Stories from Monday, May 4, 2020

MCCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has received Directed Health Measures (DHM) specifically for the nine counties in their jurisdiction, which will be in effect May 4 to May 31, 2020. A copy of this DHM can be found on Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department’s website at www.swhealth.ne.gov...

SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 These items are taken from reports filed by the McCook Police Department on the day indicated.  Where numbered addresses are used, they refer to block numbers, not specific addresses.  If you have information about any of these reports, call...

Ruth M. Crow Nov. 18, 1936 - April 28, 2020 BENKELMAN, Neb. — Ruth Mae Crow was born Nov. 18, 1936, at Chillicothe, Mo., to Earl and Lillian (Harms) Dickson. As a young girl she moved with her family to Elsie, Neb., where Ruth completed her education, graduating from Elsie High School...

LINCOLN – The Elections Division of the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office has collaborated with the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy and the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants Society to help assure that our counties will have a sufficient number of poll workers available for the May 12 primary election...

BILLINGS, Montana -- Whatever is "in the water" that spawned leaders like George Norris, Ralph Brooks and Ben Nelson must have flowed down the Republican River to Bartley, where it whetted the political appetite of a couple who now serve in both legislative branches of the Montana Legislature...

McCOOK, Neb. == Carryout is always popular at barbecue restaurants, and now is as good a time as any for Braxton's Brisket Barbique to open in McCook, owner Steven Powell said. The restaurant at 102 Norris Ave. named after his wife, the "Barbi" in barbique, and their son, Braxton, 3, is their second location; the other at 116 S. Fourth in Atwood, Kan...

Milton Elmer Lampe May 8, 1929 - April 30, 2020 ST. FRANCIS, Kan. — Milton Elmer Lampe, 90, died Thursday April 30, 2020, at St. Francis. He was born May 8, 1929 in Cheyenne County, Kan. He was a builder/contractor. He was preceded in death by his son, Brad Lampe in 1977...

For the first time in years, Nebraska has offered a scholarship to an in-state quarterback. Kearney Catholic signal caller Heinrich Haarberg announced on Twitter Monday morning he'd received an offer from NU. He previously had one other Power Five offer from Boston College, plus FBS offers from Buffalo, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Old Dominion, Ohio, UMass and Wyoming...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man was taken to Community Hospital, reportedly with with a stab wound following an altercation with police shortly after noon today. A witness said the man was not subdued by a taser and several officers were required to bring him under control...