedal so he isn't struck by a semi, and ends with the vehicle, left without brakes, swerving over a bank into the ditch...

Before we get to Sagittarius, I want to take a quick jump back to Scorpius, or at least to the area around the scorpion, specifically in what is today called Libra, the Scales. Specifically, two second magnitude stars in Libra that used to be attached to Scorpius as its fearsome claws, Zubeneschamali--the Northern Claw, and Zubenelgenubi--the Southern Claw...

MASON CITY, Iowa -- It is believed the AK-47 Bandit struck again; this time in Mason City, Iowa. On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at approximately 9:55 a.m. the Heartland Community Credit Union at 1602 S. Monroe Avenue was robbed. The lone male suspect was described as a white male, 5'9" to 6', medium build, possible blue eyes, 20's to 40's, wearing a black ski mask and gloves. ...

Laurene Bryan VanOtterloo Sept. 5, 1923 - July 27, 2015 OBERLN, Kan. -- Laurene Bryan VanOtterloo was born Sept. 5, 1923, in Oberlin, Kansas, the daughter of Glynn and Nellie Ruth (McLaughlin) Shaw. She passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, at the Cedar Living Center in Oberlin, Kansas, at the age of 91...