Stories from Thursday, December 3, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. — Yay! Basketball season tips off on schedule this week with McCook Bison facing both tall tests and long ‘team bonding” road trips. The Bison renew an area series when Chase County visits McCook High Friday evening. These teams haven’t met since splitting their season openers four years ago...

Every year, it happens like clockwork at my house. At some point in the late fall or early winter, someone in my house gets up in the morning and stumbles to the bathroom, reaches into the shower to turn the handle ... and nothing. There’s no water...

Frederick William “Bill” Karrer, M.D. March 9, 1931 – November 28, 2020 OMAHA, Neb. - Frederick William “Bill” Karrer, cancer surgeon, husband and father of two children, passed away at the age of 89. Bill was born March 9, 1931 in Palisade, Neb. to Merrill and Elinor Karrer. ...

American Legion Post 203 is the latest to get in the holiday spirit, donating $250 to the McCook Toy Box project. From left are Chris Mehringer and Dan Stramel of the Legion, Barb Ostrum, Kyle and Delbert Kunkee of the Legion and Blaine Budke. Donations of new toys can be left at Hot Tub Brokers, 210 W. Third, Farrell’s Pharmacy, 120 West B, Main Street Clothing, 124 Norris Ave., and Dollar General, 210 Westview Plaza. Monetary donations can be dropped off at Ostrum’s office,108...

LaVern M. Fullner Sept. 24, 1923 - Nov. 24, 2020 PIERCE, Neb. — Services for LaVern M. Fullner, 97, Kearney, formerly of Pierce, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce. The Rev. Gordon Bruce and Travis Henry will officiate with burial in Prospect View Cemetery in Pierce...

Edith Irene Roberts April 7, 1924 - November 30, 2020 BERTHOUD, Colo. - Edith Irene Roberts, age 96, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020, at Berthoud Living Center in Berthoud, Colo., where she had been a resident since 2015. Edith and her twin sister, Esther Eilene, were born April 7, 1924, to parents, Lewis Guild Thomas and Mable Sophia (Holst) Thomas. ...

Doris LaVern Crosley December 18, 1925 - December 2, 2020 ARAPAHOE, Neb. - Doris LaVerne Crosley, age 94, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born on December 18, 1925 on the family farm located in Decatur County, Kan. near Lyle, Kan., second daughter to Lester and Lillian (Simonsen) Coulter...

The Ed Thomas YMCA is excited to present the 2021 Get Fit Team Challenge. This is a weight loss and overall fitness based challenge to build healthy habits and improve your overall health/fitness with the accountability of having a team alongside you. We hope you will join us for this fun and hopefully life-changing challenge!...

Results from Men’s Major League action: Men’s Major Fullmomentum 275.5-173.5 Diamond Vogel 263.5-185.5 Maris Gen. Con. 246.5-203.5 Quality Irrigation 243.5-204.5 Deveny Motors 234-216 Stockmn’s Feed 225.5-224.5 Glass Express 198.5-249.5 Burton Well Drilling 197-250...

The McCook High Unified bowling team finished its season with a top four finish at Tuesday’s Class B District 8 tournament in Gering. The district team of (from left) Dylan Rouse, Ethan Graff, Allen Holliday, Mason Michaelis and Olivia Koetter rolled to a final score of 741. “We started off slow and never quite overcame the initial deficit,” coach Lynn Kinne commented. “But all in all, it has been a great season.” The Bison won their final home triangular and placed high at tourneys...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College volleyball family added a new member – the younger sister of an MCC alumna from Colorado Springs. Makayla Brown, a 5-8 outside hitter from Coronado High School, is following the path of older sister Mallory Brown, a July 2020 MCC graduate, also an outside hitter. Makayla signed her letter of intent Wednesday at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center and was joined by her new teammates and her family including Mallory...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Lincoln high school basketball “experts” are expecting the Gazette-area’s three state tournament teams from 2019-20 to be among Nebraska’s best again this season. The Southern Valley Eagles delivered an awesome weekend in Lincoln last winter just before COVID-19 hit full blast...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Pressure? We love late-game pressure! That’s becoming the McCook eighth-grade girls’ motto as they scored three huge late baskets to down Ogallala, 36-30, Tuesday. The Bison edged North Platte Monday and Gothenburg last week.

Susan Vernelle Gansebom April 22, 1928 - December 1, 2020 CARROLL, Neb. - Susan Vernelle Gansebom, 92, passed away December 1, 2020 at her daughter’s residence in Carroll, Neb. Susan, daughter of Niels and Gertrude (Holley) Andersen, was born April 22, 1928, at Wisner, Neb. She graduated from Battle Creek High School. Susan married Kenneth Gansebom August 2, 1953, in Norfolk, Neb. She lived and retired in Carroll. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Wayne, Neb...