Stories from Friday, May 4, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — Stress turned into absolute torment for anyone trying to catch McCook’s final runner of the GNAC championship meet Thursday night. “It’s kind of stressful. You don’t want to let the team down,” sophomore Cameryn Berry declared about the 4 x 400-relay’s final leg. “But I like it.”...

So surreal it almost didn’t seem real. McCook junior Mackenzie Smith enjoyed plenty of pre-meet Chinese food with her “throwing pals” Thursday afternoon... But no fortune cookie would have predicted this. When Smith unleashed her GNAC discus throw, she was admittedly “trying to hit `120 feet” which was her all-time previous best...

Krutsinger, Sueper Breanna Ashley Krutsinger and Ross Lawrence Sueper of Lindsay, Neb., announce their engagement and upcoming wedding, Parents of the bride-to-be are Kriss and Lisa Krutsinger of Imperial, Neb. Grandparents are Dennis and LaRue Krutsinger of Imperial, John Owens of Benkelman, Neb., and the late Aliska Owens...

ALMA, Neb. -- Thursday's Dale Harsin Twilight Track Invite came down to the final two events...

90th birthday The family of Katie O’Neil is hosting a card shower for her 90th birthday. She was born in McCook, Neb., and currently resides with her daughter, Rosemary Dack, in East Helena, Mont. Her children include Peggy (Dick) Rogers of McCook, Patty O’Neil of Denver, Colo.,Rosemary (George) Dack of East Helena, Mont., Timothy of Charleston, S.C., Anne (Alan) Carlson of Johnstown, Colo., Dennis O’Neil of McCook and the late Daniel, Thomas (Marilynn), and Maureen O’Neil. ...

50th anniversary The family of Jerry and Cheri Beckenhauer of Papillion, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 25, 2018. They were married in Indianola, Neb., in 1968. Jerry and Cheri owned Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook for almost 30 years, from 1985-2014. ...

OXFORD, Neb. -- Southern Valley had no trouble winning Thursday's Dennis Knipping Invitational...

McCOOK, Neb. — Team scores, all champions and top eight McCook Bison placers in the GNAC championship meet on Thursday. Girls Teams: 1. Kearney 235.5, 2. Lexington 66, 3. Scottsbluff 57, 4. McCook 47, 5. Norfolk 40.5, 6. Hastings 32, 7. Columbus 30, 8. North Platte 19...

McCOOK, Neb. — Team scores, all champions and top eight McCook Bison placers in the GNAC championship meet on Thursday. Boys Teams: 1. Kearney 155, 2. McCook 107, 3. Lexington 57, 4. Scottsbluff 49, 5. Columbus 46, 6. North Platte 44, 7. Hastings 38, 8. Norfolk 31...

McCOOK, Neb. — A total of 13 building permits were issued in the City of McCook in April, for little over half a million dollars worth of construction. The largest in April were three commercial projects, with combined construction costs of $489,100. Other projects included two residential remodels at $17,000; one sign, $7,200; five other, (roofing/decks), $20,000 and two fences, $2,300. The total amount of construction costs in April within city limits came to $535,800...

McCOOK, Neb. —Plans to demolish a burned-out, abandoned alley house on West Fourth will move forward, contingent on McCook City Council approval Monday night at the council’s regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. at city council chambers at the Municipal Building...

TRENTON, Neb. — Hitchcock County Judge David Urbom continued the $250,000 bond for the Stratton man charged with having too many dogs, damaging the property of another Stratton resident and possessing an explosive device described in court Thursday afternoon as “a firecracker” or “an M-80 on steroids.”...

McCook, Neb. — Community Hospital was recently named as one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in America as determined by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The Top 20 CAHs are the highest ranked hospitals, chosen from a larger set of Top 100 CAHs, of which Community Hospital was chosen earlier in the year. ...

This won’t be a piece about the pro-choice, anti-choice, pro-abortion, anti-abortion issue, although perhaps it should be. Instead, it’s about different types of mammals, and humankind’s relationship with them. Like many issues, it seems straightforward enough...

I attended the retirement party this past Wednesday for another longtime professor at McCook Community College and it provided me the opportunity to pause and reflect on what MCC used to be and what it is now. Three years ago, Jim Garretson, Jim Hall and I all retired and left the college with almost 100 years of teaching experience and now Lynn Salyer has retired with almost 40 years of experience. ...