Stories from Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Arda V. Hartman March 15, 1923- Feb. 22, 2016 BETHANY, Mo. -- Arda Viola Hartman, 92, died Monday (Feb. 22, 2016) at Bethany Care Center in Bethany. She was born March 15, 1923, in Stratton, Nebraska, to William Claude and Louise Mae (Price) Hartman...

Michael Louis Snyder July 30, 1955 - Feb. 23, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Michael Louis Snyder, 60, died Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2016), at his home in McCook. Services are pending and will be announced by Carpenter Breland Funeral Home.

McCOOK, Neb. -- Members of Community Hospital's Patient and Family Advisory Council were instrumental in coming up with the idea of the hospital's new Customer Care Help Desk. The seven-member advisory council was formed about eight months ago to assist staff in learning about the Voice of the Customer. The group meets quarterly at Community Hospital at 6 p.m. with dinner served...

LINCOLN, Neb. - In its commitment to strengthen and promote the leadership skills of Nebraska's hospital employees, the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) Research and Educational Foundation is pleased to announce Class XIII of the NHA Leadership Institute. ...

Now that Mother Nature is teasing us with spring-like weather it's a good time to renew that New Year's resolution about getting more exercise. Fitbit-type exercise trackers are becoming more and more common, recording our waking and sleeping, counting steps and even posting our accomplishments or failures on the Internet...

So, what will it be? Will March come in like a lion or a lamb? With all the warm temperatures we have been having, and with the wind I was beginning to think March had come early. We have discussed before some of the history behind the lion/lamb mythology. It is not quite as famous as that pesky rodent in Pennsylvania, but still bears a look...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook is on the verge of experiencing unprecedented lodging growth but not everyone is rejoicing. Representatives from several McCook area hotels and motels presented concerns to City Council last week during a public hearing to discuss the redevelopment plan for a new Holiday Inn...

McCOOK, Neb. -- "BRAN, CRAN and Iron Man" was postponed by Winter Storm Kayla in February so the Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will try this theme again for their First Tuesday event to be held at the Bieroc Café at 7 p.m. on March 1...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Nominations are now open for The Educator of the Year Award. If you know someone whom you would like to nominate for this prestigious award, please download and complete the form on the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce website, or pick up at our office; then return by mail to P.O. Box 337, McCook NE 69001, or email to info@mccookchamber.org, or bring to our office at 203 West 2nd St, McCook by March 11, 2016...

OBERLIN, Kan. -- Cobblestone Inn & Suites plans a grand opening Friday, March 4, from noon to 3 p.m., 507 W. Elm Street in Oberlin. The event will include refreshments, appetizers, drawings and room tours. A ribbon cutting will take place at 12:30 p.m...

MCCOOK, Neb. -- City street improvement funds were limited to standard maintenance this past year but the McCook street department is gearing up to invest more than a $1 million on repaving and roadway improving projects in the coming months. Following a public hearing earlier this month, the McCook City Council unanimously approved the 2016 One and Six Year Street Improvement Plan. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Sixty-three individuals were indicted for allegedly being involved in a massive methamphetamine conspiracy throughout Central and Western Nebraska and Northeastern Colorado, according to U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg. Names and other information will be released at a news conference 10:30 a.m. Friday at the State Patrol Troop D office, 300 W. South River Road in North Platte...

The one-of-a-kind, one-day-only, once-yearly "Prom Shop" of fancy dresses and formals will be open for business Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. in downtown McCook, upstairs at 110 West C in Suite 23. There will be signs directing customers to the location. ...

McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham looks over the car involved in an accident about 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, at the entrance to Pet Pros on Highway 83 north of McCook. The swing arm of a barricade appears to have pierced the windshield of a car and pinned its driver in the front seat. The McCook ambulance was called, but no one was transported. More information will be available when the Red Willow County Sheriff's Department completes its investigation...

TRENTON, Neb. -- The third "Mobile Pantry" in Hitchcock County will be Saturday, March 5, from 10 a.m. until noon CT at the school gym in Trenton. The fourth Mobile Pantry in Southwest Nebraska will be in Hayes County, Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. until noon CT in the old gym at the junior/senior high school in Hayes Center...

McCOOK, Neb. -- For a little over half a million, a firm from Colorado will be the general contractor for the major entrance upgrade at the McCook Senior High. The McCook Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday at its special meeting to award the bid to TCC Corp. of Windsor, Colo., for $630,500, the only bid received for the project...