Stories from Monday, November 18, 2013

Connie Joyce Reiners Sept. 30, 1949 - Nov. 17, 2013 TRENTON, Nebraska -- Connie Joyce Reiners of Trenton passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, at Community Hospital in McCook. She was 64 years old. Connie was born on Sept. 30, 1949, at McCook to parents Franklin John and Irene Isabelle (Cotton) Reiners. As a child she was baptized into the Catholic faith at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Indianola. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1967...

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...

25th anniversary The family of Tom and Janie Bredvick is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 25th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 19, in McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 503 Elizabeth Lane, McCook, NE 69001...

BARTLEY. Nebraska -- Nineteen Southwest FFA members and two alumni members traveled to the national FFA convention Oct. 30 -Nov. 2 in Louisville, Kentucky. Former members Katelyn Sughroue and Bret Neel were able to attend the convention and receive their American FFA degrees on the national FFA stage in Freedom Hall. Mattie Uerling also received the degree but was unable to attend...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Some local recreational projects have been put on hold while city staff iron out the details of a citizen input survey they hope will provide feedback on what areas the city should focus. The survey follows a string of local groups making formal requests to the parks advisory board and city council, before being bounced back to the parks advisory board and ultimately delayed for one reason or another...

SIDNEY, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved the increased density of oil wells in three 40-acre tracts in Hitchcock County. Bill Sydow, director of the oil and gas commission, said the approval of Berexco Inc.'s increased density request will allow Berexco to protect its oil reserve from drilling in Kansas, where wells are allowed to be placed much closer together than in Nebraska...

There are still unanswered questions and Nebraska is far from off the hook, but a special master's finding is good news for those of us who live along the Republican River in Southwest Nebraska. Maine attorney William Kayatta Jr. recommended to the U.S. Supreme Court that Nebraska pay Kansas $5.5 million for using more water than it was entitled to, under the 1943 Republican River Compact, during the 2005-06 years...

In 1881, Southwest Nebraska was faced with a real crisis. The region had lured thousands of settlers from the East, which had been suffering from poor economic times following the great Civil War. For some years the region, with timely rains, had lived up to its backers' claims as "The Land of Milk and Honey." In the vicinity of McCook there had been some 59 post offices established -- each of those localities (including Fairview, the future site of McCook, on the Republican River) with dreams of great future growth. ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Give credit where credit's due. There weren't any excuses, just a simple explanation -- Omaha Skutt Catholic outplayed McCook Friday, Nov. 15, in the semifinals of the Nebraska State Class B High School Football Playoffs. The Bison struggled moving the ball consistently against the host SkyHawks in the semifinal battle, as Skutt Catholic's defense keyed a 24-7 victory at Moylan Stadium in west Omaha...

Delphia Nowels June 15, 1920 - Nov. 17, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Delphia Nowels, 93, formerly of Oberlin, Kansas, died Sunday (Nov. 17, 2013), at Willow Ridge in McCook. She was born June 15, 1920, in Leader, Colorado, to William and Lula Connell Davis. She was raised on a farm northwest of Norcatur, Kansas...