Stories from Wednesday, July 31, 2019

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — McCook High alum Noah Hofman shot six under par while helping Amateurs dominate the Nebraska Cup like never seen before in 47 years of competition. Amatuers beat the Pros, 55-17, at Gothenburg’s Wildhorse Golf Course last weekend...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A power failure at the drinking water treatment plant and water wells has forced city officials to ask customers to not use outside water today. The outage caused the storage tank levels to become dangerously low, said Jesse Dutcher, utility director...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook High remains a Class B cross country program, Chase County stays in Class C and just about every other area team will run Class D this fall. The official fall sports classifications were released from Nebraska High School Activities Association leaders last week...

McCook High alum Brandon Crick played at the recent Pinnacle Bank Championship at Indian Creek Golf Course in Elkhorn. Crick, who became a professional in 2010, shot a two-day total of 143 and missed the cut by just one stroke. He is 2006 MHS graduate who won the Nebraska State Amateur championships in both 2007 and 2009. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — One McCook National Bank Seniors coach proved to be a prophet when discussing the Class B Legion state baseball title race Tuesday afternoon. “I honestly have a gut feeling that Bennington is going to beat (previously unbeaten) Alliance,” co-head coach Jeff Holthus said on his final post-game radio interview for 2019. “That will make a winner-take-all championship game.”...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Two of the hottest topics in political debate are the costs of healthcare and student debt, and there is no single solution for either problem, a key state official said Tuesday. Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. who serves as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and University of Nebraska at Omaha, addressed both topics and more as guest speaker for the McCook Rotary Club...

McCOOK, Neb. — Last Friday, at lunchtime, Barb had it counted down to 13 days, three hours, and 46 minutes. At the end of her workday Thursday, Aug. 8, Barb Ostrum of McCook will officially retire after 27 years as community services coordinator in the McCook office of Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska...

You may have seen “Think F1rst” advertisements in the Gazette over the past few months, and we’ll be placing more of them in the future. The ads, an attempt to educate Americans about the five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment, were created last year by the nonprofit Media of Nebraska. The effort came after members noted that many Americans lacked even a basic knowledge of the First Amendment, particularly in articulating the five freedoms that it guarantees...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — The annual Bum Malleck Threshing, scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 11, has been canceled because one of the organizers is unable to prepare for the event.