Stories from Friday, August 7, 2015

Connie Burns HASTINGS, Neb. -- Connie Burns, 70, former resident of Benkelman, Nebraska, died Wednesday (Aug. 5, 2015), at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. Survivors include children, Jenine Spurrier and husband, Elmer, of Harvard, Nebraska, Yvonne Burns and companion, Adrian Godel of Great Bend, Kansas, David Horton and wife, Dawn, of Hoisting, Kansas and Robert Horton of Great Bend, Kansas; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild...

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...

Kinsley Jo Mowry Tanner and Danielle Mowry of McCook announce the birth of their daughter, Kinsley Jo Mowry, born May 28, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook. She weighed 8 pounds, 1.3 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long. She has two sisters, Hailey, 7, and Jayden, 4, and a brother, Gavin, 2. Grandparents are Mary Derauf of McCook, the late Wesley Derauf, Dan Mowry of Cambridge, Nebraska, and Carla Mowry of Bartley, Nebraska...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C. -- A woman formerly of Stratton, Nebraska, celebrated her 101st birthday doing what she loves: watching baseball. Zilah Powell, with her daughter, Yvonne Powell, attended a Charleston RiverDog baseball game July 27 in honor of her 101st birthday...

The Culbertson, Nebraska, Red Hatters Clubs tour the home and gardens of Diane and Bob Harrison, in the 600 block of East Eleventh in McCook, Wednesday morning. The Harrisons bought the home of Bob's grandparents, W.R. "Smitty" and Emma Koetter, in 2004 and have transformed it from a heavily-wooded and overgrown property to a home rescued from neglect and gardens that are welcoming and free-flowing. ...

Firefighters of the Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department accept the donation of a grain bin from Darrell Meister of Honolulu, Hawaii. Meister will run a small herd of bison on 160 acres of land he has purchased near the Highway 83 entrance to Hugh Butler Lake north of McCook, Nebraska. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College has become the first community college in the state to offer an Associate of Fine Arts degree. The college received a letter Tuesday announcing approval by the Higher Learning Commission, the final step in the process...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A 10-year study of employment in Red Willow County and the surrounding areas indicates the majority of non-farm related jobs added were in the education and health services sector. Stan Clouse with the Nebraska Public Power District recapped the data to the McCook City Council Monday evening. ...

While talking to my son last night, he asked me if I was going to watch the Republican Presidential debate. I told him not only was I going to watch the headline debate, I was going to watch the undercard debate as well. This struck him as strange, as it did a couple of other Democrats I told the same thing earlier in the day. ...

Selma C. Carskadon-Hauxwell Oct. 1, 1915 - Aug. 5, 2015 ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Selma C. Carskadon-Hauxwell, 99, died Wednesday (Aug. 5, 2015), at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. She was born on Oct. 1, 1915, on a farm near Orleans, Nebraska to August F. and Gezena M. (Von Hallen) Broeker...

Esch, Christen Lanay Esch of McCook, Nebraska and Waylon Christen of Anselmo, Nebraska, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the bride to be are Mike and Barb Esch of McCook. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Tom and Janie Christen of Anselmo...