Stories from Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Sherri Flanagan Oct. 15, 1963 - Dec. 25, 2020 KEARNEY, Neb. — Sherri Flanagan, 57, of Kearney, passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, surrounded by family, at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Kearney with the Rev. ...

Keith Lock Arterburn Feb. 5, 1925 - Dec. 26, 2020 McCOOK, Neb. — Keith Lock Arterburn was born in Holyoke, Colo., on Feb. 5, 1925, to Roley and Ruby (Lock) Arterburn. He died Dec. 26, 2020, at the home of his grandson, Chris and wife, Molly, in Fort Collins, Colo., where he lived since July 15, 2020...

Kathy Fikan Meysman Jan. 3, 1949 - Dec. 26, 2020 ATWOOD, Kan. — Kathryn Ann Meysman, 71, died Saturday (Dec. 26, 2020), at her home in Atwood. She was born on Jan. 3, 1949, in Atwood to LaVoe and Elaine (Leinwetter) Fikan. She was preceded in death by her father in 1994, and her sister, Connis, in 2009...

Virgil V. VanCleave, Sr. Sept. 15, 1946 - Dec. 25, 2020 McCOOK, Neb. — Virgil V. VanCleave, Sr., age 74, of McCook, passed away on Dec. 25, 2020, at Hillcrest Caring Center in McCook. Virgil was born Sept. 15, 1946, in St. Joseph, Mo., to parents, Virgil V. and Alberta V. (Davis) VanCleave. He was one of five siblings. Virgil moved to McCook in 1986...

HUGH BUTLER LAKE, Neb. -- Residents are invited to get the New Year off to a healthy start with a First Day hike at the Red Willow State Recreation Area this weekend. COVID-19 restrictions have prevented a mass start as usual, but Ronda Graff of the Republican River Fitness Series urged residents to walk the marked trail any time Friday, Saturday or Sunday...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Red Willow County fairgrounds are busy nearly every weekend, and county commissioners signed on in support of a project to help accommodate even more activity. Although no county money is directly attached to the support, it will carry weight with decision-makers who do have money for such a project...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With state officials worried holiday gatherings will result in a spike in COVID-19 cases in the coming days, the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department is working with state and local public health officials and healthcare providers to distribute the recently approved vaccines...

McCOOK, Nebraska—Community Hospital is pleased to announce a neurosurgeon and his physician assistant have joined the Medical Specialists Center staff as visiting specialists. The hospital welcomes W. Lee Warren, MD, FACS, neurosurgeon, and Star Bartlett-Rone, PA-C, who will see patients in McCook the first Monday of each month. They are both associated with Great Plains Health Brain and Spine in North Platte...

Do you know anyone who’s went to Iceland this year or plans to next? Don’t be surprised if you do. Iceland certainly hasn’t been immune to the pandemic, and has imposed and eased restrictions in response to the COVID-19 virus like the rest of the world...

It is the final straw. If something does not work it is time to replace it. I am talking about our three congressional representatives. Adrian Smith in the House of Representatives, Ben Sasse and Deb Fisher in the U.S. Senate. Yes, all three voted YEA on the grossly expensive and misnamed Covid Relief bill last week. That will be our overly expensive Federal Budget for the year to come. I was hoping that President Trump would veto the monstrosity but no he signed it into law...

SIDNEY, Neb. — McCook sophomore Evan Humphrey let it fly for 24 team-high points and Bison shooters were consistent throughout a 68-58 Sidney Holiday Tournament win over Mitchell on Monday. Humphrey was hitting from all angles of the Sidney High floor, but it was McCook’s strong balance that overcame 31 points from Tiger sharpshooter Evan Thyne...

Bison girls hold Mitchell to 25 points at Sidney Holiday Tourney SIDNEY, Neb. — Whoa, the McCook High girls are dropping opponents’ point totals faster than winter temperatures following a 35-25 Sidney Holiday Tournament shutdown of Mitchell Monday afternoon...

BRADY, Neb. — Both Maywood-Hayes Center basketball teams will play for Brady Holiday Tournament championship games today after defeating Hitchcock County in Monday’s semifinal contests. The M-HC boys (7-3 record) edged Hitchcock, 36-34, as junior Weston Morrow netted a team-high 19 points...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Rawlins County, Kan., scored 140 team points to edge Southwest, Arapahoe and other top contenders at the 17-team Fran Jorgensen Wrestling Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 19. Josh Popp won the 170-pound title to lead those champion Rawlins Buffaloes as three pins and an 8-3 victory made Popp’s record 9-2 this season...