Stories from Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Cleta Joy Riepl Aug. 22, 1931 - Jan. 2, 2014 HERNDON, Kansas -- Cleta Joy Riepl, 82, died Thursday (Jan. 2, 2014), at Aurora, Colorado. She was born Aug. 22, 1931, in Selden, Kansas, to Guy and Irma G. (Carswell) Geisenhener. She married Donald C. Riepl. She was a clerical staff worker for the City of Aurora, Colorado...

William D. Lambert May 27, 1933 - Dec. 22, 2013, DENVER, Colorado -- William D. "Bill" Lambert, age 80, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Swedish Hospital, in Denver, Colorado. He was born on May 27, 1933, in McCook, Red Willow Country, Nebraska, as the second son of Irvin Wayne and Clara Francis (Rowland) Lambert. ...

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 -- John Hubert of McCook, Nebraska, says his grandkids and great-grandkids are having fun playing in "Miss McCook," the helicopter cabin that he bought in an on-line auction of "Pawnee Aviation" helicopter kit bits-and-pieces in mid-December...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- District 3 county commissioner Vesta Dack of rural McCook, Nebraska, is the new chairman of the Red Willow County board of commissioners, elected unanimously at the commissioners' meeting and annual board reorganization Monday morning...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Leading Nebraska legislators and state and National Rural Electric officials lined up in support of the REA-Norris Eternal Light Project Monday during Norris Day ceremonies in the Nebraska Capitol Rotunda. Taking turns at two podiums placed in front of the George W. ...

Columbus, Nebraska -- Frigid temperatures helped drive up Nebraskans' energy use yesterday, causing the Nebraska Public Power District to set a likely new all time-winter peak for generating electricity . Between the hour of 7 and 8 a.m., as people readied a Monday morning back to school or work, NPPD generated an estimated 2,256 megawatts of electricity to meet customers' demand. The utility's previous all-time winter peak was 2,219 megawatts set in December of 2009...

We walked into the long-term care home to visit friend Diane a victim of Alzheimer's disease. Sad case only compassion comes to mind. On the way to the door, we noted a half-dozen men working on the roof. Jimmy noted they were installing solar panels to produce electricity. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Commercial flight cancellations at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport have left the airport without a successful departure so far in 2014, prompting city officials to begin shopping the air service with other providers. City Manager Jeff Hancock said the city had "dire straits concerns over our airline carrier," related to the number of flights cancelled by Great Lakes Airlines. ...