Stories from Wednesday, July 28, 2021

OMAHA, Neb. — Rabble Mill, the Nebraska nonprofit that works to create Significant Moments of Impact™ for youth, announces free, all-ages creative community events this month in Imperial, McCook and Grand Island. The group is in Imperial today, and will be at the Bolles Canyon Skatepark in McCook from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, before going on to Grand Island on Friday...

Hits, walks and some elusive baseballs (above) helped Broken Bow put together an eight-run second inning en route to a 10-2 win over the McCook National Bank Seniors in Wednesday's B-6 area final game at Minden. The MNB season ends at 12-17 but they reached this final round as a No. 4 seed and should return many first-year Seniors like Alex Anthony (below). Watch for more details in Thursday's McCook Gazette...

BRIDGEPORT, Neb. — Pack the bags for Palmer, because the Imperial Seniors are Class C state baseball qualified following a 10-3 victory over Valentine in Tuesday's C-7 area title game. No. 1 Imperial finished the four-game sweep through this week's tourney after beating No. 2 Valentine 14-6 on Sunday...

McCOOK, Neb. —Although most people have shed the masks they were wearing earlier in the COVID pandemic, Community Hospital wants to remind people, masks and screening are still required by regulation for visitors, patients and employees at Community Hospital — even if they have been vaccinated...

Eight current or former Huskers traveled to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics. The list of Husker Olympians, along with their event schedules and coverage, are available below. 2020 Husker Olympians Jordan Larson (USA Women's Volleyball) Kelsey Robinson (USA Women's Volleyball)...