Stories from Wednesday, August 5, 2015

50th anniversary The family of Kent and Cheryl May of Hayes Center, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Aug. 8. They were married at Hope Lutheran Church in rural Bertrand, Nebraska, and are long-time farm/ranch owners. ...

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...

A completely public power state, Nebraska's electric rates are amount the lowest in the nation, but that public power status, coupled with a limited distribution system has hindered development of alternative energy such as wind and solar. President Obama, ready to leave office in 18 months, taking action that might have been politically risky earlier in his term(s), unveiled regulations to cut nationwide carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent by 2030...

Did you see the "Blue Moon" last Friday? Wasn't blue was it? The term "Blue Moon" is just one of those things that get attached to something. In this case two full moons in one calendar month. It is a name for something that happens rarely, like "Once in a blue moon."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department has confirmed the sixth positive rabies case in southwest Nebraska. "This is the 9th week in a row that we have had to follow-up on a rabies case. The growing number of rabies cases is becoming a huge concern," states Melissa Propp, RN, Surveillance Coordinator at SWNPHD. "This outbreak does not appear to be breaking anytime soon."...

McCook Junior College athletes from the E.P. Baruth track squads of the 1960s and 1970s met recently for a reunion on the McCook Community College campus. MCC officials hosted the group of MJC athletes Aug. 1 with ties to the track and football teams. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Culbertson woman accused of stealing more than $1.2 million from her employer over a four-year period was sentenced to prison time Monday. The woman, 54-year-old Trina L. Hoyt of rural Culbertson, Nebraska, was ordered to serve 18 to 36 months in state prison during a sentencing hearing in Red Willow County District Court. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook expects expenses to grow by more than half a million dollars in the coming budget year. The 2015-16 fiscal budget approved on first reading Monday includes a $563,446 increase to general fund expenditures when compared to last year...

A McCook resident steps cautiously toward the sink hole that appeared in her backyard after torrential rains -- up to three inches within about 30 minutes -- drenched McCook late Tuesday morning. The lake created on the tennis courts at West Fifth and D overwhelmed a short drainage curb cut and rushed over the full length of the east court's curb. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook expects expenses to grow by more than half a million dollars in the coming budget year. The 2015-16 fiscal budget approved on first reading Monday includes a $563,446 increase to general fund expenditures when compared to last year...

INDIANOLA, Neb. -- The Indianola, Nebraska, Historical Society will host a "Plains Indian" presentation by Lyle Hutchens of Hendley during Indianola's "Old Settlers Celebration" weekend. Hutchens' program on Saturday begins at 1:30 p.m., in the Community Building on Main Street...

Nine-year-old third grader Zachary Shapley of Imperial, Nebraska, peers into the new backpack he received at the annual Salvation Army backpack give-away at McCook Christian Church in McCook Tuesday afternoon. Little sister Annalee will be a new kindergartner this year. ...

OBERLIN, Kan. -- Everett Shuler, 81, died Tuesday (Aug. 4, 2015) at Good Samaritan Society-Decatur County in Oberlin. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Patsie Lee (Owens) Wood Nov. 11, 1936 - Aug. 4, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- The Lord came for Patsie Lee (Owens) Wood, 78, on Aug. 4, 2015. She passed with her loving husband at her side at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. Patsie Lee "Pat" was born in Stockville, Nebraska, on Nov. ...