Stories from Thursday, December 22, 2016

70th anniversary The children of Eugene "Bud" and Donna Jesch of Stratton, Neb., invite their friends and family to a reception celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. They were married Dec. 28, 1946, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Nebraska Work Ethic Camp in McCook reports two inmates discovered missing at 10:50 p.m., Wednesday. The two escapees are Andrew Russell, sentenced from Dawes County on drug charges, and Charles Canaday, sentenced from Greeley, Howard, Sheridan and Valley counties on charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Fire Department received praise this summer for overachieving in regard to its insurance rating and the McCook Building and Zoning Department appears to be following suit. City leaders announced earlier this week the building department had improved its ranking with Insurance Services Offices from a nine down to a six. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The quiet, gentle man who once kept a watchful eye on the weather for McCook residents struggled to comprehend, some 100 years ago, a level of destruction that not even untamed weather could attain ... the depth of which only man against man was capable...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced his appointment of David K. Arterburn to the Fourth Judicial District vacancy for the Nebraska Court of Appeals. A native of McCook, Neb., Arterburn, 59, has served as a District Court Judge for the Second Judicial District of Nebraska since 2005...

McCook Junior High seventh grade representatives present a $272.15 check to Lorie Prestes, director of the McCook Humane Society and Animal Shelter. Lorie said the money will be used for the care and well-being of the shelter's temporarily-homeless dogs and cats. ...

First Central Bank of McCook offered its support for McCook graduate Josie Dominguez and her journey to the Miss Nebraska Teen USA Pageant in January. FCB employee Laura Ruggles presented Dominguez, right, with a $250 donation Monday. Dominguez started a gofundme campaign earlier this month and as of Wednesday had reached $920 of her $1,500 goal. For donation information visit: www.gofundme. com/josies-miss-nebraska-teen-usa-fund...

Many of us are basking in the pre-holiday glow, feeling comfortable and charitable, watching "It's A Wonderful Life" and attending children's Christmas programs. The stock market is ready to top 20,000, an all-time high, unemployment is at a nine-year low, and consumers are spending like it's 2007 -- just before the 2008 meltdown...

Tis a few days before Christmas and all through my house, Are piles of wrapping paper scraps and in the attic a new mouse. The stocking stuffers are yet to be bought, But if I have to make another trip to the store, I think I'd rather be shot! The children are hyper and leaving messes galore,...

Since the election, we have been looking at the internal workings of the Legislature, and there are important discussions regarding committee chairmanships and committee assignments taking place. The Legislature is divided into three caucuses, each consisting of 16 or 17 senators and roughly following the geographic lines of the state's congressional districts, and it is within the caucus that the makeup of committees are determined...

CURTIS, Neb. -- Nebraska residents can start college classes in dairy production beginning in August at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis through a partnership with South Dakota State University. Leaders at NCTA and SDSU announced the new program which can lead to NCTA's Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree with a concentration in Dairy Production...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- Animal science students from the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis joined two instructors on stage last week as the Aggies were honored at the 2016 Nebraska Cattlemen conference. Eighteen NCTA students of professors Terri Jo Bek and Dr. ...