Stories from Monday, December 28, 2015

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...

CHADRON, Neb. -- Chadron State College has announced the names of students who qualified for the institution's fall 2015 academic honors lists. The president's list requires a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students on the dean's list earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify...

This may come as a big surprise to you -- because I look like an ordinary guy -- but I think it's about time I let everyone know I'm worth more than 40 million. I topped the 40 million mark Nov. 27, 2015. This was a very happy occasion for me, because at half my age, I was worth just over 20 million...

McCook, Neb. -- Community Hospital board members, Bruce Bair and Kristi Daum were recognized and congratulated at the December board of directors meeting as they completed their terms and retired from the board. Bair served two, three-year terms and Daum served one, three-year term. Newly elected Community Hospital board members, Julie Gillespie and Curt Swanhorst, began their first terms at the meeting. Re-elected and commencing her second, three-year terms was Roselyn Remington, M.D...

CURTIS, Neb. -- The Middle Republican Natural Resources District will be transitioning into sub-districts for election of board members for the 2016 election year, according to a news release. The MRNRD Board of Directors is now an 11-person board, all elected at-large. The new board will have 13 members, a structure that hasn't been considered for the last 20 years...

McCOOK, Neb. -- City leaders have implemented software recently which allows them to move away from hand-delivering City Council packets and could benefit the Planning Commission next. City Council packets were previously delivered by McCook police officers and Planning Commission materials are reliant on the U.S. Postal Service and often hand-delivered by city admin when last-minute changes push items past the mail deadline...

Just like kids, squirrels don't eat the peel of an apple. Using his furry tail as a muff against cold, north winds, this squirrel ate his healthy snack in the crotch of a tree in McCook, Nebraska, over the Christmas holiday weekend.

CULBERTSON, Neb. -- A 24-year old McCook man has died after taking his own life following a pursuit. Just before 11 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 27, a trooper attempted to stop a 1991 Chevy Blazer for speeding at the Highway 6/34 Junction near Culbertson in Hitchcock County. The vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit ensued...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The father of a man who died following a high-speed chase said authorities are awaiting an autopsy to determine whether or not he actually died as a result of suicide. Bennett Lienemann said he was told the autopsy would determine what calibre of bullet killed his son, Cody A. Lienemann, 24, who died early Monday morning. He said results should be available Tuesday or Wednesday...

Richard Baker Racine March 16, 1925 - Dec. 26, 2015 TRENTON, Neb. -- Richard Baker Racine, age 90, of Trenton, passed away at El Dorado Manor in Trenton on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. Richard was born on March 16, 1925, on the family farm south of Trenton, the son of Joseph M. ...

Thomas Theron Rowe Nov. 21, 1967 - Dec. 25, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Thomas Theron Rowe, age 48, of McCook, passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook. Tom was born Nov. 21, 1967, in Cozad, Nebraska, to parents Kenneth Earl and Patricia Rae (Kapustka) Rowe...

Sheila Mae Fisher April 5, 1951 - Dec. 25, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Sheila Mae Fisher, age 64, of McCook, passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Imperial Manor in Imperial, Nebraska. Sheila was born on April 5, 1951, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Virgil V. Van Cleave and Alberta V. Van Cleave...