Stories from Monday, December 8, 2014

LaVern Dale Schneider Sept. 5, 1924 - Dec. 5, 2014 NORTH PLATTE. Neb. -- LaVern Dale Schneider, 90, of North Platte, formerly of McCook, went to eternal peace Dec. 5, 2014. He was born to Henry and Helen (Braun) Schneider Sept. 5, 1924, at Culbertson, Nebraska. ...

Brett Campbell Dec. 15, 1957 - Dec. 5, 2014 GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Brett Campbell, 56, of Grand Island, went to his Heavenly home Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at CHI Health St. Francis. Celebration of life services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Reverends Jack Gillam and Adam Snoberger will officiate...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook airport officials continue to look enviously at boarded passenger numbers from previous years but the negative trend could be finally showing signs of reversing. Through October of 2014 McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport suffered an 80 percent decrease in commercial passengers, boarding 313 passengers compared to 1651 the year prior...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Encouraged by last year's heartwarming response to their one-of-a-kind specialty dress shop, McCook, Nebraska, Community Chest board members plan their second annual "Prom Shop," offering gently-worn fancy dresses for upcoming color day dances and spring proms...

Landon Curl, the two-year-old son of Kali and Jake Curl of McCook, Nebraska, giggles at the furry feel of "Hot Lips," one of Santa's reindeer who visited the Red Willow County fairgrounds in McCook Saturday afternoon. The reindeer's visit was sponsored by the McCook Chamber of Commerce, McCook National Bank and Hometown Family Radio...

Four-year-old Jaqi, the daughter of Angie Burns and John Clapper of McCook, Nebraska, hugs Santa Claus after whispering in his ear what she wants for Christmas during his visit Saturday at the airport in McCook. Santa's annual fly-in was sponsored by the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Grand Island woman who orchestrated the assault of her former boyfriend by luring the man to an isolated diversion dam with false promises of a visit with his daughter was sentenced to jail time Monday in Red Willow County District Court...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Palisade man who stole a tractor-trailer from Karrer Park and called 911 after he got the vehicle stuck in a ditch received prison time last week in Red Willow County District Court. The thief, 39-year-old Dwayne Edwin Hines, was sentenced to 4-6 years in state prison after admitting guilt to a Class 3 felony offense for theft by unlawful taking...

We just experienced the seasonal celebration when we're supposed to give thanks for all our blessings, and we're now knee-deep in preparing for what is supposed to be a day for giving -- although most of us tend get a little more excited what we might receive rather than what we're giving...

To anyone who was around in 1941 the name of Pearl Harbor brings forth indelible images in the mind, the same as does the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1962. People remember just where they were when they first heard the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, to jump start World War II. ...

I would like to say thank you to the communities of Cambridge and McCook, from myself and the rest of my hunting party. This is the second year now that we have traveled from our homes in (way) Northern California to hunt whitetail deer in your beautiful state...

Leo M. Weis March 27, 1927 - Dec. 7, 2014 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Leo M. Weis, 87, died Sunday (Dec. 7, 2014), at Decatur Health Systems. He was born March 27, 1927, to Michael and Theresa (Ritter) Weis of rural Hoxie, Kansas. He was raised in the Leoville, Kansas, area. He lived in Jennings and Lenora, Kansas, then moved to a farm south of Dresden...

Shirley A. Seeman Nov. 14, 1928 - Dec. 7, 2014 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Shirley A. Seeman, 86, died Sunday (Dec. 7, 2014), at Dectur County Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. She was born Nov. 14, 1928, in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, to Claude and Edna (Reeves) Myers. She was raised in Hitchcock County and McCook, Nebraska. She lived in Red Willow County between Danbury and Marion, moved to Danbury and then to Oberlin in 1963...

Michael Lee Erickson Jr. Dec. 4, 1994 - Dec. 7, 2014 CULBERTSON, Neb. -- Michael Lee Erickson Jr. of Lincoln, formerly of Culbertson, passed away Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at his home. He was 20 years old. Mikey was born on Dec. 4, 1994, at Laramie, Wyoming, to parents, Michael Lee and Alissa Marie (Brennan) Erickson Sr. ...

A northbound extended cab pickup and the track of a piece of large construction equipment loaded on a trailer pulled by a southbound tractor/trailer rig collided on U.S. Highway 83 about 13 miles north of McCook early Monday afternoon. The occupant of the pickup was transported to Community Hospital of McCook. More information will be available when Frontier County Sheriff Dan Rupe and his officers complete their investigation of the accident...