Stories from Tuesday, March 15, 2016

UNK Communications KEARNEY, Neb. - The University of Nebraska at Kearney has announced winners of the annual Central Nebraska History Day contest. Nearly 200 middle school and high school students presented projects based on the theme "Exploration, Encounter and Exchange in History" on campus on March 9...

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...

In general, modern cars are more reliable than ever, lasting hundreds of thousands of miles with reasonable maintenance and provided drivers don't get in an accident. Drive any car long enough, and something's going to wear out, probably at the most inconvenient time, and need to be repaired...

"You can sit in those chairs marked 'Observers' over there along the wall. Please do not participate in any of the discussion throughout the evening." was the courteous remarks of the chairman. In other words Sit down and shut up! Grannie Annie and I, lifelong Republicans, were curious how the local Democrats ran a Caucus in order to select their candidate for the upcoming presidential election. ...

BEATRICE, Neb. -- Fourteen calves stolen from cows in Hayes County have been reunited with their mamas, and a Hickman man faces a felony theft charge after allegedly stealing them from a former employer. The Beatrice Daily Sun newspaper reported that Cork E. Tyan, 53, was arrested by Beatrice police after allegedly trying to sell some of the stolen calves at a Beatrice auction...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution following a 2012 crime spree, which left a half-dozen local businesses facing losses, was released unsatisfactorily from probation last week in Red Willow County District Court. District Court Judge David Urbom indicated rehabilitation efforts towards 21-year-old Michael J. Brawdy of 1604 W. Fourth Street No. 64 would yield no further benefits and ordered a $9,302 judgement against him...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Board of Education kept ahead of the game and approved four teaching contracts while accepting two resignations, at its regular meeting Monday. Administrators will be attending recruiting fairs in Kearney and Lincoln to hire teachers, where not only seniors but juniors will be considered, said Superintendent Grant Norgaard...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Before it was unanimously approved, one member of the McCook Board of Education seemed to express caution about an agreement that will allow a Cambridge student to compete in boys tennis at McCook High School. "We as a board really want to think about what programs we offer...so our students can benefit as well, just as small schools are benefitting from us," said board member Loretta Hauxwell. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Property tax relief is Gov. Pete Ricketts' top priority this year, he told a National Ag Week gathering in McCook Monday. The Nebraska Farm Bureau, Nebraska Cattlemen, and McCook Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event at the Red Willow County Community Building, catered by Taste of Texas...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Artists have known this for years, but others are finally catching on: art is more than a skill, it's a way of thinking. That's why art classes are vital to students, said Deb Goodenberger, art teacher at McCook Elementary, Central Elementary and the junior high...