Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Charlotte Wagner Jan. 23, 1935 - June 17, 2019 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Charlotte Wagner was born Jan. 23, 1935, on the family farm north of Culbertson, Neb. She was the youngest of five children. Charlotte attended Dist. 6 rural school though the eighth grade, then attended Culbertson Pubic High School, graduating with the Class of 1952. She then attended Wesleyan College, graduating four years later...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — How many Americans can answers questions about their country's history, knowing that their success determines whether they can be citizens? How about this one: What is the supreme law of the land? Or this one: Before Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, he was a general. In what war did he serve?...

McCOOK, Neb., — Two major projects scheduled for the city this summer received the green light from the McCook City Council Monday night, with both running over budgeted estimates. The council approved awarding the bid for the paving project on Ravenswood Road Paving Project to BSB Construction of Curtis, Neb., in the amount of $268,727.25, that being the only bid received...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook City councillor and city staff member pulled two items from the consent agenda to be discussed before approval. Consent agenda items are usually approved by one motion, unless pulled for separate consideration. Councilman Jared Muhlenkamp pulled the request from the Prairie Roots Festival Committee for the use of Barnett Park for the the Prairie Roots Festival food, brew and music festival on Saturday, Aug. 24...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Tomorrow, McCook vehicles will stream west to Culbertson and south to Oberlin to celebrate the Fourth of July. Some will already have gone to Indianola tonight for the fireworks show and may travel to Arapahoe on Friday for even more fireworks...

The McCook Herrmann Jones Legion baseball team defeated Broken Bow Tuesday night in Lexington to capture third place in this year’s league tournament for age 14-and-under teams. Names were obtained through gamechanger.com when they played Pinnacle Bank Bison last week. Not listed as shown are DeAndre Berry, Keagan Reece, Lincoln Michaelis, Kollin Werkmeister, Cole Graham, Kaiden Porter, Layten Bortner, Brett Fraker, Mitch Cole and Wyatt Meyers...

The finest Minors League baseball players assembled at Felling Field to play their All-Star Game Tuesday evening. Just like their entire season, it was a highly competiive contest featuring the 5-4 final score. All-Stars from both teams then gathered for one group photo ...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — McCook’s Pinnacle Bank Legion team erased a 3-0 deficit and edged Lexington, 5-4, for the league title Tuesday night. The 14-and-under squad finished a 17-1 season with one of their best comebacks. They trailed 3-0 until Carter Larson and Lucas Gomez-Wilson singled to start a four-run fourth inning...

CULBERTSON, Neb. — The 17th annual Freedom Run Walk will ignite Fourth of July festivities once again at 8 a.m. on Thursday in Culbertson. Kids actually begin their 1/3 mile run at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 5K/10K event. More than 120 runners and walkers have participated these past two years. The Freedom Run Walk is again part of this year’s Republican River Fitness Series...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook's First Central Bank Juniors were leading Broken Bow, 6-1, in game two of a doubleheader Wednesday night when the umpires decided enough was enough. They called the game and both departed quickly following some disputed calls. One McCook run was erased on an appeal where the ump ruled a FCB runner missed third base...