Stories from Thursday, September 3, 2015

LEBANON, Neb. -- USDA Rural Development announces that the Village of Lebanon, Nebraska is the recipient of a Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households -- SEARCH -- grant of $15,000. "Rural Development funds will be used for the development of a Preliminary Engineering Report on the Village's water system," said USDA Rural Development Community Programs Specialist, Natalie Furrow...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Dixie Geihsler loved children. She spent hours planning parties and celebrations for her grandchildren, and she enjoyed those celebrations almost as much as the kids did. When they came to visit her at her rural home south of Indianola, all of her attention and energy was focused on making sure that they would have a memorable experience...

Travi Rambali helps Abby Sedlacek address the ball while daughter Tyler Rambali looks on at the tee-off of Sunday's fourth annual Hero's Tournament at Heritage Hills Golf Course. Darcy Rambali, Travi's husband and Tyler's father, organized the event, which attracted 16 teams in two flights, raising $800 for the Children's Miracle Network. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Two staunch supporters of the McCook Humane Society plan a three-day garage sale to benefit the humane society's animal shelter -- sort of a reincarnation of the popular garage sales that raised funds for the animal shelter in the past, but not quite the same...

Most stories of buried treasure go back more than 30 years, but this one netted $108,000 for someone who took it seriously. Hearing stories that Atari had buried thousands of slow-selling videogame cartridges in the New Mexico desert, Joe Lewandowski had a film crew follow him while he started digging...

You'd think after almost 16 years of parenting our girls together, that I would have picked up on the fact that Hubby is not quite as sentimental as me when it comes to the kids, nor does he have quite full memory bank that I have. So I'm not sure why it shocks me, when we are reminiscing about their lives, that he has absolutely no clue what we're talking about. It makes me wonder if he was even conscious during the early years of those three little human lives he helped create?...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Red Willow County commissioners have expressed concerns lately with people ignoring or not being aware of the need for permits to build on flood plains within the county and to move oversized loads on county roads. Gary Dicenta, the county's flood plain administrator, said that unpermitted construction or dirtwork in a flood plain can result in fines of $500 a day. ...

STILLWATER, Okla. -- A pair of McCook residents are facing felony drug charges in Oklahoma. Forty-three-year-old Jimmy Grossman Jr. and 40-year-old Jennifer M. Pronechen were arraigned Monday in Payne County, according to a news report from a Cushing, Oklahoma, radio station...

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 Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- Marie Alberts may have turned 100 years old Aug. 31, but she still knows the pleasure of a good book. As long as it's not a sappy love story. "I read a lot, but not garbage. No romance novels. I mainly like non-fiction," Alberts said...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Brian Wiemers dreamed of owning his own restaurant before he turned 40. That birthday's coming right up, and his dream has come true. True, he didn't envision wheels on his dream restaurant. But his lunch truck, "This or That," still provides him the opportunity to share his love of food -- "Trust a fat guy!" he laughs -- food that has loyal customers tracking him down every day and following him from location to location...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook banks, businesses and volunteers are pitching in, doing their part to help the community cope with a critical shortage of housing. "As a community, we're at a crossroads," said Randy Korgan, chairman of McCook Community Builders LLC, a local investment group dedicated to stimulating housing construction. "Now's the time for action. We need to find ways to help our community grow."...