Stories from Thursday, August 18, 2022

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced today that it has reached distribution agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC and NBCUniversal's Peacock. The breadth of new partners, in addition to Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1, will place conference football, women's and men's basketball and Olympic sports student-athletes on the biggest stage and provide fans with the most exciting matchups across traditional over-the-air linear television and direct-to-consumer streaming. ...

Despite returning only four players from a season ago, the McCook Community College volleyball team looks to contend for the tops of the standings this season in both Region IX and in the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference. With four returners, a sophomore transfer, and a redshirt, the 2022 version of MCC will include nine incoming freshman who will be put the test immediately with 13 matches on the slate before Labor Day...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — A new training center has opened in Indianola that will offer martial arts for kids and adults, strength training and mobility classes. But it won’t be all about lifting barbells, kickboxing or losing weight, although that’s part of what is available. Rather, it’s about self-empowerment and what each individual needs, said Thomas Thatcher, who with his wife, Savanna, have opened Thatchers’ Training Center...

McCOOK, Neb. — Although the City of McCook’s property tax levy will slightly decrease, the amount of property taxes the city will collect will be higher than the previous year. That’s because property valuations were higher this year. The city’s property tax levy for 2022-23 is estimated at .340815, lower than the .359044 assessed for last year...

McCOOK, Neb. — Dispatching for the City of McCook will get a slight wage increase in an effort to attract applicants. City Manager Nate Schneider told the McCook City Council at its meeting Monday that a $1.25 increase in wages was included for city dispatchers in the 2022-23 budget. ...

Earlier this summer, I lost a mentor and I lost a friend - my father, Walt Sehnert. In fact, I have lost a few mentors and friends over the past two years, which has led me to reflect on the impact these people have had on both me and the community...

McCOOK, Neb. - A new chamber quarterly meeting will be “for-members-only” and will take place Thursday, September 15 at McCook Christian Church beginning at 12:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Tyler McCarty, owner of Mac’s Drive-In and a chamber board member...

Jack Edward Bellamy June 25, 1935 - Aug. 15, 2022 LINCOLN, Neb. — Jack Edward Bellamy, 87, of Lincoln, died Monday (Aug. 15, 2022), at his home. He was born June 25, 1935, to Ray and Hazel (Coker) Bellamy in Moorefield, Neb. He married Marlys Sunquist in 1962. He worked in the implement business...

Delores Catherine McConville SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Delores Catherine McConville, 81, formerly of Indianola, Neb., died Aug. 14, 2022, in San Diego. Services are Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, 10:30 a.m., at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Indianola with the Rev. Michael Houlihan officiating...

McCOOK, Neb. — Tickets are on sale now for a Traeger Pro 780 Pellet Grill being raffled by the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to help offset travel and other team expenses. The grill has built-in WiFIRE® technology, which allows users to control the grill through the Traeger App or a smart home device and provides access to over 1,600 recipes...

McCOOK, Neb. - The Ed Thomas YMCA of McCook and the Republican Fitness Series invites the community to attend a fundraising event in recognition of 9/11. The 9/11 Memorial Stair Climbs are not timed race events, but a way for the community to honor and remember firefighters, law enforcement, and all emergency personnel who selflessly gave their lives so that others might live...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska resident is suspected to have died from infection with Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba. The resident most likely acquired the infection while swimming in the Elkhorn River, shortly before illness. If confirmed, it is the first known death from Naegleria fowleri in Nebraska’s history...