Stories from Monday, April 2, 2012

MCCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Area Retired Teachers Association met at Highland Park for the March meeting. After a delicious dinner, the group gathered for a short business meeting led by President Carol Berryman, Nine members answered roll call by telling an eventful item about Nebraska...

95th birthday Otto Nilsson of Omaha, Nebraska, formerly of McCook, will celebrate his 95th birthday Tuesday, April 3. Otto was born in Sweden in 1917 and immigrated to America, to Omaha, in 1935. He and his wife, Frances, moved to McCook to open an automotive parts sales and service outlet in 1950. Otto's family includes one son, Eric, of Oakland, Iowa, and one daughter, Annette Irwin, of Omaha. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 1037 N. 63rd Street, Omaha, NE 68132-1822...

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

Swimsuits in March The soaring temperatures the final days in March had kids thinking summer, as Samantha Remelius, left and Kassidy Lemburg cool off with a sprinkler. Temperatures were 82 on Friday, 85 on Saturday and a record-breaking 92 degrees on Sunday, breaking the old record of 86 degrees...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Department of Economic Development has awarded $30,000 to Holbrook in a 2011 Community Development Block Grant third-cycle planning funding grant. The community will use the grant to develop a Comprehensive Plan with zoning and subdivision regulations and a blight and substandard study...

Hitchcock County, Nebraska, Public Schools superintendent Mike Apple and senior Jacee Kershaw, right, prepare Friday morning for a groundbreaking ceremony in Trenton, while architect Stephen Granger, above, of CG Architect addresses grade school students during a ground-breaking in Culbertson, as the school district prepares for a $7.4 million construction and renovation project on school campuses in both communities. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Gov. Dave Heineman today signed the mid-biennium budget bills, LB 968, LB 969 and LB 131, into law. The Governor highlighted his support of funding for University of Nebraska projects throughout the state. In the following statement, Gov. Heineman outlines the $71 million state investment in three projects important to Nebraska's future successes in education and job creation:...

Students arrived at the promenade at the McCook City Auditorium Saturday night in a variety of ways, including a riding lawn mower, that brought Matt Collicott and Emilyne Nichols. Other vehicles included a cement mixer, vintage sport cars, and a school bus. The prom dance was at Armed Forces Reserve Center, on U.S. Highway 6 and 34, with the theme "Fire and Ice."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The City of McCook will begin picking up green compost cans Wednesday and has asked residents to have them at the curb by 7 a.m. The compost pickups will occur every Wednesday through the month of November. The compost pickups are part of a State of Nebraska ban on placing leaves and grass clippings in landfills from April 1 through November 30th of each year...

Masons make quick work of laying concrete blocks for McCook's new municiple building West Fifth and C. Record temperatures Sunday are giving way to more seasonable weather this week, but conditions should still be conducive to making rapid progress on the project...

Public officials are called upon to make all sorts of public appearances, and we know they enjoy some more than others. We have a feeling there was no trouble getting a couple of public officials to Thursday's launch of April's Donate Life Month. Dr. ...

The 1920s have been called the Golden Age of American Sports. Jack Dempsey in boxing, Bobby Jones in golf, Bill Tilden in tennis, Babe Ruth in baseball -- each dominated his sport and in the process they became folk heroes, and eventually legends in the sports world. ...

Spring is in the air and the 102nd Nebraska Legislature is fast approaching the last day of session. Thursday, April 12th is the scheduled 60th day. The past week at the Legislature consisted of several days of lively debate and a disappointing end to Legislative Bill 239...

When one of our military service members falls in the line of duty or on the field of battle, his or her family grieves and all Americans feel a measure of sadness. When the body is returned home and family and friends gather to pay their last respects, there is a measure of closure...