Stories from Monday, August 17, 2015

Bonnie Yost WAUNETA, Neb. -- Bonnie Yost, 83, died Saturday (Aug. 15, 2015), at Sunrise Heights Nursing Home in Wauneta. Survivors include children, Roger Yost and wife, Alice of Maxwell, Nebraska, Janice Satterlee and husband, Steve of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Paula Staman and husband, Tam of Morrill, Nebraska, and Peggy Vlasin and husband, Mike, of Wray, Colorado; sister, Wilma Egle and husband, Dwight, of Wauneta; 12 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren...

Samuel Joseph Cody Feb. 2, 1948 - Aug. 13, 2015 ATWOOD,Kan.-- Samuel Joseph Cody, 67, died Thursday (Aug. 13, 2015), in Atwood. He was born in Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 2, 1948, to Marion Earl Cody, Jr and Edna Luella (Tracy) Cody. He and the family lived in Brewster, Kansas...

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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. -- Mid-Plains Community College invested more than $2 million in its McCook campus dorm facilities recently and celebrated completion of the project this morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The renovation project added approximately 2500 square feet to the Brooks Hall building and included expansions to the kitchen and dining area, installation of an elevator and electrical upgrades to the entire building, among other enhancements...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Sinners Sanctified Motorcycle Ministry plans a benefit poker run Saturday, Aug. 29, to benefit Dennis and Cathy Shannon. Dennis has a rare type of skin cancer called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and will be undergoing many trips to Denver for full body radiation therapy...

Joan Priscilla Hoyt Gilliam Jan. 12, 1931 - Aug. 15, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Joan Priscilla Hoyt Gilliam of McCook passed away Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at Bryan LGH East in Lincoln. She was 84 years old. Joan was born on Jan. 12, 1931, in McCook to Charles Edward and Helen Clara (Edgecombe) Hoyt. ...

Olivia Jo Yost Sept. 17, 1991 - Aug. 12, 2015 BIXBY, Okla. -- Miss Olivia Jo Yost, 23, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, in Bixby, Oklahoma, in a motorcycle accident. Olivia was born Sept. 17, 1991, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Lirin Yost and Tammy Gonzales Yost. Olivia attended McCook Senior High, graduating in 2010. She was employed with Bank Of The West as a financial advisor...