Stories from Thursday, November 3, 2016

YMCA Executive Director Mike Gonzales offers Darcy Rambali incentive to write a check for McCook's Big Give this morning while the Rev. Gary Brethour suggests other means of persuastion. Donors have a chance to double their contributions during Power Hours at various giving stations with matching donations up to $1,000 per gift. ...

The McCook Bison might be feeling a little deja vu this week...

The 2016-2017 McCook Community College women's basketball team tips off its season at this weekend's Brown Mackie College in Salina, KS...

ELM CREEK, Neb. -- Elm Creek dried up another southwest Nebraska attack after halftime of Wednesday's 42-20 state football playoff win over the Medicine Valley Raiders...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Come Alive Kids Worship Project will be presented at the McCook Evangelical Free Church, one block south of Community Hospital in McCook at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. About 50 children ages 4 through sixth grade, from four different churches in McCook, Cambridge and Oberlin have practiced for 10 weeks each Sunday morning in preparation for the performance...

McCOOK, Neb. -- David Olson's reluctance to pass up a garage sale has snagged him a bit of American history. A flag with only 48 stars found by Olson, of North Platte, will be displayed in McCook the week of Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 7 through Thursday, Nov. 10, in the lobby of McCook National Bank. The following week, it will be displayed at the Keystone Business Center...

McCook Area Chamber of Commerce members, cordials and friends join McCook YMCA staff members and the house band for a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning, part of a long list of activities celebrating the organization's 90th anniversary. (Courtesy photo)...

Cynics see U.S. elections as a contest between politicians to see who can bribe the most voters with handouts and other goodies. They are not without a certain amount of justification in their beliefs -- although some Republicans might be shocked to learn that the promise of "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" originated with one of their own, Herbert Hoover, in 1928...

I have successfully carried a petition in Hitchcock County to recall Marlene Bedore, Hitchcock County Assessor. Marlene has almost from the beginning of her term, been on a watch list by the Nebraska Department of Revenue Property Tax Division. In August 2015, only seven months after taking her oath of office, the state tax assessor Ruth Sorensen, in a meeting with the Hitchcock County Commissioners "the county assessor has not been able to give us the methodology. ...

Dear Editor, My name is Terra (Dutcher) Riggs. I am currently employed in the Hitchcock County Assessor's Office. Like some of the taxpayers in Hitchcock County, I received the letter from Frank Stehno talking about why voters should vote yes to recall Marlene Bedore. I have copied his letter and responded to all of his reasons with the truth. I encourage everyone to come to the office and ask Marlene to tell you the truth about all of this...

TUESDAY (10/25) 2:59 a.m., East Hwy. 6 & 34 - Advised Red Willow Deputy of Car/Cattle Accident 4:47 a.m., Northeast McCook - Security Check 7:26 a.m., West 4th & K - Advised City Department of Service Call 8:01 a.m., 500 West B - Suspicious Activity...