Stories from Thursday, September 23, 2021

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Numbers are for nerds which is why Joe Vetrovsky completely rejects the usual notions about Lexington’s 1-3 record. “They’ve lost to two unbeaten teams (Seward, Beatrice) and another that beat us (Crete),” McCook’s head coach explained this morning. “So don’t look at the record. We’re expecting nothing less than a tough, physical Lexington team.”...

McCOOK, Neb. - Even though he is known for his outgoing personality, quick wit, jokes, and stories, Bill Elliott was a man of few words Wednesday when he accepted the 2021 Heritage Days Parade Marshal honor at Wednesday’s Heritage Days mixer. Bill has been a public servant and entrepreneur for Red Willow County and the McCook community for more than 40 years...

LINCOLN, Neb. — On Saturday at 2:00 p.m., the public is invited to join former Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson at his childhood home in McCook at 608 Norris Avenue for a book signing with his new book Death of the Senate: My Front Row Seat to the Demise of the World's Greatest Deliberative Body (Potomac Books/Univ. Nebraska Press)...

McCOOK, Neb. - MNB Realty announced an agreement has been reached to purchase Warner Real Estate of McCook and Arapahoe. “We are extremely pleased to be able to partner with other community-focused real estate leaders to serve our clients,” stated Kate Warner, Broker/Realtor, and owner of Warner Real Estate...

Dampened by the pandemic last year, this year’s 50th anniversary Heritage Days should really be something to celebrate as it returns to near normal. Although we hope all precautions won’t be thrown to the wind, vaccinations and common sense should ensure a safe observance of McCook’s largest annual event...

The legislature has been meeting in special session since September 13th for the purpose of redistricting six government entities. During the redistricting process we know the 44th legislative district is going to change. There is not enough population in the 10 counties that make up the 44th district and therefore it does not meet the threshold of minimum population. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Live music was a special experience to those of us who came of age in the 1970s, before the days of digital streaming services when vinyl was king and 8-tracks or cassettes pressed the state of the art. Spend much time in central Nebraska and you may have been lucky enough to run across Kearney band Timberline, founded by Jim Salestrom and his brother Chuck, just in time for the EPIC CBS Recording release of “The Great Timber Rush.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - College athletes from nine states will compete this weekend in the Prairie Circuit Conference contests for shotgun sports in skeet, sporting clays and trap. More than 200 contestants from 14 colleges are registered, with more entries expected, said Alan Taylor of Curtis, coach of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Shotgun Sports Team...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Southwest didn’t suffer any letdown from a busy Saturday as the Roughriders swept three sets from Arapahoe Tuesday night. The Roughriders (10-3) triumphed 25-7, 25-17 and 25-12 with junior Caylin Barnett blasting 16 kills serving four aces and saving nine digs...

McCOOK, Neb. — Men’s League bowling rolled through week four at TJ’s Family Fun Center with Jason Hoppe boasting the high average so far this season. Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 91-59 Deveny Motors 91-59 Glass Express 84.5-64.5...

McCOOK, Neb. — Plenty of bloops and even a bunt or two fueled powerful North Platte against McCook Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Bison juniors Natalie Roberts and Lainey Schmidt showed how hitting can be done against flame-throwing Bulldogs Tuesday night...

KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska Kearney junior varsity swept McCook Community College here Wednesday in straight sets 25-17, 25-22, and 25-19. MCC goes to 11-7 on the season and begins Region IX play this weekend at home with a pair of games. On Friday , MCC hosts Trinidad State at 7 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — Cambridge withstood McCook junior Leah Spencer’s four kills and two blocks from Lexi Quint to win a JV volleyball match Tuesday. The Trojans triumphed 25-11, 25-15. Coach Tara Peterson still noted both Karragan Shaw and freshman Bailee Fawver “did well in serve receive.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A clean sweep through seven of 12 varsity matches on Tuesday showed McCook’s tennis dominance again over North Platte. No match was closer than 8-3 as the Bison continue surging through September. “I liked the level our kids competed at. They played with confidence and great demeanor,” McCook coach Matt Wiemers remarked...

New rates for medical assist calls start in October McCOOK, Neb. — The City of McCook Fire Department is on track for another record year of emergency calls with a current increase of over 23%. As a result, answering non-emergency type calls is becoming more cost prohibitive and creates the potential for a delayed response to emergency calls while spreading personnel thin...