Stories from Thursday, February 25, 2016

Bettie Lee (Clasby) Fidler April 14, 1930 - Feb. 24, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Bettie Lee (Clasby) Fidler of McCook passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at Hillcrest Nursing Home surrounded by her family. She was 85 years old. Bettie was born on April 14, 1930, at Mankato, Kansas, to parents, Otis LaVerne and Norma Sadie (Behlke) Clasby. ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its fall 2015 dean's list for students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and the allied health professions of radiation science technology and clinical laboratory sciences...

Walter Jennings Hosick Jr. Dec. 27, 1926 - Feb. 23, 2016 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Walter Jennings Hosick Jr, 89, of North Platte, formerly of Central City and McCook, died at the Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home in Central City with Reverend Janet Burgel officiating. Burial will be at the Central City Cemetery immediately following the funeral service...

McCOOK, Neb. -- An unidentified driver of a semi-tractor ignored attempts by law enforcement officers to pull him over and drove through several city streets with police vehicles in tow Wednesday evening. The offender eventually drove to the Municipal Center, exited his vehicle, and was arrested while attempting to enter the city building...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors approved tuition and room and board increases earlier this week for the upcoming year. The board approved a $3 per credit hour increase in 2016-17 resident tuition, bringing the total from $81 to $84 for the academic year. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- On his way to class in 2008 Lucas Kotschwar -- an undeclared student -- used to walk by the artwork hanging in the gallery. On Monday, the Wrightstone Gallery on the McCook Community College campus will showcase selected works from that same student -- now, artist Lucas Kotschwar...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Boutique Air has been approved to provide air service at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport beginning this summer. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the selection Wednesday, which aligns with a recommendation forwarded from the McCook City Council in December. Boutique will provide 12 nonstop round trip flights per week to Denver International Airport using 8- or 9-seat Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, according to the announcement...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Jack Clark remembers when $20 was considered expensive for prescription medicine. "There was no insurance for prescriptions and everything was paid for out-of-pocket," Clark said. "So that was considered very high priced." He would know: he's been a pharmacist for 50 years and has seen a lot of changes through the decades...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. -- Two men in Hayes County in Nebraska and three men and one woman in Rawlins County in Kansas face a variety of felony charges, including drug violations, following arrests in early February. These six arrests come just before 63 other drug arrests in Nebraska and Colorado on Feb. 23...

McCOOK, Neb. -- AARP Foundation "Tax-Aide" will be available for help with 2015 tax returns at McCook Christian Church, 507 West B in McCook, through the remainder of the tax season. The assistance is free of charge to low- and moderate-income tax payers, and especially those over 60 years old...

CODE, WING, FBI and some other cooperative law enforcement agencies with acronyms for names were involved in a year-long investigation that led to the indictment of 63 people throughout South Central and Southwest Nebraska and Northeast Colorado. Kansas wasn't included in the U.S. Attorney's news release Wednesday, but we've noticed a lot of methamphetamine arrests around Northwest Kansas in recent weeks as well, and it's doubtful drug dealers worry about state lines...

So I made a resolution back in January that we would slow down on the going out to eat all the time. First, with three active and growing kiddos, were lucky if our restaurant bill is under $40 a pop, so multiply that by 2 or 3 times a week and by the end of the month, the budget is screaming at me wondering where all the cash went...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nik Johanson of Palisade, Miles Morgan of McCook and Terry Julesgard of Butte have been accepted as members of the Class VI of the Water Leaders Academy. Sessions feature classroom and field trip experiences presented experts in leadership and natural resource topics held at locations across the state...

Jacqueline Leith Gydesen Sept. 23, 1938 -Feb. 24, 2016 ELWOOD, Neb. -- Jacqueline Leith Gydesen, 77, of Elwood, died Wednesday (Feb. 24, 2016), at the CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. She was born on Sept. 23, 1938, at Elwood to Keith L. and Eleanor L. ...