Stories from Monday, November 30, 2015

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will kick off the Christmas season with Santa and Elf stories at their First Tuesday event Tuesday 7-8 p.m. at the Bieroc Café. Local Santa and Father Christmas Tom Buresh will be the featured speaker...

Harwood G. Kolsky Jan. 18, 1921 - Nov. 5, 2015 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Harwood G. Kolsky, 94, of Saratoga, California, formerly of Oberlin, died Nov. 5, 2015, at Saratoga. He was born in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 18, 1921, to George and Emma (Hegree) Kolsky. He grew up in Oberlin and Lawrence, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He graduated from the University of Kansas and from Harvard University with a PhD in physics...

Dorothy Ruth (Stalder) Lambert Oct. 27, 1934 - Nov. 25, 2915 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- Dorothy Ruth (Stalder) Lambert, 81, died Wednesday (Nov. 25, 2915), at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born Oct. 27, 1934, on a farm southwest of Beaver City, Nebraska, to John Ernest and Edith Jane (McCormack) Stalder...

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...

Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert Nov. 3, 1920 - Nov. 28, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert age, 95, passed away Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at her home in McCook. She was born on Nov. 3, 1920, on the family farm near Overton, Nebraska, to John and Christena (Rathsach) Jurgensen. Alice was a twin sister one of five children born to this union. She graduated from Overton High School in 1939...

Max George Matson Sept. 2, 1947 -Nov. 30, 2015 FREMONT, Neb. -- Max George Matson, 68, formally of McCook, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 at Premier Estates Nursing Home in Fremont, Nebraska. Max was born Sept. 2, 1947, to Coral and Hazel (Weskamp) Matson...