Stories from Friday, October 25, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Bison held a 14-13 lead into Friday's fourth quarter, but Scottsbluff scored on one 38-yard pass play then survived late rallies for their 21-14 win at Weiland Field. Junior fullback Alec Langan ran to both Bison touchdowns after Scottsbluff (9-0) took a 13-0 first-quarter lead...

60th anniversary The children of Eldon and Sharon Parde of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. They were married in McCook in 1959. Their children are Greg and Linda Parde, Kim and Alisa Parde and Dora and Perry Strombeck. They have 7 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 1112 E. Fifth, McCook, NE 69001...

Susan Doak Southwest Nebraska Genealogy Society There are many things we might say this wonderful country doesn’t always get right, but after visiting Washington D.C. again after several years, I will say with some sadness that we get our memorials right. Since I had last visited D.C., which was prior to 911, several more had been built, but I want to mention the two which actually took my breath away...

Ramona Mae Fisher March 8, 1931 - Oct. 21, 2019 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Ramona Mae Fisher, 88, of North Platte, passed away Oct. 21, 2019, at Centennial Park Retirement Village. She was born March 8, 1931, on the family farm in the Tyrone Township in Red Willow County, Neb., to Henry and Mary (Amen) Ruf, Sr., the second youngest of 11 children. She grew up in Wilsonville, Neb., on the family farm. She graduated from Lebanon High School with the Class of “48.”...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A steering committee is making plans for an MHS all-class reunion, Heritage Days weekend, September 25-27, 2020. Since this is McCook’s Heritage Days weekend, there will be several activities for everyone. A glimpse at the tentative schedule of events:...

McCOOK, Neb. — The definition of a booster is a “keen promoter of a person, organization or cause” or a “source of help or encouragement.” So in a sense, Big Give McCook is a booster of 29 non-profit organizations including two local booster clubs. The McCook Bison Booster Club and the McCook Legion Baseball Boosters are both boosters for their specific areas of interest and are both involved in the 2019 Big Give McCook on Thursday, Nov. 7...

Janet Hepp of McCook told Nebraska Department of Transportation commissioners at a NDOT meeting in McCook this morning that she would like to see the McCook-to-North Platte "Super Two" highway extend also from McCook south to the Kansas line. The bid process on the first phase of the Super Two — 10 miles in Frontier County — starts in November. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Todd Hlavaty, MD, of North Platte was inducted as the 2019 president of the Nebraska Medical Association on Friday, September 6, 2019 at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln. The mission of the NMA is advocating for the health of all Nebraskans...

Red Willow County Chief Deputy Joe Koetter tries on one of the five new body armor vests purchased by the sheriff's department with funds from the sheriff's 2019-2020 budget. Each vest is custom-measured for each officer and includes soft body armor and two polyethylene ballistic panels/plates (front and back), which are designed to stop a shot from a rifle. ...

I’m sure many of you have already heard this story but if you have, it’s almost a requirement that you hear it again and if you haven’t, you need to hear it and not forget it. Last week, in a youth football league where the maximum age to play is seven, there is a rule that no team can score more than 30 points. ...

Nebraska’s overcrowded prison system has helped make McCook’s Work Ethic Camp more like just one more prison than the innovative rehabilitation center which it was originally envisioned as. The prison system as a whole bears watching, however, as the WEC is one of McCook’s most important employers...