Stories from Monday, January 11, 2016

LINCOLN -- The 29th annual 5-day Tour de Nebraska bicycle adventure will head to beautiful north central Nebraska on its 275-mile round trip journey, June 22-26, 2016. Approximately 250 cyclists will leave Springview on Wednesday, June 22 and camp overnight in Bassett, Ainsworth and Valentine...

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. -- A McCook man received jail time last week in Red Willow County District Court following his conviction on a felony weapons charge and other offenses. The offender, 29-year-old Keenan Jorschumb, was ordered to serve 18 to 36 months in state prison stemming from a Class 3 felony offense for possession of a stolen firearm. ...

LEXINGTON, Neb. -- Speak up now, or it will be a long time before you get another opportunity. That is the message that a group of McCook promoters want to convey to the public concerning an upcoming Nebraska Department of Roads public input meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Local construction activity took a turn for the better in 2015 and increased from prior year by nearly $8 million, according to city building permit reports. The increase ends a four year trend of annual decreases in construction activity for McCook and represents the highest mark reported since 2011...

STRATTON, Neb. -- A 51-year-old McCook man died in a one-vehicle roll-over accident Friday morning near Stratton. Hitchcock County Sheriff D. Bryan Leggott reports that Christopher P. Klein died after the car he was driving westbound at about 7:55 a.m. left Highway 34 approximately three miles west of Stratton, struck a concrete box culvert and rolled...

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After the successful American invasion of France at Normandy in June, 1944, the Allied forces, under General Eisenhower, slowly, but steadily advanced against a retreating German foe. It seemed that the war on the Western Front was in the mopping-up stage, and the Allies (mainly US and British forces) would be able to march right on to Berlin...

Christopher 'Chris' Paul Klein Dec. 5, 1964 - Jan. 8, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Christopher "Chris" Paul Klein, age 51, of McCook, passed away as the result of a motor vehicle accident on Jan. 8, 2016, near Stratton, Nebraska. He was born in McCook on Dec. 5, 1964, to Richard and Barbara (Ninemires) Klein. Chris attended and graduated from McCook High School in 1983. He later attended a semester at the University of Nebraska-Kearney...

Kristin Kay Snare March 10, 1964 - Jan. 11, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Kristin Kay Snare, age 51, passed away at Community Hospital in McCook on Jan. 11, 2016. She was born in McCook on March 10, 1964, to Kenneth and Roberta (McNeil) Carter. Kristin attended school and graduated from McCook High School in 1982. She then attended McCook Community College...