Stories from Thursday, August 29, 2013

Deanna Kay 'Dee' McDougal June 21, 1938 - Aug. 27, 2013 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Deanna Kay "Dee" McDougal, 75, died Tuesday (Aug. 27, 2013), at Cedar Living Center in Oberlin. She was born June 21, 1938, in Oberlin to Harley and Margaret Muriel (Gallatin) Woodside...

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...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Mary Spilinek, a nursing student at Bryan College of Health Sciences, has been named to the dean's list. The dean's list is composed of students taking 12 or more credit hours receiving a GPA of 3.5 or higher. She is the daughter of Tony and Bev Spilinek of McCook...

CURTIS, Nebraska--Curtis Medical Center, a service of Community Hospital, will be hosting a community-wide health fair on Friday, Sept. 20, from 8-11 a.m. at the Curtis Memorial Community Center in Curtis, located at 201 Garlic Avenue. Blood tests Blood tests will be offered by McCook Clinic at reduced prices including:...

Central Elementary teacher Gayle Korus, from left, Denise Ringenberg of Southwest Public Health Department and Central principal Kate Repass, congratulate students Landon Towne and Kori Uerling on their winning posters in the SWNPHD 2012 radon poster contest. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College board of governors advanced a budget, approved two new assistant residence hall director positions and approved a contract to upgrade the colleges' websites. The proposed budget reduces the tax levy slightly, from 8.7949 cents per $100 valuation last year to 8.6455, a 001494 decrease for 2013-14, and will be the subject of a hearing on Sept. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook area construction activity increased during the first six months of the year, largely due to commercial projects. Year-to-date construction project costs through June totaled $9.9 million, an increase of more than $1.7 million from the same time period in 2012, according to building permit information compiled by city staff...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- No more cold food for fourth and fifth graders at Central Elementary. The $180,380 kitchen upgrade at Central allows food to be prepared on site, instead of being trucked over from McCook Elementary. "Cooking it here, they don't run out so often, when that happened last year, we'd have to wait a little bit," said one fifth grade girl waiting in line for lunch. Another fifth grader noted the increased size of the kitchen and how quickly lunch was served...

It takes a lot of manpower to get Weiland Field ready for the first Bison football game, as shown by Rod Mollring of McCook Public Schools, who finishes up painting the Bison logo in center field Wednesday. That was just one of the many jobs that will be completed before Friday's game. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport has received 1.04 inches of rain this month, 1.88 inches below normal.The airport had received 8.72 inches of precipitation by today, 8.77 inches below the normal amount of 17.49 inches for the year at this date...

"We're from the federal government, and we're here to help." Or, perhaps the saying that applies is "you can lead a kid to lunch, but you can't make him eat it." We have generally supported new federal lunchroom guidelines promoting healthier foods, but the start of the new school year has revealed some predictable problems...

Nebraskans are good at discussing things, especially the weather. However, we are also interested in a lot of other subjects. My cousin, Ivan Haskell, is writing about historic facts that include members of the family tree and the weather conditions in Nebraska...

This past weekend at the Kiplinger Arena was the 6th Annual Roper Barrel Racing Futurity produced by Lynn Kohr of Gillette, Wyoming. This futurity was originally held in Gillette, Wyo., but due to weather and scheduling difficulties it was suggested moving the futurity to McCook...

Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, photographs the long-term effect of drought with this Aug. 23, shot of dryland corn in Furnas County. She explains, "When it was raining around different parts of Nebraska, the southwest corner of Furnas County was not getting any moisture and when we do not get rain the cornfields on the hills burn up (there is no irrigation on the hill, we are lucky to get a stock well). ...