Stories from Friday, February 6, 2015

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Dave Domina and Brian Jorde, agricultural lawyers representing farmers and ranchers across Nebraska, will host a series of free informational meetings providing updates on issues critical to agricultural producers and our state's economy. Domina will discuss important water issues and what all corn sellers need to know about lawsuits related to Syngenta's MIR 162 and who is affected...

Irene Mae Kehlbeck March 16, 1917 - Feb. 5, 2015 COLBY, Kan. -- Irene Mae Kehlbeck, 97, died Thursday (Feb. 5, 2015), at Prairie Senior Living Complex in Colby. She was born March 16, 1917, in Carlton, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin "Curley" Kehlbeck in 1977; and son, Don Kehlbeck in 1992...

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...

Sue Doak Southwest Nebraska Genealogy Society My cousin sent me a link to ancestralfindings.com a week ago and on a lark I filled out their free (one per day) Scott/Irish Settlers in American, 1500s-1800s lookup for George Davison. I am not sure what I was expecting to receive back but today I had a reply e-mail with 143 references to the surname Davison and one for a George Davison...

90th birthday The family of Keith Arterburn of McCook are hosting an open house and card shower in honor of his 90th birthday Feb. 5. The open house is Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, 2-4 p.m. at the McCook Christian Church at 507 West B Street. Keith grew up on a ranch near Lamar and graduated from high school in Imperial. ...

Darin Micheal Meyers Derek and Natalie Meyers of Indianola, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Darin Micheal Meyers, who was born Jan. 8, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook. He weighed 8 pounds, 3.3 ounces and measured 21 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Mike and Linda Nuss and...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- Mission officials are crediting a McCook, Nebraska, man with playing a critical role in the successful conclusion of a record-setting gas balloon flight. Low on ballast and descending in the dark after a six-day, 16-hour flight across the Pacific, Two Eagles balloon pilots Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev were brought to a safe landing with the help of John Kugler of McCook, an experienced hot-air and gas balloonist...

As the old saying goes, Brian Williams, NBC's Nightly News anchor, has stepped in crap and fallen back in it. He has many times over the past several years told and re-told the story about being on a helicopter that was forced down by enemy fire in 2003. This week he finally came clean, saying that he 'misremembered' the event and chalked it up to 'the fog of memory over 12 years."...

While Nebraska legislators are debating a bill to make voting more difficult, they are also considering one to make it easier. The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs committee voted 7-1 on Wednesday to advance Sen. Tyson Larson of O'Neill's bill that would require voters to show a driver's license, state ID card or other government-issued photo identification...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook dog kennel ranked by animal rights groups as among the worst in the country has once again prevailed over local efforts to shut the business down. The City of McCook filed a petition in Red Willow County District Court last April attempting to prohibit Daniel and Lizann Miller from utilizing their south McCook property as a dog kennel. The petition stemmed from the Miller's expansion of the business and intensified complaints from neighbors...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook, Nebraska, Community College Indians Boosters 15th annual "Dick Driml Chili Cook-off" will be Saturday in the Peter & Dolores Graff Events Center on the MCC campus. The MCC Indians will be playing Lamar, Colorado, Community College with the women's game at 2:00 p.m. ...