Stories from Friday, February 5, 2016

F. Martin 'Marty' Osborn June 26, 1946 - Jan. 19, 2016 CIRCLE PINES, Minn. -- Marty Osborn, age 69, of Circle Pines, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. He was born June 26, 1946, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Charles and Geraldine Osborn. He lived in Indianola, Nebraska, and later the family moved to McCook, Nebraska. He graduated from McCook High School in 1964. He married Jacque Winston in 1968...

Dessie Marie Cochran April 15, 1926 - Feb. 4, 2016 BARTLEY, Neb. -- Dessie Marie Cochran of Bartley, Nebraska, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska surrounded by her family. She was 89 years old. Marie was born on April 15, 1926, at Cambridge, Nebraska, to parents, Floyd Ellsworth and Dessie McElroy (Kinnison) Webb. She graduated from Bartley High School in 1944. She then attended and graduated from the Hastings School of Beauty...

Allen R. Millar Dec. 5, 1922 -Feb. 3, 2016 SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Allen R. Millar, 93, of Sioux City, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Sunrise Retirement Community. A funeral service will be Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m. led by a Masonic service at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel with a visitation one hour prior. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, South Dakota...

Sr. Madelene Reiners, CPPS Dec. 8, 1920 - Feb. 2, 2016 O'FALLON, Mo. -- At 7:48 p.m. on Feb. 2, 2016, Sr. Madelene Reiners peacefully entered heaven. She was 95 years old and a professed Sister of the Most Precious Blood for more than seventy years...

IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Three Colorado residents are in jail accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of irrigation pipe in Southwest Nebraska. The Imperial Republican newspaper reports that Delbert B. Johnson, 42, of Yuma, Colorado, and Leland D. Hackett, 31, of Wray, Colorado, are in jail in Holyoke in Phillips County, Colorado, each charged with possession of stolen property and possession of a controlled substance and held on $5,000 cash bond...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook School Board will be asked to approve two resignations from fourth grade teachers, at its regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. The resignations come from Paula Davis, who taught 15 years at McCook Public Schools and Lisa M. Keogh, for three years. Both resignations are effective at the end of this school year...

McCook Senior High Color Day 2016 royalty will be revealed following the MHS Bison vs. Ogallala Indians girls and boys basketball games in the MHS gym this evening. The girls varsity game starts at 6 p.m.; the boys' varsity game at 7:45 p.m. Royalty candidates selected by their classmates are, front row from left: Stephen Hoffman, son of Darcey and Frank Hanson and the late Scott Hoffman; Logan Bunger, son of Andrew and Shannon Bunger; Joe Schlager, son of Russ and Bev Schlager; Taylor Williams, son of Bev and Frank Williams; Travis Wallen, son of Craig and Linda Wallen; and Dustin Bredvick, son of Thomas and Janie Bredvick. ...

Thursday evening, a group of McCook Girl Scouts gathered around "Thin Mints," "Caramel deLites" and "Lemonades" before embarking on Girl Scout cookie sales that start nationwide today. Girl Scout cookies sell for $4 a box; gluten-free Trios are $5 a box. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- City leaders awarded a bid for new firefighter bunker gear to Omaha-based Fireguard earlier this week. The $37,849 purchase will provide the city fire department with 20 new sets of protective equipment, as well as access to a protected website database service to track history and use...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Fifteen chefs will compete Saturday for bragging rights and the title of McCook Community College's Chili Winner 2016.The MCC Indians Boosters' 16th annual "Dick Driml Chili Cook-off" starts at 1 p.m., in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center on the McCook Community College campus...

The Groundhog Day blizzard generated a lot of stories of kindness, from neighbors scooping walks to the disabled Omaha veteran who converted his power wheelchair to a snowplow and Val Fuller, who opened his restaurant to truckers stranded at McCook's Walmart...

I'm amazed every four years that a state like Iowa, which isn't representative of the country at large, gets so much attention from the media and candidates running for President. It's not that I dislike Iowa because I don't. My best friend at the college and his wife are both from Iowa and my Aunt and Uncle are too. ...

85th birthday The family of John Bauer Jr. of McCook is requesting a card shower for his 85th birthday on Monday, Feb. 8. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 309 W. Seventh, Room 302, McCook, NE 69001.

79th birthday The family of Don Schaaf of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 79th birthday today, Feb. 5. His family includes wife, Kathy of McCook; children, Lisa Lee (John) of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Lorri Sughroue of McCook; and six grandchildren, Trent Frederick of Benkelman, Nebraska, Noaa Frederick of Fort Collins, Darby Frederick of Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, Naomi Sughroue of Chadron, Nebraska, Jessa Sughroue of Papillion, Nebraska, and Molly Sughroue of Stillwater, Oklahoma. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Love is in the air, dancing capriciously into the lives of young McCook couples ... fulfilling them with the thrill of meeting, dating and deciding- in a magical moment - that they want to spend the rest of their livestogether. For Hanah Swanhorst and Nick Nothnagel, the first encounter took place at a volleyball tournament where both of their teams were vying for the first place prize. "We're competitors ... we both like to win," Hanah said...

Often when I am researching a person, I just think the information is interesting and move on, but with this woman, Martha Catherine "Kate" (Owens) Longnecker, I wish I could have met her! Mrs. John Longnecker was, according to an article from the Old West Magazine (Summer 1968) and posted on www.findagrave.com, "well educated, refined, and cultured. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Holiday Inn and Suites is eyeing construction of a three-story 80 room hotel in McCook at the corner of U.S. Highway 83 and West H Street. The McCook Planning Commission will consider approving a redevelopment plan for the project Monday evening, 5:15 p.m. at the Municipal Center...

Darlene Fern (Orman) Unger June 30, 1921 - Feb. 4, 2016 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Darlene Fern (Orman) Unger was born June 30, 1921, at the family farm home in east Hayes County, Nebraska, to Frederick (Fred) Michael Orman and Sylvia Cordelia (Ohlson) Orman. She passed away on Feb. 4, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of 94 years, 7 months and 5 days...