Stories from Tuesday, June 10, 2014

65th birthday The family of Elza Doak of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 65th birthday. He was born June 9, 1949, in Benkelman, Nebraska. His family includes wife, Lea Ann; daughters, Amelia of Kearney, Nebraska, and Marcie and grandsons, Collin and Aiden, of McCook. Cards of congratulations will reach him at 1112 West 3rd Street, McCook, NE...

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...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Seventeen high school students, including four from Cambridge, Nebraska, have graduated from the Central Nebraska Career Academy Program (CNCAP). The CNCAP is a partnership between Central Community College, ESU 7 in Columbus, ESU 9 in Hastings, ESU 10 in Kearney and ESU 11 in Holdrege. ...

HASTINGS, Neb. -- Hastings College has announced the dean's list for its spring 2014 semester. To be eligible for the dean's list, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.0, on a 4.0 scale, and be registered for full-time course work...

WAYNE, Neb. -- More than 900 students at Wayne State College were named to the Dean's List for exemplary academic achievement during the past semester. Students listed on the dean's list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for the semester. An denotes a 4.0 GPA for the term...

PERU, Neb. -- Peru State College today released the names of students who earned a place on the dean's list for the spring 2014 semester. Catlin Rice of Wilsonville, Nebraska, senior, is on the dean's list. To make the dean's list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester, have completed at least 12 college credit hours during the past semester and have no incomplete grades for the semester...

With all the hype on TV of our Commander in Chief's trade of five really bad guys for an army deserter it may be time to share a good news story. In my 25 years of duty in the Air Force I never personally knew of a person to desert, or even go AWOL, of their own volition. ...

What's a fair wage? That depends on whom you ask, of course; minimum wage workers never think they earn enough, and employers always worry about staying in business while dealing with red tape and mandates like the Affordable Care Act, not to mention competition...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Board of Education refused to approve a resignation from a teacher they signed a contract with in March to teach at the junior high this coming school year. By a unanimous vote -- with one board member, Shane Messersmith, absent -- the board approved the motion Monday night at the regular meeting not to release Tori Peters of Omaha, Nebraska, from a contract she signed in March to teach eighth grade science for the 2014-15 school year...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Public Library coordinated an open house Monday evening touting the completion of an expansion and renovation project in the works for several years. The project included installation of an elevator and stairwell, new restrooms and renovations to the basement, a new sprinkler and alarm system, as well as upgrades to lighting, carpeting and several other areas of the library...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A few seats still remain for Friday's Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival Wild West Bus Ride to Camp Duke Alexis. This tour bus leaves McCook Community College at 9 a.m. Friday to visit one of Nebraska's most storied historical sites. In 1872, the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia was the guest of honor for a Royal Buffalo Hunt on the untamed frontier of what is today Hayes County...

The owner of this gorgeous rebuilt pickup, pulled through McCook, Nebraska, last April -- as well as all owners of classic, collectible, antique, and just favorite cars, trucks and motorcycles -- are invited to the inaugural gathering of the new "Southwest Cruisers" car club. ...

DANBURY, Neb. -- Guardrail will be replaced and four bridges patched in a highway improvement project that got underway on Highway 89 from Danbury to Lebanon. Traffic will be maintained but bridges will be restricted to loads of no more than 10 feet wide...