Stories from Wednesday, November 29, 2017

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Cambridge's first season in unified bowling will go on for another week...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- The McCook Bison unified bowling team took fourth place at Monday’s District 8 Meet at Valley Bowl in Scottsbluff...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Bison made quite an impact on the all-GNAC athletic teams announced for fall sports this week. The Bison football team featured six all-GNAC selections with linemen earning half of those honors. Senior defensive end Kaleb Taylor, senior O-lineman Hunter Hays and junior defensive lineman Colin Giron made all-GNAC...

McCOOK, Neb. — Brain games don’t rattle these McCook Bison any more than all the pressure-packed playoff competition they conquered this fall. The GNAC All-Academic teams announced this week show Bison aren’t napping too often at classroom time. A lineup featuring 45 McCook student-athletes earned academic recognition...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Area Community Choir will present its annual Christmas Concert at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the McCook Methodist Church. The Central Starz (4-5 auditioned choir from Central Elementary) will open the program with some well-known Christmas songs...

McCOOK, Neb. — Musicians from Oberlin, McCook, Norton and Danbury are joining forces in the Oberlin Area Concert Band to present a winter concert in the Historic Fox Theatre in McCook at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3. Familiar Christmas carols will be presented in a variety of musical styles including the 50s, Dixieland, a march and traditional as well as a ballet suite and an audience sing-along...

McCOOK, Neb. — Memorial Auditorium could be moving towards a major renovation project which would either significantly improve its ability to serve as a convention center or transform the building into a youth learning and activity center unlike anything in the region. That is, if city leaders pursue one of two recommendations they received after contracting a local engineering firm to review the property...

McCOOK, Neb. — The majority of roofing repairs at Hillcrest Nursing Home are completed. The repairs consisted of replacing the membrane on a portion of the facility’s roof. Contractors will return to finish up a small area, according to Brad Cheek, Hillcrest administrator. There are no major leaks in this area, he clarified, as the remainder of the work is preventative maintenance...

McCook — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department supports the Healthy People 2020 goal for influenza vaccination, which states 70 percent of children and adults will receive an annual flu shot. Traditionally, less than 40 percent of adults and 50 percent of children are receiving this immunization...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Police Department took a report of a burglary that occurred between Nov. 26, 2017 and Nov. 28, 2017 at Taste of Texas Restaurant. Taken in this burglary was the business’ safe. Preliminary estimates put the dollar loss at around $1000. ...

For those of us over a certain age, say the word “fuel cell,” and we immediately think of the movie Apollo 13 and the phrase “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” In case you don’t recall, the explosion on the spacecraft was caused by a faulty oxygen tank feeding the fuel cell that provided power for American moon missions...