Stories from Tuesday, September 10, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves are roaring loud enough for Lincoln to even notice this football season. Following Friday’s 53-0 rout of Silver Lake, Lincoln Journal-Star Top 10 raters put MH-C at No. 8 among all six-man football teams in the state...

We watched with bated breath as the latest hurricane, Dorian, marched up the East Coast. You see we have granddaughter living at Virginia Beach. She lives in military housing, Navy, within walking distance of the Atlantic Ocean not far from the entrance to the large Navy Port of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA. ...

Richard “Dick” W. Woolwine May 23, 1940 - Sept. 7, 2019 McCOOK, Neb. — Richard “Dick” W. Woolwine, age 79, of McCook, passed away at the Kearney Regional Hospital on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. He was born on May 23, 1940, to Hubert Harold and Edna Ruth (Cochran) Woolwine in Enid, Okla. Dick graduated from Enid High School. He continued his education at Kearney State College earning a degree in Criminal Justice...

Ruth G. (Hall) Brown Aug. 21, 1921 - Sept. 7, 2019 TRENTON, Neb. — Ruth G. (Hall) Brown, age 98, of Trenton, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at the Sarah Ann Hester Home in Benkelman, Neb. Ruth was born on Aug. 21, 1921, to Harley and Sadie (Jewell) Dunn at the Jewell family homestead in Frontier County. Ruth lived in Wyoming until she was three years old. She moved back to Nebraska and then later in life, lived in Colorado...

Elizabeth Ann (Swob) Snider Dec. 8, 1928 - Aug. 26, 2019 GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. — Elizabeth Ann (Swob) Snider, 90, passed away peacefully on Aug. 26, 2019, at Canyon Valley Memory Care Center, in Green Valley. She was born Dec. 8, 1928, in Hayes Center, Neb...

Dorothy Clara (Luhman) Schmid Nov. 20, 1925 - Nov. 15, 2018 CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Dorothy Clara (Luhman) Schmid, 92, died Nov. 15, 2018, at an assisted living home in Centennial. She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Cambridge, Neb., to William and Martha (Frank) Luhman and lived in the Holbrook, Neb., area until moving to Colorado in 2005...

SouthernValley swept Cozad 25-9, 25-8, 25-12 in volleyball action on Thursday. Coach Jessie Thalheim offered these comments: “All 3 Lady Eagle teams came out on top at Cozad!! It was a great night of growth for the JV and C team members. We got to see our JV and C team players perform at their best level yet and they did a great job showing improvement in several areas including being aggressive at the net and getting several kills, serving aggressively and accurately and they did a great job playing sound volleyball!! The varsity eagles did the same and had a great amount of poise holding Cozad in the first two sets to under 10. ...

CURTIS, Neb. — Junior Acelyn Klein’s nine kills highlighted the Medicine Valley Raiders’ 25-17, 25-16, 25-11 loss to visiting Hi-Line in Monday evening varsity volleyball action. Klein added 10 digs while senior Sabra Schmidt and sophomore Kaylyn Roblee ripped four kills apiece...

WAUNETA, Neb. — Only two points separated three of four sets but Dundy County-Stratton topped Wauneta-Palisade 27-25, 25-27, 25-23, 25-20 Friday evening. The Tigers improved to 4-2 for new coach Shleby Zotenko with their second win since falling to Hitchcock County last week...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Chase County captured five of the top nine places to run away with Friday’s Cambridge Invitational girls titles Friday afternoon. Madison Brown earned the individual title by 17 seconds over Trojan senior Cali Gunderson, who’s making a strong return after playing volleyball for Cambridge’s state-qualifying team last fall...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — A big early-season collision of area cross country teams featured host Cambridge and Southwest’s Jake O’Dea winning Cambridge Invite titles Friday afternoon. O’Dea finish a sweet 16 seconds faster than any other of 52 varsity runners who completed this 5K race at the Cross Creek Golf Course...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High’s varsity golfers took on the North Platte Invitational at Maloney on Friday and shot 487 as a team. Kaylie Puckett’s 108 led the Bison with Hannah Goltl firing 118 and freshman Chayse Friehe 119. Freshman Rylie Balderston totaled 142 to complete McCook’s total...

RIVER FALLS, Wisc. — A new season is officially underway for the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team. MPCC traveled to compete in the Falcon Frontier Days Rodeo Friday and Saturday. Caitlyn Comfort, of Elwood, and Weston Kunkee, of Lexington, set the pace by taking second in the team roping. They were followed by twins Wyatt and Chance Williams, of Ord, who ended up sixth in the same event...

McCOOK, Neb. — At their weekly meeting Monday morning, Red Willow county commissioners approved a total county operating budget of $18,604,853, a property tax request of $4,058,114 and a tax levy rate of $0.320068 per $100 of property valuation for 2019-2020...

McCOOK, Neb. — The property tax levy for the McCook Public School District has been revised slightly from original numbers. The four cent increase from last year’s tax levy originally quoted by McCook Schools business manager John Brazell was inaccurate due to new forms being used by the district, he said Monday night at the regular school board meeting...

Back in the days when our media options were limited, it was easier to get a message across. When we got all our news from a newspaper a two, a handful of television channels or a favorite radio station, it was impossible to avoid stories we didn’t like, but needed to hear...

WAUNETA, Neb. -- The primary goal of the 2019 Cattlemen’s Ball was to raise money to “Round Up a Cure” for cancer research. When the communities of the golden plains of Southwest Nebraska rally together, of course great things can happen, and they did. ...