Stories from Thursday, May 2, 2019

NORTH PLATTE — Some often say the spring sports season really doesn’t get serious until May. In other words, the rest of this week sets up to be really intense for every McCook Bison team. All four varsity squads will be competing for top league honors starting with today’s GNAC track-field showdown at North Platte...

Ellen E. (Kogl) Dewey Sept. 20, 1934 - April 29, 2019 MCDONALD, Kan. — Ellen E. (Kogl) Dewey, 84, of McDonald, died Monday, April 29, 2019. She was born the middle child to William and Helen (Barenberg) Kogl on Sept. 20, 1934, in Herndon, Kan. She attended grade school through the third grade in Herndon before their family moved to the southwest part of Rawlins County. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Did you know that, according to McCook fourth graders, trees provide homes for sloths and food for koala bears? Well, maybe not in Nebraska: There aren't too many native sloths and koalas. But what is "native" to Nebraska is the first and only U.S. national holiday that honors trees and promotes their planting, care and conservation...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will wrap up this year’s First Tuesday series with Job Vigil on the Bieroc Café stage on May 7. Classically trained in piano, violin, and voice, Job has been performing for five decades...

Nebraska used to go out of its way to make it hard for families to supplement their income by selling food from their homes. Before Gov. Pete Ricketts signed LB 304 into law, “cottage food” producers could sell low-risk homemade foods like baked goods, jams, popcorn, candy and dried pasta only at farmers markets, Nebraska the only state that imposed such restrictions...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh's challenging life is covered in the book, "Anne Morrow Lindbergh — War Within and Without, Diaries and Letters 1939-1944" In 1932, the kidnapping and death of little Charles A. Lindbergh III was covered in U.S. Newspapers. Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. (1859-1924) was a congressman from Minnesota. His son, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., was born in 1902 in Detroit, Mich...

Throughout the past week, my office worked with many interested parties and Senators to reach compromise on LB227. Senator Lathrop, who initially opposed changing the existing Right to Farm Act, filed amendment 1485. AM1485 was the compromise amendment and is intended to appease most parties. ...

COZAD, Neb. — Team scores and all McCook Junior High top four placers at the recent Cozad Track-Field Triangular: Eighth-grade girls Teams: McCook girls finished first ahead of North Platte and Cozad. 100 meters: 1. Xyzanthia Bair, MC, 13.37; 2. H. Hamilton, NP, 13.57; 3. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Getting the season off to a fast start, the competitors took to the oval at Lincoln County Raceway in heated battles in all classes on opening night in North Platte, Nebraska. Starting their seasons’off right at Lincoln County Raceway by punching their tickets to the Winners Circles were: Eddie Belec, Jacob Slough, Mike Nichols, Luke Wassom and Terry Tritt...

McCOOK, Neb. — Heritage Hill Men’s League standings following a cool Wednesday night on the course: A League McCook Lettering took the lead with 23.5 points this week, leaping four teams including previous leader Samway/Michaelis Chiro. McCook Lettering 43.5...

NORTH PLATTE — Some often say the spring sports season really doesn’t get serious until May. In other words, the rest of this week sets up to be "big business" for every McCook Bison team. All four varsity squads will be competing for top league honors starting with today’s GNAC track-field showdown at North Platte...