Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2012

As the 2011-12 television season winds down, a lot of people are wondering which network shows will be returning in Fall 2012 -- and some of those people are the ones making the schedules. Network executives are watching pilot development closely and weighing those programs (and all the factors entailed) against other pilots as well as their current line-up of shows. ...

Marlene Berniece Wilson July 31, 1947 - April 19, 2012 GARDEN CITY, Kansas -- Marlene Berniece Wilson, 64, died Tuesday (April 17, 2012), at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. She was born on July 31, 1947, in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of William Beck and Bernice Hansen Kaldahl...

Dale Krausnick BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Dale Krausnick, 84, died Wednesday (April 18th, 2012), at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. Survivors include his wife, Virginia, of Benkelman; daughters, Diana Krausnick and husband, Anthony Larkin, of Greeley, Colorado, Dwana Roschewski and husband, Keith, of Benkelman and Karen Metzger and husband, John, of Benkelman; sister, Marilyn McCrumb and husband, Alfred, of Wauneta, Nebraska; eight grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.. ...

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...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Piecemakers Quilt Guild met at Our Saviors Lutheran Church on April 13, 2012. Connie Olsen gave a lesson on making a placemat table topper that could be used for special occasions using different focus fabric. There were 17 members present...

CULBERTSON, Nebraska --The Culbertson CIP began its April meeting by replacing planter barrels in the downtown area. Eleven community members helped with this project and also cleaned up the area around the gazebo and the Cattle Trail sign. A total of seven barrels were replaced...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A plea agreement was reached with a McCook man, April 2 in Red Willow County District Court, that admitted guilt to a felony charge of theft by unlawful taking and a second misdemeanor charge of criminal trespass. The charges against the man, 24-year-old Johnny Paul Lucero, stemmed from the December 2011 theft of several radio controlled racing cars from the garage of a East G Street residence...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A plea agreement was reached with a McCook man, March 20 in Red Willow County District Court, that admitted guilt to a Class I misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Sentencing was scheduled for the man, 22-year-old Christopher Mercer of 1208 W. Third Street, for 10:30 a.m. on April 30, 2012...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man that was sentenced to probation and completion of the Work Ethic Camp program on April 2, was removed from the camp on April 6 after refusing to follow program guidelines. The offender, 21-year-old Prestin G. Remington of 607 East F Street, has been scheduled for an arraignment in the case at 8:45 a.m. on Monday in Red Willow County District Court...

There was something for everyone in this year's legislative session; Gov. Heineman was able to maintain his fiscally conservative record, but saw two of his vetoes toward that end overturned. The Legislature was able to push through measures that could increase spending, but were unable to override the governor's veto of a bill to allow betting on historic horse races, and another that would create new medical clinics in schools...

Well, all the characters that made the last few weeks astronomically exciting have left, or are in the process of leaving the evening sky. Jupiter has one more close meeting with a very slender crescent moon on the evening of Sunday, April 22, after which by the first week of May it will be gone from the evening sky...

I think it's funny that as moms, we sometimes go all out to make a moment or an event memorable for our kids. However, as the years pass and my girls share their memories, it's not quite the memory I was envisioning them treasuring forever in their minds. In fact, the memories they choose to keep for eternity, we could have made at home not costing a dime...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor CURTIS, Nebraska -- An official with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources told directors of the Middle Republican Natural Resources District that a compact call year "isn't going to sneak up on us, or jump out of a bush at us."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A carpentry class will be offered this summer to inmates and probationers at the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp in McCook. The class joins the roster of other programs at WEC and is part of the philosophy of the facility to teach inmates/probationers life skills they can use after completing the six-month WEC program...

Ivan Schmid of McCook, Nebraska, sorts through items donated to the McCook Humane Society's annual rummage sale to raise money to help operate the society's animal shelter at 100 South Street. The sale is Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., in the 4-H Building on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in the 1500 block of West Fifth. Today is the last day to drop off donations, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. and 8 p.m...

INDIANOLA, Nebraska -- The grandson of an Indianola, Nebraska, woman was an escort for U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during his tour of the USS Peleliu off the southern California coast on March 30. According to the Clay County News, Ryan Musgrave of Ong, Nebraska, showed Panetta how to drive the ship...

Kori (King) de Leon may live in the Houston, Texas, area, but a part of her generous heart remains firmly attached to hearts in Southwest Nebraska. Kori, the founder of Adoring Christ Ministries, graduated from McCook High School in 1995 before striking out on her own, pursuing a high profile career in the fashion industry...

As the 2011-12 television season winds down, a lot of people are wondering which network shows will be returning in Fall 2012 -- and some of those people are the ones making the schedules. Network executives are watching pilot development closely and weighing those programs (and all the factors entailed) against other pilots as well as their current line-up of shows. ...