Stories from Friday, December 22, 2023

Red Sea Crossing, the Wonch family musical group will be performing a variety of Christmas Music at The Scoop Ice Cream, 305 West 10th in McCook today, Friday, Dec. 22 from 3 to 8 p.m. They are, front from left, Anni (14), Ian (11), and Malakai (9); back, Ilias(16), Adam, Melani, and Isaac(17)...

In a groundbreaking move, AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Frontier Farm Credit, and Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) have joined forces through a collaboration agreement, gaining approval from their respective Boards of Directors. This collaborative effort, set to take effect no earlier than April 1, 2024, is aimed at enhancing services for farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses across Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska motor fuels tax rate is set to experience a marginal increase from 29.0 to 29.1 cents per gallon for the first half of 2024, effective January 1 through June 30. This adjustment comprises wholesale, variable, and fixed rates, with alterations observed in the wholesale and variable components...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Southwest Roughriders placed seventh and Decatur Community (Kan.) Red Devils took sixth among 17 Cambridge Girls Tournament teams competing on Saturday. A rundown of the top performers from those two area lineups: Southwest 135...

Tyler Kennedy keeps a narrow season lead over Jerron Ruzicka for season-high average while The Krips and Fullmomentum remain Men’s League team leaders.... Men’s Major The Krips 313.5-193.5 Fullmomentum 300.5-209.5 Stockman’s Fd 289.5-220.5...

OGALLALA, Neb. — A trio of McCook girls scored pins during Wednesday’s Ogallala Wrestling Triangular. The Bison only feature four wrestlers in their current lineup. They lost a 42-18 dual to Ogalla even though sophomore Peyton Cock stuck Ogallala’s Jalie Barnhill in 32 seconds at 115 pounds...

HERSHEY, Neb. — Too many Southwest open weights propelled the Hitchcock County Falcons to a 30-27 wrestling dual win Tuesday. Heavyweight Jaden Loghry scored the one Falcon mat win when he pinned Southwest’s Kade Shaffert in :44. The Roughriders countered with three pins and senior Mitchel Stritt’s 10-4 win over Dylan Kollmorgen at 126...

PAXTON, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center takes a 17-1 combined record into the Christmas break following their sweep of Thursday’s Paxton Holiday Tourney finals. The May-Hay girls are now 9-0 while dealing only a second loss to those Paxton girls, 46-32...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Wait one minute was a phrase not even needed when McCook’s Jacob Luke stepped on the mat Wednesday afternoon. Luke pinned both his opponents in 52 and 48 seconds while McCook dismantled two rival wrestling teams at the Ogallala Triangular...

McCOOK Neb. - Nancy and Jerry Renard have turned their tragedy into a heartwarming tradition that brings solace to others. 23 years ago, on December 29, the Renards lost their beloved son Greg. In the following year, with permission from the city, they began hanging an ornament on a pine tree at the Memorial Park Cemetery on West J Street as a tribute to Greg...

Over the past few years, I have followed the storyline of our national gender dysphoria with a combination of dismay and amusement. The left’s reshaping of our culture to fix a problem that most of us didn’t know we had is only slightly more absurd than the hysterical fulminations of the right...