Stories from Monday, August 3, 2015

RED WILLOW COUNTY, Neb. -- The Red Willow County Sheriff's Department has apprehended 33-year-old Kenneth R. C. Williams and 30-year-old Jordan Alan Weaver recently. Williams had three active warrants for failure to appear to answer to drug charges and was apprehended by the North Platte Police Department on Sunday, Aug. 2, without incident...

Deanna Miller ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Deanna Miller, 63, of Arapahoe, died Friday (July 31, 2015), at CHI Heart Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska. Memorial services are Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, 10:30 a.m. at Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge. Lockenour-Jones Mortuary in Cambridge is in charge of arrangements...

Gerald 'Jerry' Childs July 26, 1940 - July 30, 2015 SELDEN, Kan. -- Gerald "Jerry" Childs, 75, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Selden, died Thursday (July 30, 2015), at Olathe. He was born July 26, 1940, in Rexford, Kansas, to Leslie and Birdie (Ogier) Childs. He graduated from Selden Rural High School in 1959 and from Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, in 1963...

Evelyn 'Bobbie' Kasson Aug. 29 1927 - Aug. 1, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Evelyn "Bobbie" Kasson passed away at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 She was born in Wilsonville, Nebraska, on Aug. 29, 1927, to Thelma Pearl and Ami Meyers. She was born on the family farm northeast of Wilsonville. Bobbie was the youngest child of three. She has an older sister, Helen Virginia Starrett of Lawrence, Kansas, and a brother, Robert Eugene Meyers...

George Paul Stoeppelwerth II Sept. 26, 1933 - July 26, 2014 TULSA, Okla. -- George Paul Stoeppelwerth II passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 26, 2014. He was born in Wichita, Kansas, on Sept. 26, 1933, and spent his childhood in Russell, Kansas...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will be able to meet with a representative of Congressman Smith's office for "mobile offices" on Friday, August 14, in Maywood and Hayes Center. A "mobile office" allows constituents to meet directly with one of Smith's staff members about federal issues and take advantage of the constituent services available through his office, such as assisting individuals with challenges they face while working with a federal agency, ordering flags flown over the U.S. ...

Luna, the Red Willow County, Nebraska, Sheriff's Department's K9 officer, searches "Sandy," the DeGroff's Department Store coin-op horse on display at the High Plains Museum in McCook Sunday afternoon. Luna and her handler, Deputy Lt. Justin Davis, demonstrated Luna's drug search and building search abilities to members of the High Plains Historical Society who had gathered for their annual meeting. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Paws-itive Partners in North Platte is sponsoring a dog cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and first-aid class Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Salvation Army, 1020 N. Adams Ave., North Platte. There will be two four-hour classes, from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. or from 12:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Each class will cover the same information...

Recently the Optimist Club of McCook announced a drive for folks to turn in their old musical instruments to the McCook High School music department for the use of budding young musicians at St. Pat's School and McCook High school. What a great idea. ...

The Fourth of July was a month ago already and we know what that means: School is just around the corner. We've always admired the work of the Salvation Army, for both what it accomplishes and how it does it with a bare minimum of "administrative costs."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A recent change to the national standard for fire protection gear is estimated to cost the McCook Fire Department $42,000 in the coming budget. "We have 21 sets of bunker gear that will be no-good come October first," said Fire Chief Marc Harpham during a budget review meeting last week. A brand-new set of bunker gear is estimated to cost $2,000...

All the shiny paint, glistening chrome, one-of-a-kind rat rods and works-in-progress attract the attention of hundreds of spectators -- even a Hitchcock County sheriff's officer -- at the ninth annual "That Dam Car Show" at the Good Life Marina at Swanson Dam during the Trenton, Nebraska, Harvest Festival weekend celebration. ...

Brooklyn and Gracie McDonald don hula shirts, leis and sunglasses for the Hawaiian-themed Trenton Harvest Festival parade Saturday morning. Brandon Caddick of Trenton accompanied his niece, Alivia Vrbas, and her buddy Landon Wright into the street to fetch candy tossed by parade entries. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- City crews will close West Fifth between west K and West L from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tuesday so a water lain can be repaired. "Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause," said the release. "We appreciate your cooperation."

Karen M. Houser Oct. 6, 1973 - Aug. 1, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Karen M. Houser, age 41, of Cambridge, passed away at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney on Aug. 1, 2015. She was born in Cambridge on Oct. 6, 1973, to Roy and Betty (Sughroue) tenBensel. She grew up south of Cambridge on the family farm. Karen attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1992...