Stories from Thursday, November 9, 2017

McCook High School sent this press release Thursday afternoon: McCook High School regrets to announce the retiring of our Head Volleyball Coach Mr. Dennis Troester. Dennis has been with us for the past four seasons. Prior to accepting the position in McCook, Dennis coached for more than 40 years at Republican Valley and Southwest High Schools and has won more than 700 games in volleyball...

Last Saturday, I spent over an hour and a half swimming around in the ocean. No, I was not lost. There was a purpose - it was the first of the three events in an Ironman triathlon. After 2.4 miles, I emerged from the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and then continued on for a 112-mile bike followed by a marathon...

Tony Dean Miller June 11, 1963 - Oct. 27, 2017 PHOENIX, Ariz. — Tony Dean Miller died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at the age of 54. Tony was born on June 11, 1963, in McCook, Neb. He was one of eight children born to E. Royal Miller and Jackie (Haag) Miller...

Madison Michaelis (right) of Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Mo., signs her national letter of intent on Wednesday to play Volleyball at NCAA D-2 Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. Madison is the daughter of McCook High School alum Jay Michaelis (’83) and granddaughter of McCook natives Wanda and the late Wayne Michaelis. ...

The McCook Community College volleyball team is holding open tryouts Dec. 3 from 1-3 p.m. at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Last year, four current MCC players received scholarship offers during the tryout camp and MCC Coach Hayley Kobza said that is her intention again this year...

Latest bowling league results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major Maris Gen Const. 190.5-167.5 Wagner’s Ford 190.5-169.5 J&L Construction 183.5-173.5 TJ’s Family Fun 177-183 Diamond Vogel 175-185 Five Loners 170.5-187.5...

McCOOK, Neb. — Who doesn’t love Forrest Gump? How about Forrest Gump with a British accent? Dr. Rob Pope DVM of Liverpool, England, is recreating the epic runs of movie character Forrest Gump and has run across America 3 1/2 times since September 2016, logging 11,663 miles — “give or take a mile or two,” he said, grinning on B Street in McCook just after noon Tuesday...

The Transportation Security Administration didn’t do well when undercover “passengers” tried to sneak disallowed items through airport screenings. The specific results are classified, but the Department of Homeland Security found that screeners, their equipment or procedures failed more than half the time, according to an ABC report...

EDISON, Neb. — The Board of Directors of Ag Valley Cooperative is pleased to announce that Kent Taylor has been selected to serve as the cooperative's Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2018. Taylor will succeed Ron Hunter. Taylor has been the President and CEO at Farmers & Ranchers Cooperative in Ainsworth, Nebraska for the past 8 years...

CHADRON, Neb. — Officers from the Chardon Police Department (CPD) and the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a man who was wanted on multiple felony warrants after escaping from the Nebraska Department of Corrections Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook, NE on December 21, 2016...

McCOOK, Neb. -- In a lot of ways, the 2017 McCook boy’s tennis season was successful...