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Fay D. Story
(Obituary ~ 05/27/10)
Dec. 17, 1918-May 25, 2010 IMPERIAL, Nebraska -- Fay D. Story, 91, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the Imperial Manor Nursing Home. He was born on Dec. 17, 1918, in Furnas County, Nebraska to Guy E. Story and Winnie (DeVries) Story. As a young boy, he attended school in Holbrook, graduating in 1935... -
Theft of ice cream bar adds 10 days to jail term
(Local News ~ 05/27/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- An 18-year-old McCook man has been sentenced to 56 days in jail and a $100 fine, including 10 days for shoplifting an ice cream bar. Nicholas R. Clapp, 18, initially was placed on 12 months of probation in November 2009, but tested positive for marijuana on Jan. 15, violating terms of his probation...
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Vicious dogs receive higher fines under new law
(Local News ~ 05/27/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- City Attorney Nate Schneider will ask that fines for the two owners of two dogs involved in a May 8 attack be set at $500 each. The higher fine amount is a result of increases approved by City Council in August 2009 that set vicious dog fines at $500-$1,000 and/or imprisonment for any length of time not to exceed three months...
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College board approves raises, new welding, music positions
(Local News ~ 05/27/10)
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- The Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved funding for a full-time welding and machine shop instructor at the Center for Applied Science and Technology in McCook, as well as a full-time music instructor in North Platte...
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BP spill illustrates true cost of energy
(Editorial ~ 05/27/10)
We searched the Web in vain for a list of the 11 workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion before sending off an e-mail to BP in the slim hope that an answers would arrive in time to add to this editorial. That's a simple illustration of the irony of the oil spill -- we see hours of footage showing contaminated wetlands and dying shorebirds, but no mention of the workers who died or the impact their loss has had on their families and friends...
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A great mystery to be solved
(Column ~ 05/27/10)
Where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him? There is a great mystery to be solved. In the past few weeks, astronomers have discovered that the South Equatorial Belt on Jupiter is missing. The equatorial belts are two wide, brownish bands composed of ammonia ice, sulfur and a little phosphorus thrown in and are measured at 108F degrees below zero...
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Medicine Valley junior 11th at Class D state golf meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/10)
NORTH PLATTE -- Trey Hildebrandt of Medicine Valley brought home an individual medal from the 2010 Nebraska State Class D Boys Golf Championships. Hildebrandt, a junior, finished 11th in the final standings at the state meet played Tuesday and Wednesday at The River's Edge Golf Club in North Platte. The Medicine Valley junior shot rounds of 78 and 81 for a 36-hole total of 158 strokes -- just seven strokes out of second place...
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Bison can't move up from 6th at state golf meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/27/10)
KEARNEY -- Success breeds success. A well-known saying, and perhaps the mantra for next year's McCook High School boys golf team. The Bison finished sixth out of 12 teams at the 2010 Nebraska Class B State High School Golf Championships. The two-day state tournament finished Wednesday afternoon at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Course in Kearney... -
Power plant worker recounts 1935 flood
(Features ~ 05/27/10)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Louis B. Wolf worked at the McCook Power Plant and remembers the Republican River floods of the summer of 1935 -- On May 28, May 31, June 13 and June 16/17. In a story that he wrote, Wolf calls the May 31 flood "The Big Flood." These are his memories, a copy of them provided by his daughter, Carol Wolf Britton:...
