Stories from Thursday, September 5, 2019

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Lightning stopped Northwest’s season opener last week, and now the Vikings expect nothing less than McCook Bison “thunder” to arrive Friday night. “You can print this with extra exclamation points: anyone who thinks the McCook Bison are down, I’m not buying it one bit!” Northwest coach Kevin Stein declared this morning. “They just didn’t play well last week against an excellent Hastings team. But I see them coming back in typical Jeff Gross-coached fashion Friday night.”...

Gazette sports scribbler R.B-S (Raspberry Beret-singalonger) Headley will never forget driving across Nebraska and hearing old Prince songs every 1o to 15 minutes until... “I hate Colorado State more than anything,” a Colorado radio fan proclaimed on a pre-game football radio show. “Well, I hate Nebraska most...then Colorado State.”...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major TJ’s Family Fun Center49-11 J&L Construction 43.5-16.5 Diamond Vogel 35-25 Wagner’s Ford 31-29 Maris General Burton Well Drilling 23-37 Top scores: Teams...

CURTIS, Neb. – The Aggie Rodeo Team of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture started classes on August 26th and in less than two weeks opens its season at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. A pair of team ropers will compete Friday and Saturday in the Great Plains Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, along with other Nebraska colleges including Mid-Plains Community College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...

Former Cambridge High and Nebraska Cornhusker athlete Jami Kubik-Hagedorn was presented the Boyd Epley Award as Nebraska’s female Powerlifter Of The Year during Saturday’s home football game against South Alabama. Legendary Husker lifting coach Epley appears at left. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Increased property valuations, no bond indebtedness and an unexpected revenue payment from electric utilities has boosted the City of McCook’s general fund account. City Manager Nate Schneider reviewed highlights of the 2019-20 budget with the city council Tuesday night, before the council unanimously approved the budget on its second reading. The third and final reading of the budget is Monday, Sept. 16...

McCOOK, Neb. — Only one project is scheduled for next year in the 2020 McCook Plan of Street Improvements. Although two were initially slated, the state highway concrete repair at $275,000 and North Cherokee at $493,000, it was decided to commit to one project instead...

McCOOK, Neb. — A city purchase that’s been sitting on the books for some time will finally materialize. That’s because the one-time electric utility payment the city receives next year will help pay for the upgrades to the city’s warning sirens. A new agreement with Nebraska Public Power District netted the city an extra $275,000. That money has been earmarked in the 2019-20 budget for a variety of purchases, including the warning siren upgrades...

OBERLIN, Kan. — A tip to law enforcement and 48 hours of surveillance led to the seizure of more than a pound and a half of marijuana and a large assortment of drug paraphernalia and one arrest at an Oberlin home recently. Decatur County Sheriff Ken Badsky reports that information his office received about a shipment of marijuana to a home on West Sappa Street prompted surveillance of the property...

Promoter Sam Jaeger plans his annual "Clean-Up Demolition Derby" on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds in McCook on Saturday, Sept. 21, starting at 6:30 p.m. CT. Competition will include full-sized weld, no-weld, bone-stock, compact cars, "old-school" '90's and newer, and pickups. ...

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Medicine Creek Trail 1 cabin owners I would like to bring to your attention a situation at the lake that will potentially affect you. Approximately 50 families have cabins at the Medicine Creek Reservoir, Trail 1. Cabin owners are a cross section of the local community; Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Military Retirees, Senior Citizens, Farmer/Ranchers, Agriculture, Small Business Owners, Students, Day laborers, Teachers, Retired School Administrators, Doctors, Bankers.. ...

There’s something about the smell and feel of opening a new book, and the tactile experience involved in reading a well-worn volume can be even more engaging. There will always be a place for the printed word, ink pressed on paper, treasured on a book shelf and accessible for decades without using a milliwatt of electricity...