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On the record
(Other Record ~ 08/27/15)
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...
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Valuation increases enable college to reduce tax levy
(Local News ~ 08/27/15)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Valuation increases have enabled Mid-Plains Community College to reduce its tax levy from 8.2 cents per $100 valuation to 7.8 cents while increasing its general fund budget by about a million dollars. MPCC's overall valuation for the 18-county service area went up 16.55 percent. ...
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Fischer: Keep pot illegal
(Local News ~ 08/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The legalization of marijuana is a contentious topic in Nebraska and one state legislators will likely resume discussions around in the coming session. One of Nebraska's two representatives in the U.S. Senate made her position clear on the topic earlier this week during a local visit... -
Keeping Orphan Train stories alive
(Local News ~ 08/27/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Charlotte Endorf of Hadar, Nebraska, holds a picture of a little boy adopted from an "Orphan Train," one of hundreds that ran from New York City to the Midwest between 1854 and 1929, carrying a quarter-million orphaned and abandoned children in need of homes... -
Hospital visit
(Local News ~ 08/27/15)
To promote the sport of rodeo, Miss Southwest Nebraska Rodeo Queen 2014 Chesney Friehe, left, and Miss Wilsonville Rodeo Junior Queen 2015 Chayse Friehe visit with Bonnie Stevens during the queens' visits recently to Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Cambridge Manor in Cambridge and to Community Hospital and Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. The girls autographed their photos for patients and residents. They are the daughters of Jennifer and Brad Friehe of Culbertson... -
On-air killing, death penalty and gun control
(Editorial ~ 08/27/15)
Wednesday's on-air murder of a reporter and camera man hit close to home for journalists of all stripes, television reporters specifically. It was an especially tough broadcast for the anchorwoman of the area ABC affiliate, NTV's Colleen Williams, who also had to report the death of Doyle Denny, her co-anchor's beloved father and a former McCook High School basketball coach, who went on to be a high school principal in Grand Island and was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and other organizations.. ...
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Be careful what you say
(Column ~ 08/27/15)
I just want to say sorry to my daughter's elementary school right now! Since it's early in the school year, I wanna go ahead and get my apology on the table before she actually says anything so everyone at the school knows I'm already aware it's coming and I'm working on it!...
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Donald J. Fredrickson
(Obituary ~ 08/27/15)
Donald Joe Fredrickson April 3, 1927 - Aug. 26, 2015 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Donald Joe Fredrickson, 88, died Wednesday (Aug. 26, 2015), at Good Samaritan Society-Decatur County in Oberlin He was born April 3, 1927, in St. Francis, Kansas, to Alvin and Vernie (Kellum) Fredrickson. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1945 and attended Kansas State University... -
Gymnastics Academy gets more than $50K for new gym
(Local News ~ 08/27/15)
OBERLIN, Kan. -- Robyn Rouse said it was a bit overwhelming when she opened a check for over $50,000. "My hands were shaking and I was crying," she admitted when she first saw the $50,950 check from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. That grant, along with another for $5,000 from the Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation, were awarded to the non-profit gymnastic club in Oberlin, the Northwest Kansas Gymnastics Academy in Oberlin (formerly Creative Movements Gymnastics of Oberlin/Atwood)...
