Stories from Monday, April 7, 2014

Louis LaMoine Keene Feb. 22, 1921 - April 4, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Louis LaMoine Keene, age 93, of McCook, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014, at Community Hospital of McCook. Known to family and friends as LaMoine, Moine, Stringbean, Grandpa and GGpa, he was born to Louis R. Keene and Nellie (Cole) Keene on Feb. 22, 1921, in McCook...

Eleanor Louise Suess Harris April 4, 1912 - April 4, 1912 OPELIKA, Alabama -- Eleanor Harris passed away on her 102nd birthday April 4, 2014, at Arbor Springs in Opelika, Alabama. She was born April 4, 1912, in McCook, Nebraska, to Louis and Ethel Suess. She grew up in McCook and later studied violin at Julliard School of Music in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a master's degree in music education from Columbia University...

Paul A. Welsh June 6, 1967 - April 4, 2014 GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Paul Welsh, 46, of Grand Island, former Culbertson resident, died Friday (April 4, 2014), at his home in Grand Island. He was born June 6, 1967, at Ogallala, Nebraska, to William and Sharon (Packard) Welsh. He graduated from Culbertson High School with the class of 1986...

Stanley H. Anderson Oct. 10, 1947 - April 5, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Stanley H. Anderson, age 66 of McCook, died April 5, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. He was born in Galveston, Texas, on Oct. 10, 1947, to Darrell D. and Willie L. (McGee) Anderson. Stan moved to Pleasanton, Nebraska, as an infant and was raised by his grandmother, Grace Anderson. At age 16, he moved to Omaha and began doing odd jobs...

Marian Lucy Roberts Aug. 31, 1927 - April 4, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Marian Lucy Roberts passed away April 4, 2014 at her home surrounded by family at Highland Park Retirement Community in McCook. Marian was born on Aug. 31, 1927, to Conrad and Ruth (Wilson) Buhrman at St.Libory, Nebraska. She attended St. Libory Catholic School...

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...

Laurene 'Laurie' Marie Tucker Sept. 9, 1961 - April 1, 2014 LONGMONT, Colorado -- April 1, 2014, marks the day we lost the most unique of mothers, a daughter, sister and friend. Laurie was born Sept. 9, 1961, in McCook, Nebraska, to Jerry and Dorothy Cariker. She grew up with four siblings in the rolling hills with the river as a playground and a sheet for a super cape to save the world. She married her childhood sweetheart and became mother to Marshall and Jerad Tucker...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man requested compensation from the driver of a vehicle he claimed struck him and later recanted his request, after a police investigator became involved. The driver, 78-year-old Joanne J. Dueland of 905 Sunset Drive, said she heard a noise while backing up her SUV in the Westview Plaza parking lot at approximately 5 p.m. on March 23, 2014...

OPELIKA, Alabama -- The founder of the Museum of the High Plains in McCook, Nebraska, and a supporter of civic projects and the arts in McCook died Friday, on her 102nd birthday. The daughter of early McCook business owners, Eleanor Louise Suess Harris was born in McCook on April 4, 1912, and died April 4, 2014, in her husband John T.'s hometown of Opelika, Alabama...

TRENTON -- A lot has happened energy-wise in the last 10 years, including the fact that the 3rd District of Nebraska now produces more ethanol than any other congressional district in the nation. U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith celebrated that achievement Saturday at the 10th anniversary open house at Trenton Agri Products LLC, congratulating the ethanol plant for its leading role in energy production. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man sentenced to 3-5 years in state prison in January 2012, for firing a weapon at emergency responders, was released today. The offender, then-58-year-old Raymond Miley, has served approximately 29 months in custody, nearly two-and-a-half years, counting the nine months he received credit for while awaiting trial...

With rainbows dancing in the early-morning sunshine, volunteers assemble the roof of new playground equipment in the Indianola, Nebraska, city park Saturday morning. To complement funds donated to Indianola by the estate of George and Vera Fidnarik, Indianola's Mrs XJCs, a group of community-minded Indianola woman, conducted fund-raisers, accepted donations and wrote grants to fund the new equipment...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Citizens need to be proactive in their emergency preparedness and should not rely too heavily on the city's outdoor warning sirens, which are designed only to alert those outdoors of potential danger. Fire Chief Marc Harpham issued a reminder to citizens earlier this week explaining the intent of the sirens and advising they may not be an effective warning device for individuals inside their home or even vehicles...

We can have the best agricultural conditions possible, and without one key component, they won't mean a thing. Land and water resources, strong commodity prices and markets, capital and credit, infrastructure -- they're all meaningless unless we have people with vision to take the lead and make things happen...

On March 1, 1867, 147 years ago, Nebraska became the 37th state in the Union. Becoming of a new state was the culmination of a number of initiatives, most very controversial, stemming back to the Missouri Compromise in 1820. That Compromise, allowing statehood to Missouri, decreed that slavery would be outlawed in all territories north of Parallel 30 degrees 30 minutes North, except the area within the proposed state of Missouri, which had been a slave holding area since the early days of the French explorers. ...

ENDERS, Nebraska -- An 18-year-old Benkelman man died in a one-vehicle roll-over accident Saturday afternoon south of Enders, Nebraska. Chase County Sheriff Kevin Mueller reports that Christopher Kirby died about 2:46 p.m. when he drove his northbound pickup off the right shoulder of Highway 61 at Mile Marker 25, over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle. It rolled several times, and Kirby was thrown from the pickup...

Norman Borlaug might not be a name many would put on a list of American icons, but a statue of this Iowa farmer now stands with sculptures of former presidents and other great American figures in the U.S. Capitol. Inscribed on it is the phrase, "The Man Who Saved a Billion Lives."...

Christopher Kirby BENKELMAN, Nebraska -- Christopher Kirby, 17, of Benkelman, died Friday (April 4, 2014), in an auto accident near the rural Chase-Dundy County line. Survivors include grandparents, Candy Kirby of Venango, Nebraska and John Newby of Boulder, Colorado; parents, Melonie Kirby of Benkelman and Gregg Langley of Greeley, Colorado; step-father, Freddy Torres of Benkelman and brother, Phoenix Torres of Benkelman...