Stories from Monday, June 9, 2014

Elva S. Stone April 28, 1920 - June 6, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Elva S. Stone, age 94, died at the Cambridge Manor on Friday, June 6, 2014. She was born in Arapahoe, Nebraska, on April 28, 1920, to Charles and Bertha (Dyer) Rosecrans. Elva attended and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1938...

Harlan Marlin BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Harlan Marlin, 72, died Friday (June 6, 2014), at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. Survivors include his wife, Sandy Marlin of Benkelman; children, Teresa and husband, Rod Damrow, Trina and husband, Brian Stute and Toby and wife, Miranda Marlin, all of Benkelman; brother, Royce and wife, Susan Marlin of Sherwood, Oregon; brother-in-law, Denny and wife, Yvonne Drury of Bend, Oregon, and six grandchildren...

50th anniversary The family of Leroy and Alene Loghry invite you to attend an open house in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 14 from 2-5 p.m. at the Edison Community Building in Edison, Nebraska. No gifts please, let your presence be your gift...

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...

Was it the best of both worlds, or a pleasant compromise? We'll probably find somebody complaining about the rains, but they'll be vastly outnumbered by those of us who are grateful for long-overdue precipitation. Friday's horse race at the John Mullen Pro-Am had to be called for lightning on the 17th hole, but finished up Saturday morning...

This week, on the 6th of June, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D Day, the invasion of occupied France, on the beaches of Normandy by the Allies in World War II. This invasion, which Hitler had boasted could never happen, signaled the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Called the "quiet disease," those in support of research for multiple sclerosis took to Norris Park Saturday in the annual MS Walk, hoping to raise funds and awareness for MS. Shannon Bryant of Omaha, Nebraska, was 32 and working as a nurse when she was diagnosed with MS. Within a few months, she was on crutches and then a wheelchair, said her mother-on-law, Lory Power of McCook, one of the walkers in Norris Park...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook and State of Nebraska fire investigators blame a short in a light fixture for the fire that burned a detached garage at 1104 E. Fourth in McCook Sunday afternoon. McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham reports that the electrical short created an arc that ignited materials in the garage rafters/attic. The burning materials fell onto a vehicle inside the garage as well as onto a second vehicle parked outside the garage...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The month of June has gotten off to a great start, at least when it comes to local rainfall. After May ended roughly at the month's average, 3.10 inches of precipitation, June has already hit 3.90 inches as of 11 a.m. Monday. The early June rainfall puts the region on pace to potentially match the annual average precipitation for the first time in several years. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Skeletal remains found on Medicine Creek a half-mile north of Cambridge on June 1 have been identified by dental records as 41-year-old Tivis Ferrell. Furnas County Sheriff Kurt Kapperman reported Sunday that autopsy results have confirmed the identity of the man, an apparent victim of suicide...

Ronald R. Clark April 14, 1944 - June 8, 2014 BENKELMAN, Neb -- Ronald R. Clark, age 70, of Benkelman, died at the Dundy County Hospital in Benkeman on June 8, 2014. He was born in Benkelman on April 14, 1944, to Paul and Lorene (Stamm) Clark. Ron attended and graduated from Benkelman High School. Ron received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in accounting...

Ruth Marie Kentfield Dec. 23, 1928 - June 8, 2014 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- Ruth Marie Kentfield, 85, died Sunday (June 8, 2014), at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on Dec. 23, 1928, on the Hanni farm southwest of Hendley, Nebraska, to Ernest and Anna M. (Schmidt) Hanni...

Arvene Eldon Frick Aug. 3, 1932 - June 6, 2014 TRENTON, Neb. -- Arvene Eldon Frick, age 81, died at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton on June 6, 2014. He was born near Atwood, Kansas, on Aug. 3, 1932, to Roy Charles and Viola Faye (Owens) Frick. He graduated from Trenton High School in 1950 and married his high school sweetheart, Jacquelyn Ann Taylor on Feb. 26, 1953, in Omaha, Nebraska. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1953 till 1955 in the European Theatre...