Stories from Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Todd Alan Grimm Feb. 1, 1981 - Feb. 9, 2014 GOTHENBURG, Nebraska -- Todd Alan Grimm, age 33, born Feb. 1, 1981, in Chadron, Nebraska, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Gothenburg, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9, 2014. Todd grew up in a number of small towns in Nebraska; Silver Creek, Harvard and Stromsburg. ...

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...

Gene O. Morris McCook Gazette BARTLEY, Nebraska -- Before it's too late, we, the residents of Red Willow County, need to record for posterity the names of the soldiers from Red Willow County who lost their lives while serving their country. The list is long and, sadly, we may have already missed the names of county citizens who perished in the Spanish-American War in 1898 and the Philippine-American War which took place from June 2, 1899, to July 4, 1902...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its Academic Honors List for the fall semester of the 2013-2014 academic year. A student must have a minimum grade point average of 3.75 (on a 4.00 scale) for 12 or more hours of coursework to qualify for the list...

DUBUQUE, Iowa - A Southwest Nebraska sstudent attending the University of Dubuque was among the students honored by the school by being named to the Fall Semester 2013 Academic Dean's List. Lauren Blomme of Stratton, Nebraska, was among the students who earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Fifteen students have been inducted into the Alpha Tau Tau Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at Central Community College-Grand Island. New members include Danielle Samuelson of Oxford, Nebraska. Individuals selected as members are recognized for their academic excellence, good character and citizenship. ...

Six sophomores and six freshmen are Homecoming candidates at McCook Community College. Royalty will be announced 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Homecoming dance. Sophomore candidates are, top row, from left, Elizabeth Wilcox of McCook; Emily Deines of Ravanna, Nebraska and Rachel Bashor of Lyons, Colorado. ...

We once heard some sage advice to women who are tempted to have an affair with married men. If you get involved with a man who cheats on his wife, you'll end up married to a man who cheats on his wife. Yet that same flawed course of action is one that would be facilitated by LB1018, which would exempt from public records law the applications of all finalists, as well as other candidates for the office of president, chancellor or vice president of the University of Nebraska...

A couple of years ago Grannie and I attended graduation at the Air Force Academy. Those events get our patriotic blood flowing even though the speaker at this one was President Obama. I noted that a fair portion of the Grads had selected assignment to what was referred to as "cyber."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- "Living in the State of Grace" is the theme of Men's Spring Training 2014, sponsored by the McCook Evangelical Free Church Body Builders, March 8 at the church, 602 East 14th in McCook. Featured speaker will be Dr. Steve McVey, founder of Grace Walk Ministries, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with satellite offices in six other countries...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook, Nebraska, man determined to preserve what he can of the World War II-era Army air base northwest of McCook is starting a fund-raising effort to pay for granite markers along the air base taxiway. Air base historian Dale Cotton attended the meeting Monday morning of the Red Willow County commissioners, asking for the county's permission to place seven granite markers on the county easement that runs along the air base taxiway...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- By 3 to 2, a college teacher was elected to the McCook School Board. Loretta Hauxwell, who teaches psychology and family and consumer science at McCook Community College for the past 15 years, will fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Larry Shields...