Stories from Wednesday, September 25, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s 5-0 first inning might have been a knockout punch against many softball teams Tuesday night. Not the way North Platte Bulldogs are swinging counter shots these days. Fresh off their home Classic tourney title, the Bulldogs wiped out early five and four-run Bison leads before blasting to a 24-13 victory at McCook’s Jaycees Complex...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Arapahoe’s Hannah Whitson won a Top 10 place, but Hi-Line’s combination of Elwood and Eustis-Farnam runners edged Maxwell for Arapahoe Invitational team honors on Friday. Hi-Line scored 18 points with three top placers while Maxwell totaled 19 points...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Southwest’s cross country boys took a team championship thanks to three top 15 placers during the Arapahoe Invitational on Friday. Senior Jake O’Dea earned his second title of September and it wasn’t even close. O’Dea conquered the Arapahoe test in 19:30 which was 51 seconds faster than top contender Alex Krinha from Paxton (20:21)...

Unbeaten Decatur Community and Rawlins County routed their Kansas football foes, 90-0, during week three of their seasons Friday evening. Red Devils roll, 46-0 OBERLIN, Kan. — The Decatur Red Devils topped 40 points again with senior Colton Ketterl rushing to four touchdowns and classmate Dawson Kempt scoring another two against visiting Wallace County, Kan...

PAXTON, Neb. —Wauneta-Palisade’s ready for a rematch with volleyball unbeatens following two sweeps at the Paxton Invitational Tuesday evening. The champion Broncos (8-2 record overall) battled past Wallace 27-25, 25-21; and topped Potter-Dix 25-17, 25-11...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Nothing’s going south in North Platte when it comes to the McCook Bison boys trouncing tennis opponents. The Bison swept through their Bulldog rivals again, 9-0, with dominant 1-2 performances whether singles or doubles. Yet McCook’s newer varsity players continued to show true grit during tough matches...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College volleyball team picked up their 12th win of the year Tuesday and improved to 2-0 in conference play with a straight-set win over Southeast Community College in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. MCC won 25-13, 25-14, 25-17...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Nothing more can be done to allow certain mobile homes to remain around Harry Strunk Lake, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer said in a letter to the Gazette, and the owners are pondering what, if anything, they will do next. Sen. Fischer’s complete letter follows:...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook has a rich tradition of political leaders, many who have gained prominence on the national stage. So it is only fitting that McCook’s one living U.S. Senator will speak at an event dedicated to the other U.S. Senator who called McCook home...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Dave Janssen and his partner / brother, Dan, along with their father, Lee, announced today that an agreement has been made for the purchase of the North Platte Buick GMC dealership from Guy Cannon of Arizona. The addition of the North Platte GMC Buick brings to a total of eight dealerships now owned by the Janssen Auto Group with locations in North Platte, McCook, Holdrege, York and Larned, Kansas...

McCOOK, Neb. — Masonic Lodge No. 135 of McCook plans a "CHIP (CHild Identification Program) Event" during McCook's German Heritage Days celebration Saturday, Sept. 28. Inside the front door of the Temple Building at 322 Norris Ave. in downtown McCook, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., parents and legal guardians can bring children for fingerprints, voice recordings, scent pads, DNA swabs and photographs, invaluable to law enforcement in the event a child goes missing...