Stories from Wednesday, October 18, 2017

McCOOK, Neb. — The ghosts of RPAC pasts aren’t all that make Jessi Thalheim jumpy most days and nights. “I yell a lot. I teach that way, too,” Southern Valley’s volleyball coach explained. “We have a lot of energy on this team, but a little hot tea and I will be okay.”...

Gerald “PJ” Louis Pajerski Jan. 21, 1939 - Oct. 16, 2017 IMPERIAL, Neb. — Gerald “PJ” Louis Pajerski was born on Jan. 21, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Louis and Linnea Pajerski. He was the second oldest of 13. PJ attended school in Minneapolis, where he graduated from Washburn High School in 1957 and then attended the University of Minnesota for two years, before being drafted to U.S. ...

Donald "Don" Harold Bruder May 4, 1928 - Oct. 12, 2017 BIRD CITY, Kan. — Donald "Don" Harold Bruder, 89, died Thursday (Oct. 12, 2017), at Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis, Kan. He was born May 4, 1928, at Royal Oak, Mich. He was a buffalo rancher/collector...

90th birthday Marjorie Redfield of McCook will celebrate her 90th birthday on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Please help her celebrate by sending a card to Marjorie Redfield, MCU Rm 20,  c/o Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. 7th St., McCook, NE 69001.

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Lady Indians are on the road this week with three matches in Colorado...

COLBY, Kan. -- McCook used strong net play to sweep two Jayhawk foes at Tuesday’s triangular in Colby, Kan. With the wins, the Lady Bison improve to 17-7 on the season...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s 12-and-under Rebels softball team is planning a fundraiser featuring MC embroidered fleece blankets during next week’s home football playoff game. The young ladies will set up a table at Weiland Field since McCook (7-1 record) is virtually assured of hosting Class B first-round action on Friday, Oct. 27...

McCOOK, Neb. — They could have been buried, but instead Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves dug deep and took home a well-earned RPAC tourney trophy Tuesday evening. “We showed great character and guts in the consolation game tonight,” coach Kory Rohde declared following his Wolves’ 25-13, 25-23, 25-20 conquest of the Bertrand Vikings...

If only things could work out like they do on television. Buy an old house, preferably the worst house in the best neighborhood, gut it, overcome a few minor setbacks (“Oh, no! There’s a pipe in that wall!) and in half an hour, you’ve got a beautiful home, complete with open-concept kitchen, worth a hundred thousand dollars more than you’ve invested...

McCOOK, Neb. — The second of four burglars 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 earlier this month for failing to pay up...

McCOOK, Neb. — An opening 65-yard kickoff return turned into McCook’s only touchdown in a 12-6 eighth-grade loss to Lexington Tuesday at Weiland Field. Cole Cappel used several great Bison blocks to tally that TD, and then connected with Matthew Pochop on a two-point conversion pass...