Stories from Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Gene Moreland IMPERIAL, Neb. -- Gene Moreland, 90, died Monday (July 21, 2014), at Imperial Manor Nursing Home in Imperial. Survivors include his children, Kathy and husband, Butch Loring, Jodi and husband, Lex Thompson and Pat Schoenfelder, Mike and wife, Jane Moreland, all of Imperial and Kerry and husband, Britt German of Cozad, Nebraska; sister, Barbara McNair of Imperial; brother-in-law, Ed and wife, Dorothy Porter of Sioux City, Iowa; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren...

Ellis E. Fisher April 25, 1933 - July 21, 2014 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Ellis E. Fisher, 81, formerly of Oxford, Nebraska, died Monday (July 21, 2014), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He was born April 25, 1933, at Heltonville, Indiana, to Curtis and Benza (Glassco) Fisher...

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...

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department's 11th annual Walk to Health walking program was completed on June 28th. The program lasted for 12 weeks and included 350 residents of all ages in the SWNPHD eight-county service area...

Peggy Everitt, RN Staff Nurse RED WILLOW COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT McCOOK, Neb. -- Heat related illness and deaths are preventable, but each year many people suffer and experience the harmful and often tragic effects of extreme heat. Drink plenty of water during hot weather. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Rather than complain to county commissioners about wear-and-tear to his church's parking lot because of the construction of the county's new jail, one McCook man and his church Vestry are suggesting working together on a solution that would benefit both parties involved...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Red Willow County commissioners listened intently to tax payers' concerns about the tax valuation of their real estate, but for some, there was nothing commissioners could do to make any changes. Nebraska statutes require that agricultural land be valued at 69 to 75 percent of market value, and the market prices of ag land continue to climb...

Despite the sweltering heat Tuesday afternoon and the lack of shade, Jacque Murdoch of Orleans, Neb., smiles at passersby and strums her ukulele as she and friend Tom Hoxmeier sell sweet corn on B Street in McCook.

Red Willow County 4-H'ers Olivia Hughes and Cadde Beeby study the reaction of floriculture judge Roma Sensel and baking judge Dian Trail as they enter their 4-H projects in the Red Willow County fair in McCook Tuesday morning. 4-H competition continues through Sunday, starting today with market swine, breeding beef, rabbits and rockets. ...

It won't be long now, football fans. Yes, we've enjoyed baseball season, and the World Cup was a pleasant distraction, but we all know what the real sport is. In Nebraska, NU volleyball and, to a lesser extent, basketball, have made themselves felt, but Big Red means football...

The days are getting shorter, can you tell? Since the first day of summer we have lost 21 minutes of day length, sunrise is 16 minutes earlier, and sunset is 11 minutes earlier, and we have gained 42 minutes of twilight, or dark time (14 minutes in the evening and 28 minutes in the morning)...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Malcolm X is remembered by many for his fiery and divisive speeches while a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, an American sect of Islam. A broader look at his life and ideology, provided by the president of the Malcolm X Foundation during a presentation in McCook last week, revealed a familiar narrative featuring an ahead-of-his-time human rights leader, struggling to share his message with the world around him...

Joyce Ann Trumbo Feb. 23, 1939 - July 22, 2014 ALMENA, Kan. -- Joyce Ann Trumbo, 75, died Tuesday (July 22, 2014), at her home in Almena. She was born Feb. 23, 1939, to Arthur L. and Sylva (Wicker) Whitney in Norton, Kansas. She graduated from Almena Rural High School in 1957 and attended the Parks School of Business in Denver, Colorado...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Excitement is building for Friday night's Granger Smith concert at the Red Willow County Fair, according to fair manager Deb Lafferty. "Ticket sales have been very good," she said, admitting that the demand has exceeded her expectations. And the sales for Smith's concert, scheduled to begin at 9:30 p.m. inside the Kiplinger Arena, have been to a wide range of ages -- from 14-year-olds to folks in their mid-60s, Lafferty said...