Stories from Monday, September 9, 2013

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...

LeRoy Yost March 8, 1928 - Sept. 6, 2013 HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- LeRoy Yost, 85, died Friday (Sept. 6, 2013), at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born March 8, 1928, on the family farm southwest of McCook to Everett Yost and Minnie (Weeks) Yost...

KEARNEY, Nebraska -- The University of Nebraska at Kearney Pride of the Plains Marching Band had its first performance Sept. 5 during halftime of the UNK vs. Washburn University football game. The 2012 Pride of the Plains Marching Band members include Chevy Smith and Kacia Smith, both of Imperial, Nebraska...

With a willingness to tackle any welding project -- whether it's large or small, near or far away -- JLB Welding of McCook is building a region-wide reputation for the quality, durability and long-lasting effectiveness of their work. As a result, the welding enterprise has grown rapidly, expanding from a one-man, sideline business in July of 2010, to a multi-purpose firm with a new 4,000 square foot shop and eight full-time employees in September of 2013...

Although McCook, Nebraska, set three new record highs, three days in a row (Friday, 106; Saturday, 106; and Sunday, 105), this shot from Wilsonville, Nebraska photographer Roxy Lang, taken Aug. 30, provides another sign that autumn is coming. Roxy writes, "You know it's getting to be fall when you see a Praying Mantis." She used these camera settings: f/9, 1/320, iso200, 228mm. ...

Nebraska and Kansas may be at odds over water in the Republican River, but they should be able to agree on one thing: water is not something to be wasted. It took a while for consumers, and manufacturers to adjust to the new low-flow toilet requirements, but there seem to be more effective models on the market now. ...

Coach E.E. Bearg (at NU 1925-28), by most standards, had been successful at Nebraska in his four years of coaching the Cornhuskers. His teams had improved each year, culminating in Nebraska's first ever Big Six Championship in 1928. But the Cornhusker fans wanted more, and there were grumblings around the state, "Bearg teams did not use deception and strategy," relying instead on raw power. ...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists are leading a national research project to develop unmanned aerial vehicles that collect water samples from lakes, streams and ponds. The project -- led by UNL's Carrick Detweiler and Sebastian Elbaum, professors of computer science and engineering -- has been awarded a $956,210 grant from the U.S. ...

North Platte, Nebraska -- It took the purchase of just one ticket for Mary Johnson of Eagle, Neb., to win the 1972 El Camino Super Sport Clone that was raffled by Mid-Plains Community College during Colonel Cody's Cruise Show and Shine Car Show in downtown North Platte on Sept. 7. Johnson purchased the ticket at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island...

Tyler Brown of the Nebraska Public Power District makes repairs near Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook on Saturday morning. Crews used a planned outage to take the slack out of power lines in the area, which sometimes caused the saggy lines to slap together, short out and cause a circuit breaker to cut power...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Managers of two local ethanol plants will answer questions about the impact of the corn ethanol industry on the agricultural economy, at a meeting Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Course, 6000 Club House Drive. They will speak at a dinner of the South Platte United Chambers of Commerce at 6 p.m...

Southwest Nebraska traded unseasonably cool weather earlier this summer for unseasonably hot temperatures now that it's September. An unofficial 110 degrees, above, tortured Curtis residents Friday, while McCook had record highs Friday, Saturday and Sunday...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors is set to ask for nearly $12 million in property taxes for the 2013-14 budget. Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in North Platte, the board will consider a budget that calls for the taxes levied for each $100 in valuation to be decreased by 0.1494 cents, bringing it to 8.6455 cents for each $100 of assessed value...