Stories from Thursday, April 5, 2018

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Preston Carbaugh made it two wins in two weeks, as the Cambridge junior won Wednesday's Dundy County-Stratton Golf Invitational...

Arazella Danner LARGO, Fla. —Arazella Danner, 97, of Largo, passed away on Sunday April 1, 2018. Arazella was born southwest of Trenton, Neb., to Frank and Mearl (Haegen) McConnell.  She grew up on the farm and graduated from Trenton High School as valedictorian in 1938.  She married Earl Danner in June 1941.  While he served in the U.S. ...

Marion Catherine Mohr CALLAWAY, Neb. — Marion Catherine Mohr, 93, of Callaway, died Tuesday (April 3, 2018) at the Callaway District Hospital in Callaway. Cremation was chosen. Govier Brothers Mortuary & Crematory are assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.govierbrothers.com...

Freshman Serbando Diaz left all his 300-meter hurdles challengers behind while winning at the Dundy County-Stratton Invitational on Tuesday. Despite a lot of wind and wildly unpredictable weather, spring sports competition continues with McCook Bison competing in today’s Broken Bow Invitational. The Rawlins County, Kan., Invite will feature those host Buffaloes, Hitchcock County and Decatur Community, Kan., today at Atwood...

McCOOK, Neb. — Settin’ Hot doubled its win total Tuesday night while TAWAMA finished a flawless 12-0 season in Spring Co-ed Volleyball League play. The matches now really heat up as tournament play begins next week. Watch for all the pairings in an upcoming Gazette...

Usually I focus on youth sports, while adult sports float under the radar. After all, adults know the sports seasons and the deadlines, they know what they want to do, and more importantly, they know what they don’t want to do. It is easy to just go to work day after day, to get wrapped up in your kids’ activities while neglecting what you like to do...

SCOTTSBLUFF -- The McCook Community College Lady Indian softball team split two games against Western Nebraska Wednesday. The Lady Indians won the first game 12-7 and lost the second game 10-9. Three MCC players had five hits in the two games including Chanel Siebenthal (Lakewood, Colo.) who went six-for-nine with four RBIs; Alexis Moeaki (Las Vegas, Nevada) who went five-for-seven with five RBIs; and Kaylee Wengren (Taylorsville, Utah) who went five-for-eight...

DES MOINES, Iowa. — The Nebraska Girls HS AAU Wrestling Team competed on Friday in the Twin River National Wrestling Tournamen. Nebraka defeated Team Missouri 66-6, Team Iowa 53-18 and Team Montana 47-24 to claim the National crown as back to back National Champions...

Second in a series

McCOOK, Neb. — New construction projects inside city limits crept toward the $1 million mark in the month of March. A total of 15 construction projects were recorded in March, with total estimated finished costs of the projects at $812,860,00. These included residential remodels, garages/outbuildings, signs and roofing/decks...

McCOOK, Neb. — Passenger enplanements dropped slightly in March for Boutique Air at the McCook airport, but numbers are still high for first quarter totals. A total of 196 passengers embarked at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport in March for Boutique Air, compared to 221 last year, a decrease of 11.31 percent...

LINCOLN, Neb. — During the first day of the 90th annual Nebraska FFA Convention in Lincoln Wednesday, three Southwest Nebraska students were named top individuals in proficiency award areas. During opening ceremonies, Dr. Tiffany Hang-Moss, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, spoke about the importance of the student leadership that Nebraska FFA members exhibit, her enthusiasm for FFA students and agriculture on the UNL campus and her love of Nebraska FFA.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Mother and son Ginger Cash and C.J. Franke are serious about the savings they can offer customers in their new “New for Less” shop. Most of their merchandise is priced at less than half of retail, but if that’s still not low enough for you, they encourage you to negotiate with them...

Most of us live in small towns by choice, because we love the comparatively slow pace of life, short commutes and safe, friendly neighborhoods. Regardless of the size of the town where we live, the residents need basic services such as utilities, food, education and, especially in emergencies, medical care...

Over the past few weeks, the budget has been debated several times. I hope by the time you read this we have been able to pass all the budget bills through final reading and have them on the governor's desk. The budget can be a confusing topic to which a lot of questions can arise. One of the budget bills, LB 944, has been the focal point of a lot of controversy, debate and deadlock. This week I would like to explain some of the issues with this year’s budget...

During the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Venice resident Brigadier Gen. (retired) Jerry McIlmoyle had a front row seat to the tense events that had our country on the brink of nuclear war. McIlmoyle’s seat just happened to be 13 miles above Cuba. Thirty-three years old and a captain in the Air Force in 1962, Jerry was a member of an elite team of pilots who made daring missions over Cuba flying the ultra-secret U-2 spy plane...