Stories from Friday, December 24, 2021

Timothy Wolfe May 17, 1969 - Dec. 16, 2021 WELLFLEET, Neb — Timothy Wolfe, 52, of Wellfleet, died Dec. 16, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Neb. Tim was born in McCook, Neb., in 1969, He was born to Dick and Patsy Wolfe and grew up 10 miles west of Maywood, where he attended elementary and secondary school at Maywood. ...

80th birthday The family of Ed Tines of Cambridge, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. He was born in Bartley, Neb. HIs family includes children, Annette Boen of Claremore, Okla., and Christy (Lance) Krejdl of Eatonville, Wash.; 2 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach him at P.O. Box 462, Cambridge NE, 69022...

80th birthday The family of Hilda Hampton of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 505 E. Ninth, McCook, NE 69001.

The first church built in McCook was the Congregational Church. It was a story and a half simple wooden structure with wooden steps leading to the front door off of a wooden boardwalk. A simple spire rose off the right roof on top of a brick chimney...

McCOOK, Neb. — Her name is Sallie, a Staffordshire terrier mix who’s been passed over by prospective owners again and again. Since March, when she was first brought in as a stray, her life has been spent in a kennel at the McCook Humane Society, where staff take her out during the day for walks and treats. But every night, she lays her head down on a blanket in the concrete floor of her kennel...

McCOOK, Neb. — A brake issue caused a fire that heavily damaged a semi trailer but was extinguished before it could destroy a load of popcorn inside. The McCook Police Department reported receiving a call from a motorist who said the driver of the truck was apparently unaware of the fire, but the truck got stopped in the 300 block of West B...

First Central Bank set a goal of 1,000 pounds of food for the McCook Pantry, but a spirit of competition took over for the four teams of employees, who had donated 3,783.7 pounds by 1 p.m. Thursday, with the contest not ending until 11 a.m. today. Dick Neel, left, of the McCook Pantry accepted the initial donation Thursday...