Stories from Wednesday, July 10, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Football League’s pre-season is hitting full speed with seven more practices set before games kick off on Friday, July 19. Players break out full pads Thursday night as practices are taking place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at McCook High’s practice fields...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The longtime coach of the Nebraska softball team has been placed on administrative leave while school officials address concerns raised by or about players. The athletic department declined to detail what led to the action against Rhonda Revelle, saying it was a personnel matter. It said in a statement Tuesday that administrators "take seriously any concerns raised regarding our student athletes."...

Will Rogers is famously misquoted as saying you should put your money in real estate, because they aren’t making any more of it, and there is wisdom in that thought. There is something they are still making -- all of us are, in fact -- that is even more precious and in higher demand...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — The competition was as fierce as it had been all season, as drivers challenged for the biggest pay day thus far this season during the Patriotic Night of racing at the Dawson County Raceway Sunday evening. Doing their best to shine on the oval as well as have a little luck of the draw during a draw/redraw night of racing were David Murray Jr from Oberlin, Kan.; Tyler Andreasen, Kyle Pfeifer, Zach Olmstead and Terry Tritt, as they earned the trip to the Coca-Cola Victory Lane after their respective feature races.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Steve Rasmusen took over as President of McCook Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors on July 1, and will be leading the chamber through a challenging transition period. The first order of business will be to hire new personnel to staff the chamber...

MINDEN, Neb. — The McCook National Bank Seniors are busy again tonight at Minden following an eight-game extravaganza at last weekend’s Hays (Kan.) Wild West Fest. MNB (20-13 record) returns to district competition with first pitch set for 7 p.m. The Seniors then host Norton, Kan., for a 6 p.m. contest on Thursday at McCook’s Jaycees Complex...

McCOOK, Neb. – Tourism director Carol Schlegel's mission is to inform the world that Red Willow County and McCook, Nebraska, exist, where they are and why they're worth visiting. Sometimes, she admitted to those attending the monthly "Coffee with a Cop" gab session Tuesday morning, it's a difficult task. "McCook is a small town in a relatively unknown state," she says...

FELLING FIELD — McCook’s Major League All-Stars put on a final fantastic performance as the National League edged their American League foes, 21-20, on Tuesday. Both teams featured plenty of heroes to cap the McCook Midget Baseball Association’s 2019 season...

Lorri Sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. -- A few things will have to change at McCook Public Schools to implement the new Nebraska law for teaching American civics in school. But, the changes won’t be drastic, as much of what is required in the new law is already being done in the district, said Superintendent Grant Norgaard at the regular McCook Board of Education meeting Monday...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As I celebrate the fifth anniversary of my 42nd birthday today, I am high-jacking this “Nicest Places in America” series and am taking this opportunity to do a little name dropping. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about and will continue until July 21 to tell what makes McCook so nice. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College Boosters Club has announced its 2018-19 “Athletes of The Year” in a press release sent just before noon today. Top athletes were selected from all six athletic programs from their respective coaches. The chosen six: Baseball — Mark Starks; Men’s Basketball — Amadou Dieye; Golf — Cameron Lampe; Women’s Basketball — Makenna Bodette; Softball — Chanel Siebenthal; Volleyball — Brooklyn Evans...