Stories from Monday, August 15, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Bison made their 2022 debut at Weiland with Saturday morning's first pre-season scrimmage. Watch for comments in Tuesday's Gazette and more leading into their season opener on Friday, Aug. 26 at home against the Cozad Haymakers...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lincoln Journal-Star pre-season football rankings were released today with McCook holding a No. 4 spot among Class C-1 teams. Those Bison debut against Cozad on Friday, Aug. 26, at Weiland Field. Class C-1 School (2021 rec.) | Pvs...

McCOOK, Neb. — Remember, the McCook High softball girls start fall sports home events when they host Gothenburg at the Jaycees Complex Thursday night. Coach Jason Cochran's team is also playing a Jamboree scrimmage contest at North Platte tonight. Watch for more details in the Gazette this week...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department’s Walk to Health program is offering the Stepping from a Distance Challenge starting Monday August 15th through September 12th. This free walking program is open to residents of all ages in the SWNPHD nine-county health district...

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost met with members of the media following Saturday's practice. Frost addressed the improvement of several offensive position groups as the Huskers prep for their trip to Ireland. "The guys show up to work every day," Frost said. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska State Troopers have recovered a stolen semi-trailer full of Amazon items during a traffic stop on I-80. The incident occurred Friday near Waverly. Friday morning, NSP was notified by a trucking company that a trailer they had reported stolen was believed to be traveling in Nebraska. The trailer had been reported stolen from Maryland in early August...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested a New York man after locating more than 250 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 last week. The incident occurred at approximately 11:40 a.m. CT Thursday. While on patrol near Hershey, a trooper observed an eastbound Mitsubishi Outlander driving with a license plate violation at mile marker 166. During the traffic stop, an NSP K-9 detected the odor of a controlled substance inside the vehicle...

McCOOK, Neb. — Owners of a highly-anticipated new business hope to create a friendly community gathering place, and what better way to do so than around a bowl of ice cream? Darcy Rambali said he originally thought about opening a coffee shop, but the concept eventually “melted” into a wide variety of ice cream flavors...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) has received requests for information on the monkeypox virus that is currently circulating around the world. Monkeypox is a virus that causes a distinctive blistery rash and is usually a mild illness. There have been 15 cases identified in Nebraska, none of which are in the SWNPHD nine-county area...

McCOOK, Neb. — Commissioners continued sharpening their pencils to find enough reductions to keep the Red Willow County budget below the 2% increase that would require a public hearing. Meeting Monday with CPA Dan Miller and learning that preliminary budget requests were nearly $700,000 over the restricted funds limit, the board ended the morning with a total of $141,332.08 in cuts from the county fair, sheriff’s office, jail, building and grounds and county health department requests...