Stories from Thursday, May 18, 2017

As I was watching my 10-year-old bounce around the house the other day, I stopped and watched for a minute, envious of her lack of inhibitions and happy go lucky spirit. I giggled as I imagined the world where adults could act that same way. I mean, wouldn’t it be awesome if we’d just be standing there at work talking to a coworker and break out a random cartwheel?...

It’s never easy to tighten one’s belt, but how many notches are too far? We’re about to find out. State Department of Health and Human Services and Medicaid officials told lawmakers Gov. Ricketts’ proposed cuts wouldn’t affect access to services for low-income families, the disabled and elderly...

Due to a wet and soggy field Wednesday’s Majors division games on the big diamond at Felling Field were postponed. A makeup date has yet to be determined. Here is Thursday’s game if weather permits: 6 p.m. — Tigers Muckdogs vs Roberts Farm Grasshoppers...

Boys aren’t the only McCook Bison going to state track and field with big goals this week. McCook girls have qualified 11 to compete at Omaha’s Burke Stadium Friday and Saturday. Class B gets the late time slot Friday with competition beginning at 3 p.m. when three Bison girls pole vault...

Latest standings from the Heritage Men’s Golf League after play Wednesday evening: A League Samway/Barnett’s 82 McCook Lettering 77 Studio 205 76 Old Sarges Bar 75.5 Sis Farms LLC 73.5 Trenton Agency 73 Culbertson Bank 72...

Peace Lutheran Church of McCook is hosting a Community Benefit 4-Person Scramble Golf Tournament at Heritage Hills Golf Course on May 27. Proceeds from the tournament will go to the McCook Food Pantry. Entry fee is $300 per team and includes use of two golf carts and lunch...

Elkhorn’s Scott Gutschewski earned medalist honors and one of the three qualifying spots, with a round of 67 (-5), at Local Qualifying for the 2017 U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club of Lincoln last Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. – Friday’s state track and field schedule for Gazette-area qualifiers competing at Burke Stadium. Races are prelims unless noted as finals. Class C 9 a.m. — Girls’ long jump: Alea Shaner, Cambridge; and Korynn Clason, Cambridge. Boys’ high jump: Derek Greenlee, Southwest; and Cody Williams, Chase County. ...

Shush. Don’t say the words. Neither McCook’s Tom Sughoue nor most any other track and field coach will be talking loudly about winning a state team title this weekend. Sughroue simply said “we hope to do our best” as the Bison enter Omaha’s Burke Stadium Friday and Saturday...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The family of a Danbury man injured in a four-wheeler accident Saturday evening is grateful that he’s improving each day and feels that his life was saved by the quick response of emergency personnel to the scene of the accident. Bill Haag, 56 years old, sustained facial injuries when the four-wheeler he was driving to help move cattle got hung up on a harrow, and as he tried to get it unstuck, he fell down the county road embankment and the four-wheeler fell on him...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Clary Village housing development in McCook will be assessed for valuation using IRS and Nebraska statutes regarding rent-restricted housing properties. Red Willow County assistant attorney Phil Lyons and county commissioners discussed the difference between valuations proposed by the county assessor’s office and Clary Village LLC during the commissioners’ meeting Monday morning. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Hayes Center, the Hitchcock County Ag Society and Southern Valley Schools will be reimbursed for picnic tables and playground mulch using recycled rubber from scrap tires. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced Tuesday that the state is awarding $1.71 million to support 100 tire recycling and clean-up projects across the state...

McCook postal workers prepare more than 1,500 pounds of food for the McCook Pantry, the result of the 25th annual Letter Carrier Food Drive Saturday when residents left food by their mailboxes or dropped them off at the post office. That amount was higher than at least the last two years, according to officials...

McCOOK, Neb. — The North Platte law firm of Brouillette, Dugan & Troshynski, P.C., LLO will be opening an office in McCook on June 1. The office will be located at 601 Norris Ave, Suite B. They can be contacted via phone at (308) 345-8855. Their website is wneblaw.com...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook man arrested for driving on a suspended license and having fictitious plates, prior to turning over a meth pipe to a jailer preparing to search him, was sentenced to probation earlier this month in Red Willow County District Court...

It’s never easy to tighten one’s belt, but how many notches are too far? We’re about to find out. State Department of Health and Human Services and Medicaid officials told lawmakers in March that Gov. Ricketts’ proposed cuts wouldn’t affect access to services for low-income families, the disabled and elderly...

McCOOK, Neb. -- District 44 State Sen. Dan Hughes was among a block of some 20 state senators who successfully backed Gov. Pete Ricketts' $56.5 million in line-item budget vetoes earlier this week. The contentious budget fight left the third-year senator ready for a break, who said he was more than ready to be heading home Friday, while reminding constituents unhappy with the end result that the state budget was still increasing spending over the prior year...

The McCook Public Library honored some of this year’s biggest, little readers with a storytelling and prize presentation at the library recently. Zander Ralston was dubbed the season’s “Big Reader” with more than 3,000 books read. Approximately 120 kids signed up for the program this year, which is the second year the library has put it on...