Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Mini-Cheer dancers’ performance brought plenty of holiday smiles at McCook High Friday evening as both Bison varsity basketball teams took on Kearney Catholic.

Our calendar has been full this Christmas season but one of the highlights was McCook’s Peace Lutheran Church’s presentation of a Living Nativity, Bethlehem, AD 2022. Held in the huge Alice area building at our Fair Grounds it was inside and comfortable no matter the weather outside. ...

Amy Lynne Zwickle June 21, 1967 - Dec. 2, 2022 OBERLIN, Kan. — Amy Lynne Zwickle was born June 21, 1967, in Ellsworth, Kan. The daughter of Wayne and Phyllis (Pacey) Zwickle, Amy was one of God’s angels on earth. Whether it’s a person with Down syndrome being compared to an angel or angels being people with Down syndrome, angels are linked to Down syndrome like peanut butter is to jelly! Amy gained her Heavenly wings on Dec. 2, 2022, at the age of 55 at Decatur Health in Oberlin, Kan...

James L. Teeters, Sr. July 8, 1939 - Dec. 14, 2022 YUMA, Ariz. — James L. Teeters, Sr. (Jim) passed away on Dec. 14, 2022, at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. Jim was born to Francis and Patricia Marie Teeters on July 8, 1939, in Trenton, Neb. Jim graduated from Culbertson, Neb., high school in 1958 and married his high school sweetheart, Shirley Binderup. They celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in August of 2022...

Phyllis Jean (Eiler) Metcalf May 17, 1932 - Dec. 17, 2022 OBERLIN, Kan. — Phyllis Jean (Eiler) Metcalf was born on May 17, 1932, the youngest of eight children, on a farm about two miles north of Oberlin. The house was blown away by a tornado in 1942, then the family moved to a house about a half mile west to the Howard and Lena (Reasoner) Eiler farm...

George Henry Miller Feb. 23, 1935 - Dec. 17, 2022 HAYES CENTER, Neb. — George Henry Miller was born on Feb. 23, 1935, to Herman and Lenore (Dappen) Miller on the farm in northwest Hayes County, Neb. He graduated from Hayes County High School in 1952 and attended one semester at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. George served in the United States Army from 1959-1961...

Angela Clark Plummer July 8, 1948 - Dec. 13, 2022 AURORA, Colo. — Angela Clark Plummer passed away in Colorado, Tuesday morning, Dec. 13, 2022. She was preceded in death by father, Norman Clark; mother, Betty Donohue; stepfather, Jim Donohue Sr.; brother, Jim Donohue Jr., and sister, Danette Baxter. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — As promised, a local organization delivered a check for a quarter-million dollars for the new city pool at Monday night’s City Council meeting. A few minutes later, the council agreed to a contract to spend that much and more for engineering services to build the pool...

McCOOK, Neb. — County Clerk Tami Teel and Commissioners Cayla Richards and Earl McNutt completed their tenures at county commissioners with a short meeting Monday, followed by a reception hosted by fellow county employees. Charles Frische, who attended Monday’s meeting, will be sworn in as District 3 county commissioner on Jan. 5, as will Ted Gans for District 1, Penny Cooper as new county clerk and Kevin Darling as county sheriff, as well as other county officials...

McCOOK, Neb — The City of McCook Transfer Station will close at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, and be closed all day on Saturday, Dec. 24 and Monday, Dec. 26. Friday De. 23  trash collection will be that morning. Trash cans should be on the curb by 7 a.m...

PAXTON, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center’s girls featured 11 players hitting shots in a 73-22 trouncing of Garden County at Monday’s Paxton Holiday Tourney. Senior Olivia Hansen planted 14 points through the nets, classmate Ashlin Broz scored 13 and junior Ellie Broz 10 for the 7-0 Wolves’ top scorers...

McCOOK, Neb. — Christmas colors and Santa suits were only part of the spirit inside McCook High’s gymnasium Friday night. The Bison were playing their first home games in two weeks with their boys certainly ready to celebrate against visiting Kearney Catholic...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — Don’t start a holiday fight with G.G. and K.J. is something that echoed through Holdrege High School Saturday evening. In fact, exchanging big shots with these McCook Bison could really hurt all season long. “Man, we’re fighters, that’s what I can say about this team,” sophomore Gabe Gans said following McCook’s 89-79 double-overtime win over the rival Holdrege Dusters...

KEARNEY, Neb. – Former Nebraska and North Alabama coach Ryan Held has been hired as head football coach at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Director of Athletics Marc Bauer announced today. UNK will formally introduce Held as its 19th coach in team history at an 11 a.m. news conference Jan. 3 at UNK’s Health and Sports Center...