Stories from Tuesday, April 9, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High School leadership released a statement on Monday about the new boys’ basketball coach replacing Jeremy Yilk: McCook High School is excited to announce Mr. Joe Imus as the new head boys basketball coach for the McCook Bison...

McCOOK, Neb. — More students than ever are taking industrial art classes at McCook Senior High. During a discussion on McCook Public School’s projected enrollment for 2019-20 at the regular McCook School board meeting, MHS principal Jeff Gross said there are 95 students signed up for woodworking and shop next year and more students than what is available for welding...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — A newly-formed non-profit corporation called "McCook K9 Korner" wants to develop an off-leash dog park in McCook's Barnett Park. K9 Korner organizers would go before McCook's city council members sometime this spring with their plans for a dog park in the southwest corner of the rustic city park that meanders with the Republican River on the south edge of the community...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County commissioners discussed budget-crippling Medicaid reimbursement shortages with Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith's community liaison at the commissioners' meeting Monday morning. Commissioner Steve Downer, who is the county board's representative on the board of trustees of the county-owned Hillcrest Nursing Home, told Jerad Reimers that Medicaid reimbursements are about $50 less per day than the actual daily costs of a Medicaid-pay resident...

McCOOK, Neb. — Macey Schroeder tells fellow Nebraskans, "We need your help to save the world." And she wants them to adopt a new philosophy as they work for the conservation of the state's natural resources, "Reduce and refuse." Starting on a local level, Macey and fellow AmeriCorps "Common Ground" program members will concentrate on clean energy/solar power, water quality, soil health, pollinator population and green spaces in activities and events they plan through the summer in North Platte, Lexington, Ogallala and McCook.. ...

Mary Lucille (Dillard) Henzel Dec. 16, 1934 - March 29, 2019 OBERLIN, Kan. — Mary Lucille (Dillard) Henze, 84, died March 29, 2019, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb. She was born Dec. 16, 1934, in Merrill, Ore., to Uel and Wilma (Dawson) Dillard...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — McCook’s two champion relays both dropped seconds off their times to highlight the latest Bison team title at Broken Bow on Friday. Sophomores Mark Arp and freshman Josh Hegwood joined the 1600-relay which ran almost three seconds faster than last week’s Hoehner Invite victory...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Chase County girls won every running event and throws while scoring an awesome 220 points to win Monday’s Don Stine Invitational. Adelaide Maxwell and Mallie McNair were part of four champion efforts as the Longhorns more than doubled their closest challenger in this 10-team competition...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook’s track and field athletes will compete at the Gothenburg on Wednesday after a scheduling change this week. Gothenburg officials have moved this meet from Thursday because of rain and possibly snow arriving late Wednesday evening going into Thursday...

The McCook Community College baseball team will take on Colby Community Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Jaycee Sports Complex. The two teams were supposed to play earlier in the season but weather postponed those plans. Colby enters the game with a three-game winning streak, and has beaten MCC twice this season in Colby, winning 11-0 in the third game of the season Feb. 13, and 12-10 on April 1. The Trojans are 22-12 on the season, MCC is 9-19 and has lost five games in a row...

Fish fry Friday—only one more before Easter. Baker “hotted up” the Cajun variety and made it even better. Good food, visiting with friends, can’t beat it and all for a good cause. Grannie Annie and I sat with Bob and Marie Smith—think Hillside Perk. ...

Actually, as a person born and raised in Denver, I never owned a horse. However, I spent my summers riding them and working with them at the Flying G Ranch or Girl Scout Camp on the edge of Pike National Forest. Recentlty, I read a copy of the magazine America’s Horse published in October and November 2018. On p.p. 46-50 was a story of a quarter horse, Blondey’s Dude...

Nebraska Association of Transportation Providers and University of Nebraska representatives were on hand as Gov. Pete Rickets declared the second week of April at Public Transit Week in Nebraska. For Public Transit Week this week, the City of McCook Public Transit will celebrate by holding a drawing for a book of tickets for all riders during the week. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Two new teachers were hired by the McCook School Board Monday night at the regular board meeting. Both were hired on terms stated in the negotiated contract the school district has with the McCook Educational Association, the local teachers union that annually contracts salaries and benefits with the district. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) crews are prepared for another spring snowstorm which looks to impact a good portion of the state Wednesday through Thursday. Forecasts call for blizzard conditions in western Nebraska with heavy and significant snow, along with high winds. ...