Stories from Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Donald C. Schaepler June 16, 1927 - Sept. 15, 2013 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Donald C. Schaepler, 86, of Arapahoe died Sunday (Sept. 15, 2013), at C.A. Mues Good Samaritan Center at Arapahoe. He was born June 16, 1927, at Stromsburg, Nebraska, to Charles and Alveena (Dobberstein) Schaepler. He grew up at Polk, Nebraska, and graduated from Polk High School in 1945. He married Margaret M. Gertsch on Sept. 12, 1948, near Polk...

Police activity Activity log These items are taken from reports filed by the McCook Police Department. The locations refer to block numbers, not specific addresses. If you have information about any of these reports, call the police department at (308) 345-3450...

Annette Nilsson Irwin, left, of Omaha presents $1,135 to Mary Keslin, treasurer of the McCook Humane Society, in memory and honor of her father, Otto Nilsson of McCook and Omaha. The cash represents the proceeds of a rummage sale and an estate sale of Otto's personal belongings in McCook. Otto Nilsson and Annette owned and operated Automotive Sales and Service in McCook from 1950 through 2011...

First graders at McCook Elementary use scissors, shapes, oil pastels and lots of glue to create a collage about a special celebration they remember. Art helps students to focus at a higher level by using critical and creative thinking skills, said McCook Public Schools art teacher Deb Goodenberger. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A tug-of-war over zoning of property bordering Drive 716 has begun between the McCook Planning Commission and several business developers. As a result, a comprehensive plan that will provide the foundation for future zoning and subdivision ordinances was tabled by the McCook City Council on Monday...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Cooler weather stirs up thoughts of fall and winter ... colder weather and winter coats, hats and mittens. Barb Ostrum, of the McCook office of Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska, plans McCook's 32nd annual "Coat Closet and Winter Clothing Give-Away" the end of October and first part of November...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Workers from Willet Hauser architectural Glass Inc. of Winona, Minnesota are working to preserve the large stained glass windows on the south side of Memorial United Methodist Church in McCook. The firm will repair and stabilize the leaded stained glass windows and install an exclusive aesthetically-sensitive vent fLEX-span protective covering system...

Summer officially ends Sept. 22, making way for a spectacular fall season as the greens of July and August become the gold, burgandy and russet of September and October. Roxie Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, captured this idyllic farm scene in the Beaver Valley, west of Wilsonville, on Sept. ...

When Nate Henning and the Southwest Nebraska Leadership Board made plans for the September meeting, with the designated theme of Community Leadership, the two Dixon girls kept coming to mind. He first met them when they scheduled a meeting to discuss a fundraiser for the McCook Humane Society. The girls, Chloe and Sarah, now students at McCook Senior High School and McCook Junior High School, respectively, came prepared to do business...

Remember a few weeks ago when I told you how to make an election-tracking chart for the 2014 primary election? Well, you're going to have to add a few more names to the Republican gubernatorial hopefuls. State Auditor Mike Foley has made it official, he wants to be the Republican nominee. ...

Nebraskans have observed the Colorado flooding with detached concern, but their worries are about to become reality, at least if they live along the South Platte River. Virtually all of the creeks mentioned in reports of last week's flooding shared something in comon -- they drain into the South Platte River...

For those of us who have grown weary of the 100+ degree temperatures of late August and early September, relief is in sight. Summer ends and autumn begins for the northern hemisphere on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 2:44 a.m., when the sun crosses the celestial equator heading south. The date is called the "Autumnal Equinox" generally so because the length of day and night will be equal...