Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 2024

OMAHA, Neb. — Chase County’s mile relay could have lost a little edge considering the team had already clinched its second consecutive Class C title. Not these Longhorns. “I told them just go out there, run loose and free,” coach Carl Zuege revealed Monday...

Dear Editor, It has been said that the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Few would dispute that infants in the womb -at least by twelve weeks gestation and later -are the most defenseless and legally vulnerable among us. ...

Special weekend coming up. Top of the list for Grannie Annie and me is the annual meeting of the Stone Church on Sunday the 26th at 6:00 P.M. You too are invited. There will be a nice service in the historic old structure followed by light refreshments. Come visit and celebrate how Christianity was practiced by those who homesteaded this area in the late 1800’s. I’m a bit partial as it was my ancestors that had a part in building the wonderful old structure...

Rodney Wayne Smith June 23, 1954 - May 17, 2024 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Rodney Wayne Smith was born on June 23, 1954 in McCook, Neb. to Raymond and Donna (Deardoff) Smith. The Lord took him home to heaven on May 17, 2024 after battling Parkinson’s Disease...

Cletus E. Coffey July 16, 1934 - May 18, 2024 BEAVER CITY, Neb. - Cletus E. Coffey, 89, of Beaver City, Neb. died Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Kearney Regional Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 16, 1934, in Oxford, Neb. to Wendell and Virginia (Harlan) Coffey...

Marilyn Fay [Hickert] Otter April 29, 1937 - May 13, 2024 NEW ALMELO, Kan. - Marilyn Fay [Hickert] Otter passed from this earth at the age of 87 on May 13, 2024 at home in New Almelo, Kan. One of twins, she was born on the farm in Decatur County on April 29, 1937 to Albert and Amanda [Gillece] Hickert. ...

McCOOK Neb. — As expected, the McCook City Council accepted the lower cost of two options for paying for required upgrades for the city’s 50-year-old Wastewater Treatment plant. Chris Miller and David Blau of Miller and Associates presented their recommendation Monday night, involving combined loans from the USDA and Northland Securities with an estimated monthly user rate of $49.64. Construction could begin in 2025 and be completed in 2027. ...

90th birthday McCOOK, Neb. - Marilyn Brandt will be celebrating her 90th birthday on June 3rd. Her family would like to invite you to help her celebrate at an open house on Saturday, June 1 at Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall from 12:00-2:00 p.m. or at Kinship Pointe from 3:30-4:30 p.m. If you cannot attend, please send a card to:...

McCOOK, Neb. — This year’s “McCook Area Educator of the Year Award” was bestowed upon not one but two exceptional educators, both from McCook’s Central Elementary school: Fifth-Grade Science teacher Caitlin Winkler and Principal Joel Bednar.   In 1998, Allen Strunk, former owner and publisher of the McCook Daily Gazette, gave the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce a monetary gift to establish the “McCook Area Educator of the Year Award.”  The Strunk family, founders, and former publishers of the McCook Daily Gazette make the funds for this award available. ...

JoAnn Carole Roderfeld Dec. 20, 1954, - May 17, 2024 McCOOK, Neb. -JoAnn Carole Roderfeld, was born Dec. 20, 1954 in St Charles, MO to Leland Tuepker and Helen Roderfeld. JoAnn attended Colorado State University and received her undergraduate and Master’s degrees. She was the first one in her family to receive a college and Master’s degree...

McCOOK, Neb. — In a symbolic gesture echoing centuries of tradition, the Masons of Nebraska gathered on Saturday to lay the cornerstone for the upcoming McCook Aquatic Park. Located at 500 East M Street in McCook, Nebraska, the ceremony marked a significant milestone in the construction of the community’s newest recreational facility...

McCOOK, Neb. - McCook Educational Foundation sponsors the Perfect Attendance Awards at McCook Public Schools. Seven students received a certificate and a $10 Gift Card to Sehnert’s Bakery in McCook.

NORFOLK, Neb. — A teacher from Madison Public Schools has been arrested following an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol into allegations of inappropriate contact with a student. Last week, State Patrol investigators were informed about a potentially inappropriate relationship between a teacher and a student at Madison High School. ...