Stories from Friday, August 17, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — Weiland Field was cooking Thursday night with Bison blazers breaking free and big stops from the No. 1 ‘D’. Yet not even the best Booster Club scrimmage would be compete unless coaches had a little something to complain about. “We got to get a little lower with our pad level,” coach Jeff Gross observed barely one week before Bison football officially kicks off in 2018. “Our varsity wasn’t bad, but our younger guys have to get their pads lower.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to approve a hike in trash collecting fees and a piece of property city staff purchased, at the regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the council chambers in the municipal building. The council will also be asked to approve on first reading the 2018-19 budget and city employees’ pay scale for next year...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — Crossing Nebraska and “The Great American Desert” along a westbound pioneer trail wasn’t all “Little House on the Prairie.” According to Humanities Nebraska speaker Jeff Barnes, it could be “death, devastation and despair.” During an “Old Settlers Days” presentation in Indianola Aug. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — It’s been a tough year at the McCook City Library. Jodi Crocker, library director, told the McCook City Library Monday night at the budget meeting that for four weeks in January, there was no heat and staff was wearing mittens and coats at work...

Before the Internet and social media took hold of our souls, it used to be fairly easy to tell the difference between real news and fake news but it’s not anymore. That’s because we’re inundated by both 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and our BS filter simply doesn’t work nearly as well as it used to. They don’t because outright lies and distortions are much more likely to see the light of day today than they were in generations past and be seen by many more people on top of that...

McCOOK, Neb. — Randy Ridings joked that he could tether his vehicle to a hot air balloon to have three modes of travel covered. As it is, his “quadyak” is capable of travel on land and sea. To prove it, the retired Army veteran is pedaling his creation from Oregon to Florida, traveling on water when ever practical...

50th anniversary The children of Dick and Kathie Cappel of McCook are requesting a card shower in honor their parent’s 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. They were married in Denver, Colo., in 1968. Their family includes children, Todd (Andi) Cappel and Jennifer Kool of McCook, Kelsie (Paul) Sather of Aberdeen, S.D., Josh (Karri) Cappel of Caddo, Okla., and Sara (Mark) Jarding of Sioux Falls, S.D.; and 16 grandchildren. ...

Dianne Faye (Bell) Alexander Aug. 6, 1948 - Aug. 15, 2018 ANDOVER, Kan. — Dianne Faye (Bell) Alexander, 69, died Wednesday Aug. 15, 2018 at Kansas Medical Center in Andover. She was born Aug. 6, 1948, in McCook, Neb. Her parents were Harold and Beulah “Boots” Kramer Clouse.  She graduated from McCook High School in 1968...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The public is invited to the annual vintage baseball games this Saturday, Aug. 18 at Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. The 1864-based games will include equipment, rules and uniformed players from the era and are sure to please all visitors; come and take a step back in time for a while. The first game starts at 10 a.m...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Southwest’s Cayleigh McConville fired the low score in a season-opening varsity golf dual with Dundy County-Stratton Thursday afternoon. McConville shot 63 across the nine holes with her four strokes on No. 3 deciding this title over Dundy County-Stratton leader Angel Phannestiel...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojan golfers teed off with a 74-hole victory in only nine holes during their annual opening home invite Thursday afternoon. Cambridge shot 212 overall with Lexie Sines (49) and Taylor Sayer (50) delivering the day’s low scores...