Stories from Thursday, May 18, 2023

A little over a year ago, a group of enthusiastic pickleball players came to the McCook Community Foundation Fund, asking both about possible funding to improve McCook’s outdoor pickleball courts and how to make the project happen. The location of the two pickleball courts at the time had a direct tie to MCFF, which played a role in the development of Russell Park a decade earlier thanks to the generous donation by the Russell family...

McCOOK, Neb. – Following a public hearing with no public input, the McCook City Council approved the rezoning of property housing the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department from Residential medium Density to Business Commercial District. Located at 404 West 10th Street, SWNPHD requested the change so that they could “upgrade and expand with the services we provide in an efficient and economical manner”...

Gwendell G. Hohensee July 31, 1928 - May 12, 2023 LINCOLN, Neb. - Gwendell G. Hohensee of Lincoln, Neb. died on Fri,, May 12, 2023 in Lincoln. He was 94 years young. Gwendell was born on July 31, 1928, to Andrew F. and Frieda L. Hohensee in Daykin, Nebraska...

McCOOK, Neb. – The 2023 Educator of the Year is a McCook High School graduate who has been teaching at McCook Elementary School for seven years. Laykin McConville earned an Associate of Arts degree from McCook Community College and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Chadron State College. ...

INDIANOLA, Neb. - I want to make a heartfelt shout out to our first granddaughter, Ashlin Broz, who is graduating from Hayes Center High School this year.  This darling is sweet, smart, beautiful, athletic, and the nicest person one could ever meet.  Grandma is apprehensive about her going off to a socialistic college campus like so many across the nation today, but I’m confident that she has been instilled with the right stuff to guarantee a successful future.  Good luck to all the graduates and may they find what they are looking for.  . ...