Stories from Thursday, October 8, 2015

Robert 'Bob' Bartlett IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Robert "Bob" Bartlett, 98, died Tuesday (Oct. 6, 2015), at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. Survivors include children, Richard Bartlett of Sandy, Utah, James Bartlett and wife, Linda of Brighton, Colorado, and Randy Bartlett and wife, Deb of Imperial; brother, Paul Bartlett and wife, Betty of Lincoln, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Ana Mae Wall of Missouri; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren...

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...

Graduates of McCook, Nebraska, Senior High in 1995 gathered for their 20-year reunion during McCook's Heritage Days weekend in September. Reunion attendees available for a class photo were, front row, from left: Jamey Ruppert Keen, Phillipsburg, Kansas; Kristine Frank, Omaha, Nebraska; Stacie Lankford, Omaha; Becky Burns, Lincoln, Nebraska; Jessica Fargen Walsh, Lincoln; Becky Seibrandt Mai, McCook; and Kim Johnson Hiser, Seward, Nebraska. ...

Fourth graders from McCook and area schools leave Weiland Field Wednesday morning and head over to the McCook Community College event center for "Kid Fitness Nutrition Day." Under the direction of McCook Public Schools physical education teachers Matt Wiemers and Carrie Goltl and with help from McCook High School students, kids learned the importance of making right food choices and exercising. The event was sponsored by the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The list of issues facing rural Nebraska communities seems insurmountable. Chuck Schroeder's list grew with each screen shot he flashed on the wall during his presentation at the Southwest Nebraska Rural Symposium at McCook Community College Wednesday...

During the Southwest Nebraska Rural Symposium Wednesday at McCook Community College, Mary Kircher of McCook, housing development director of the McCook Economic Development Corp., and Karl Elmshaeuser of Ogallala, executive director of the West Central Nebraska Development District, uses a dollar bill to illustrate several options for communities addressing the need for housing. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man charged with sexually assaulting two young children, with alleged offenses dating back to 2003 and as recent as 2012, will serve less than two years in county jail following his sentencing earlier this week. The offender, 66-year-old Benito Garcia of 906 E. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Horizon Bank, in cooperation with the McCook Chamber of Commerce is presenting a free "Fraud Awareness" Seminar called Fraud Happens at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at the second floor training center of the McCook Municipal Center, 505 West C...

Details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement have been slow in coming, and the massive trade pact won't be voted on by the U.S. Congress until 2016, but what we have seen looks good for Nebraska agriculture. That's especially true for beef, veal and pork...

So just so I'm clear, I'm sorta weird about my house. I'm not a Martha Stewart or a June Cleaver freak about keeping things spotless but I like to have things tidy if nothing else. Well, living a life with two full-time jobs and three busy kiddos leaves my house untidy more often than not, which between you and me, drives me crazy...

Harold Potthoff points out names of interest on a map from E.S. Sutton's "Southwest Nebraska" book to members and guests of the Great Western Cattle Trail Association at Northshore near Trenton Wednesday night. Southwest Nebraska has been crossed by many trails over the years, from Indian traders thousands of years ago, early mountain men, to John C. ...