Stories from Friday, August 6, 2021

The First Gulf war of1990 introduced me to a new hobby, and it’s been with me ever since. Of those of you were old enough to care at the time, you’ll recall that CNN was taken seriously as a news organization then and they gave us a front-row seat to the conflict...

McCOOK, Neb. — There’s been a lot of interest from other communities in a regional land bank proposed by McCook’s city attorney, Nate Mustion. Mustion gave an update at Monday’s city council meeting on the July 15 meeting with area communities interested in forming a land bank. Communities and villages of all sizes were represented, such as Ogallala, Gothenburg, Beaver City, Oxford, Lexington and North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Board of Education will be asked to officially approve the HVAC project at the junior high, along with bidders on the project, at the regular meeting on Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. The project has been approved by the federal government and will use funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. These funds provide direct money to school districts to support areas impacted by the disruption from COVID-19. ...

My Ancestry.com membership has included a membership to Fold 3 (Military Records, etc.) and Newspapers.com. As most of you know, I use www.chroniclingamerica.gov the majority of the time when researching newspapers because I like to reference FREE sites for my readers to use. Unfortunately, Newspapers.com has a much larger base of newspapers both in the papers themselves and the dates available...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Planning Commission will consider a special exception for a bed and breakfast and/or a vacation rental to be located in a residential house, on Monday, 5:15 p.m. at the city council chambers in the Municipal Building. The applicants are Anita Bartels and Emily Young of DeWitt, Neb., who would like to open a bed and breakfast, “Sage Haus,” at 408 E. First. The property is zoned residential high density...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With the Delta virus accounting for more than 98% of all COVID cases in Nebraska, Community Hospital leadership says they are seeing patients testing positive for COVID who are mainly unvaccinated, younger, and become sicker, quicker...

The Samway Floor Covering & Furniture team went 3-0 last weekend to claim the Class D2 Mens State Fastpitch Championship. Members are: front, from left, Easton Gillen, Fred Samway, Darrin Samway, Jake Buckner; second row, Clayton Stevens, Jimmy Frease, Taylor Quigley, Matt Perez, Tyson Karr, Jayce Conklin and Cade Moeller. They beat Lindsey Fastpitch 13-0 in the game 1, beat Rays Repair 17-16 in the second and again 13-5 in the championship...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Family Resource Center plans its annual “Second Chance” School Supply Giveaway from Monday through Friday, Aug. 9- 13.  Any family that was unable to attend other school supply giveaways in the area is welcome to stop by and pick up supplies for their children. ...