Stories from Wednesday, May 13, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Midget Baseball Association leaders decided on Tuesday to cancel all T-Ball, Sluggers and Minor games this season at Felling Field because of current COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Board members agreed they could not meet Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts' guidelines "for returning to baseball given the current resources and facilities."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska Habitat for Humanity has selected a new partner family in hopes in starting a new build in August, and is offering help to current partner families who may need help with their mortgage, taxes or house insurance payments because of the COVID-19 pandemic...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Community Hospital is resuming elective surgical services on Monday, May 18, according to hospital officials. Patients with upcoming surgeries will be expected to self-isolate for two weeks prior to their scheduled procedures. They will also be asked to keep a log of their temperatures, any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 and will be given guidelines to follow for social distancing prior to surgery. On the day of their surgery, they will also be screened upon arrival...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Weather permitting, roadway paint striping will begin in Phelps County on May 26, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Vogel Traffic Services, of Orange City, Iowa, has the $791,197 contract. Work will include paint striping...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Mid-Plains Community College will resume its Registration Days as planned in June and July. The events, which give prospective students opportunities to sign up for classes, tour campuses and ask questions about becoming a MPCC student, were cancelled in April and May as a precaution against coronavirus...

Barbara Jean Decker March 27, 1954 - May 12, 2020 McCOOK, Neb. — Barbara Jean Decker of McCook passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Hillcrest Nursing Home.  She was 66 years old. Barbara was born on March 27, 1954, at McCook to parents, Loren Felix and Hazel Loraine (Doyle) Myers.  She attended McCook Public Schools...