Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. —More Go-Kart drivers are welcome to join 47 who delivered fast and fun racing at McCook Mini-Speedway on June 6. “Sure, we’d take more ,” promoter Starla Werkmeister proclaimed Thursday afternoon. Saturday will mark the second of hopefully 10 race days filling this 2020 Go-Kart season...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident that occurred this afternoon on Interstate 80 near Cozad. At approximately 3:15 p.m., troopers responded to mile marker 223, where a female was found on the side of the road with a pickup and a trailer. A deceased male was found in the passenger seat of the pickup...

McCOOK, Neb. — Rain finally stayed away on Tuesday and the Heritage Hills Women’s League conquered some wind to finish their six-person scramble. A total of 39 golfers participated following the season’s first two Tuesdays being rained out. Low scores: 33 from Melba Rife, Cami Koetter, Mary Hazlitt, Michelle Wilson, Bev Elliott and Vicki Malleck...

McCOOK, Neb. — Amerika “Rika” Jones, a 6-foot middle blocker from Hawaii will join the McCook Community College volleyball team as a walk-on for the 2020 season. “Rika is going to be a competitor and is not only going to push herself, but her teammates too,” MCC coach Hayley Kobza said. “With her height and skill level, it will be a good competitive fight for our middles to see the court.”...

McCOOK, Neb. —The McCook Community College volleyball team is holding a tryout camp July 25 at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. This camp is open to all incoming senior high school players graduating in 2021. Players will have the opportunity to earn athletic and academic scholarships at this camp...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Dan Lenners tried to keep track of how many students he taught at Chase County Schools (CCS) before the number became too big. Lenners has been teaching and coaching at CCS for 40 years. He submitted his resignation this spring. Before coming to CCS, he taught one year out of college at Arnold Elementary in Lincoln...

McCOOK, Neb. — A better vision for tonight’s 2020 baseball season opener has already arrived even as fans stand outside the Felling Field outfield fences this week. “My first thought is this was going to be terrible,” Billy Davidson declared about the restrictions surrounding McCook Midget Baseball Association contests both tonight and Friday evening. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — At a special meeting Wednesday, the McCook City Council unanimously approved waivers/user agreements for those who want to use Memorial Auditorium and the Heritage Senior Center. The waivers /agreements holds the city harmless concerning COVID-19 exposure and requires any individual, organization or group using the auditorium or senior center comply with all directed health measures currently in place...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council approved all the consent agenda items Monday night without discussion, including: - the request from Garrett Wagner to close streets on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11, for “4th Annual Cruisin’ the Bricks Cruise Night” and car show;...

Nothing is normal this summer, but maybe that’s a good reason to make the best effort possible to celebrate Independence Day, which is only two weeks away. Until then, kids can again enjoy playground equipment like the iconic rocket in Kelley Park and other public playgrounds. ...

A few fun facts about Kitten Season I am constantly reading, have radio news shows playing for hours on end and have downloaded so many podcasts I could drive across the country without repeating a show. Yet, I learned something this week that I had never even considered. And it had nothing to do with a disease or injustice or even the never-ending, incessant, mind-numbing wind...