Stories from Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Judy K. Malleck April 25, 1945 - April 25, 2014 CENTRAL CITY, Neb. -- Judy K. Malleck, 69, of Central City, died Friday, April 25, 2014, at Litzenberg Long Term Care in Central City. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Wagner Funeral Home in Central City. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 29, 2014, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Indianola Cemetery in Indianola, Nebraska...

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...

LINCOLN, Neb -- The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) recently awarded over 100 Board of Trustee Scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Nebraska. A Board of Trustee (BOT) Scholarship provides full tuition for recipients and is worth nearly $17,000 over four years...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- University of Nebraska at Kearney students earned awards for independent research and creative projects at Student Research Day. Taking first place in the undergraduate oral presentation division, was Breanna Carman of Imperial, with co-presenters Stacey Johnson of Inland and Brandi Hill of Bennet, on "The Effects of Law and Order on Perceptions of Police Interrogations."...

Voices of all ages came together at the Weeth Theater at the McCook Community College campus April 28 concert. MCC Choir members recently rehearsed with the Central Starz of Central Elementary School and the two singing groups teamed up for some selected songs on the program that included a variety of vocal and instrumental performances...

SEWARD, Neb. -- Bells will ring and the music will swing in three spring concerts at Concordia University, Nebraska, that will include four area students. First, the University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble gave a joint concert on Monday, April 28, at St. ...

It's a time of anticipation and trepidation, but fortunately, this year's college graduates facing the "real world" can feel a little more confident than those in years past that there's a job out there, somewhere, waiting for them. CareerBuilder found from a survey of 2,138 hiring managers and human resources professionals in various kinds and sizes of industries that 57 percent said they planned to hire new college graduates this year, up from 53 percent last year and 44 percent four years ago.. ...

Licenses in the parking lot reflected counties from all over Nebraska plus Kansas, Colorado, Texas and South Dakota. I noted a few: 14, 36, 61, 75, 65, 87, 81, 64, 93 ROP N TY, 83, 48, 80, 4, 15, 60, 67, and even our own 48. It was the Southwest Nebraska High School Rodeo located on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds, first off for the spring season...

McCOOK, Neb. -- In 2006, Red Willow County commissioners themselves declared their county "livestock friendly," rather than joining a state Department of Agriculture initiative that recognizes counties that actively support the livestock industry. Now, eight years later, commissioners may reconsider that decision...

McCOOK, Neb. -- If Red Willow County wants to tackle a mountain of paperwork and pay $14,000 for studies, it can remove two dams from county responsibility and from the dam inventory of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources. DNR indicates that the county must maintain and make repairs to the dams -- the county road is the dam -- or go through the paperwork process and construction modifications to have them removed from the DNR inventory, and thus from county responsibility...

McCOOK, Neb.-- A McCook man and his sister will plant two trees on property his family donated to the city years ago. Mike and Jan Gilbert of McCook and his sister, Suzan Gilbert (Larry) Weber of Franktown, Colorado, will donate and plant two flowering crab apple trees at the McCook City Library on Wednesday, April 30...

McCOOK, Neb.-- Children are invited to hear "Advice from a Tree" and help with a special tree planting, on Wednesday at the back yard of the Sen. George Norris Home at 706 Norris Ave. The event is to commemorate Arbor Day, which is celebrated Friday, April 25...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The computer consultant for the Red Willow County Sheriff's Department wants a fiber circuit -- not wireless -- for the Internet service in the county's new jail. Rob Henry of McCook, information technology and computer support person for the sheriff's office, told county commissioners Monday morning he recommends a primary service provider backed up by a secondary provider...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Christian radio station KNGN-AM will once again present its annual Share-A-Thon programming event starting Thursday, May 1. The station has presented Share-A-Thon for nearly 20 years, said station manager Adam Spanier, and it is the local religious broadcaster's major yearly fundraiser...

Greta Grosch, left, and Janet Paone are among the Church Basement Ladies who will return to McCook Thursday for two performances at the historic Fox Theatre. The show, called "A Mighty Fortress Is Our Basement," will be presented as a matinee at 2 p.m. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Additional details retrieved from Red Willow County Court documents, pertaining to last month's domestic assault sentencing of 38-year-old Christian R. Schaffert, indicate local law enforcement officers successfully intervened in the offender's attempts to stalk and harass his victim, while the case was still being processed in Red Willow County District Court...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity plans an open board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Heritage Senior Center, 1312 West 5th Street in McCook. Anyone that has past involvement with Habitat or is interested in seeing this local affiliate stay active is urged to attend. The meeting's one main purpose is to decide the future of Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity Affiliate...

.Dennis Robert Frease Nov. 1, 1943 - April 29, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Dennis Robert Frease, age 70, of McCook, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. Dennis was born Nov. 1, 1943, in McCook to parents James Charles and Charlotte Viola (Bales) Frease. He was one of seven children...