Stories from Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Lloyd Junior Deitsch Feb. 10, 1939 - Jan. 16, 2016 HOISINGTON, Kan. -- Lloyd Junior Deitsch, 76, died Jan. 16, 2016, at Via Christi, at St. Francis, Kansas. He was born Feb. 10, 1939, in Harrod, Ohio, the son of Lloyd Jennings and Ethel (MacDonald) Deitsch. Lloyd graduated from St. Mary Memorial High School in 1957 and attended the Graceland College in Lomoni, Iowa. He served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1961...

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...

CRETE, Neb. -- Doane College has announced the 243 students named to the Dean's List for Fall 2015. Students must achieve a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and hold 12 graded hours to qualify for this academic distinction. Area students on the Doane College's 2015 Fall Dean's list include:...

MAYWOOD, Neb. -- Maywood Public School 6-12 has released the first semester honor roll for 2015-2016. Distinction Honor Roll: All grades 93 percent and above: 6th grade Avery Gerlach Stevie Handsaker McKenna Renner Chloe Stucky 8th grade Nolan Benjamin...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The following students qualified for the President's List at Mid-Plains Community College during the 2015 Fall Term. To make the list, each student had to complete 12 or more applicable credit hours in college-level courses and maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.9 or greater on a 4.0 scale...

MCCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Junior High Merit Roll students for the second quarter (94.0 - 100%, No Grade Lower than 78%) include: 6th GRADE GILLEN, BRENDAN GRIGER, ISAAC HAMMOND, JOSLYN HAZEN, XANDER HINZE, ISAAC KARP, JADON KNOLL, ADDISON MATTHEWS, KATENCE...

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced names of students who earned a place on the dean's list for the fall 2015 semester. Students who are on the dean's list must have completed 12 credit hours or more of classes with a 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. Students earn a 4.0 for an "A," 3.0 for a "B" and a 2.0 for a "C." Courses taken on a credit/no credit basis aren't included among the necessary 12 credits...

By law, workers in Finland are entitled to up to 38 paid days off, and places like Austria, Venezuela, Panama, Oman and Libya require 30. Tiny Andorra requires employers to pay for 44 holidays, Cambodia 47, Colombia, Croatia and Cuba 33, Denmark 34 and Djibouti 35...

The battle for a Transgender Policy has begun. According to an article in the Omaha World Herald, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, four out of six regions in Nebraska want participation in sports based on students' gender at birth. This proposition was accepted by the Omaha area and rejected by the Lincoln area. The gloves are off. Now this proposal will be considered by a statewide 51-member Representative Assembly of school officials in April...

For some time, Grannie Annie and this old guy have done Bible- based devotions at the close of breakfast. TV off. It is amazing how often the Bible hits the nail on the head. At the moment we are into the Book of Psalms. It is the 12th Psalm and David is complaining to God. David directly to God, no intermediaries, no sorting through the press or Satan or the church, just one on one. I like that...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook is an awfully good place to live, at least according to the accounting firm tasked with the annual review of city financial statements and account balances. Terry Galloway with accounting firm Almquist, Maltzahn, Galloway & Luth praised the city's financial performance earlier this week and indicated fiscal prudence on the part of the city was resulting in a tax savings for residents...

McCOOK -- The McCook Art Guild will honor Nebraska's 150th birthday through a photography show Feb. 27. Pieces will be of historical places in Nebraska from 2010 to 2016. Entries to this show will be accepted at the McCook Fine Art Center, 209 Norris Ave., during normal working hours from Tuesday Feb. 2 to Friday, Feb. 26...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Seven McCook Community College students and one graduate will stage a Space Shuttle Challenger-themed play later this month, which will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Challenger's ill-fated mission in 1986. This play, "Defying Gravity" takes a "free-structured look" at the 1986 Challenger disaster and focuses on the teacher who died with six others as they hurtled into space at the center of an exploration...

Rotary President Terri Shipshock and helper Madison Rasmusen join McCook Pantry representative Steven Lenhart, who receives a check from Rotarians Steven Rasmusen, Tim Wiebe and Joyce Anderson. The check, for $616, represents proceeds from the Rotary's first Soup-R-Bowl event last week, which also generated two tables full of food for the McCook Pantry. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Local law enforcement officers urged citizens to be prepared for an increase in traveling scams as winter weather subsided and warmer days approach. Gypsy-like operations touting below market asphalt repair, weed spraying and tree trimming become increasingly common each spring, according to Chief of Police Isaac Brown. ...

Moms pride themselves on serving their families wholesome, homemade meals. But here's the reality: 60 percent of moms think that coming up with dinner ideas is more difficult than getting their children to go to bed on time. Moreover, 61 percent of moms frequently order takeout or go out to eat because they don't have the ingredients on-hand to make dinner. It's time for a new strategy...