Stories from Monday, January 11, 2010

Nebraska Legislation that permitted the present water problems. My water knowledge has been acquired from serving on former Governor Nelson and Governor Johanns' Republican Basin Advisory Board during the negotiations with Kansas from 1995 thru 2002. ...

Recently I was honored to accompany several of my colleagues on a bipartisan mission into the heart of the Middle East. During our time in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey, we were offered not only a chance to promote a deeper understanding of the region but also to learn about the complex security issues facing this area of the world...

Dec. 7, 1923 - Jan. 8, 2010 Dorothy Pauline (Blair) Lytle, 86, died Friday (Jan. 8, 2010), at Cambridge Manor. Dorothy was born on Dec. 7, 1923, in McCook to Clair E. and Iva E. (Winters) Blair. She lived in McCook all of her life. On July 28, 1942, she was united in marriage to Marvin Dale Lytle in McCook. She was a busy homemaker and mother to their two children, Kip and Gena. She also worked at Woolworth's, JC Penney and for CB&Q Railroad. She retired in 1982...

As a nation looks to rebound from a sluggish economy, a growing number of Americans are looking for answers at their local community colleges and McCook Community College is one of a number of colleges experiencing enrollment increases as a result. Addressing MCC faculty and staff at his annual "state of the college" speech last week, Mid-Plains Community College President Dr. ...

A Utah newspaper, the Milford News, was once published with the motto, "The only newspaper in the world that gives a damn about Milford, Utah." We don't know if the paper is still in operation, but the 1,400 residents of Milford probably have a wide variety of news available in electronic form via the Internet, satellite, radio or television...

Each year we see terrible stories about heavy snows, cold weather, blizzards and hardships connected with winters in Nebraska. The winter of 2009-10 will be no exceptions, with multiple heavy snows, especially in the eastern part of the state, and record bitterly cold temperatures that have made it difficult for man and beast...

Water pours down the gutter at West Third and O this morning, but it came from a broken water line in the street rather than snow melting in the relatively balmy temperatures. A few homes along West Second were without water for a time, but service was restored while workers found and fixed the source of the leak...

McCook High School is organizing COACHES vs. CANCER night this Friday during the Hastings High vs. McCook High boys and girls basketball game. The McCook coaches will be participating by wearing suites and sneakers during their games. The McCook Activities Department will be donating $1 from each admission ticket sold during the contest...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mike Johanns issued the following statement regarding the analysis released over the weekend by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Actuary Richard Foster. The analysis was in response to a request Sen. Johanns and 27 Senators made to the CMS Actuary requesting an updated analysis of the Senate-passed version of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)...

One of the key responsibilities of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is to help ensure our state's nearly 1.8 million people are safe and healthy. This is the mission of the Division of Public Health. The efforts of public health experts over the last century have added 30 years to the life of Nebraskans. In 1900, the average age at death was 48. Today the average life expectancy has reached 78...

KEARNEY -- McCook High School's swimming and diving teams had several strong individual performances at the Kearney Invitational Saturday, Jan. 9. Josh Stevens qualified for state in boys one-meter diving. Stevens finished second with a total of 316.85 points on 11 dives. Josh was less than three points behind event winner Matt Kreutzer of Kearney...

McCook's coaching staff had a great game plan for Sidney in the high school boys basketball battle at the McCook Senior High gym Saturday, Jan. 9. The strategy did not include chilly Bison free throw shooting down the stretch. "That was not the game plan," Mccook head coach Tim Garcia said...