Stories from Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Emily Arp’s best McCook-Hastings softball voyage featured a four-for-four hitting performance, home run and huge Bison state tournament upset of No. 1 Elkhorn South. Now three years later, she’s happy to don hometown colors again as part of McCook Community College’s softball team...

Beverly Elaine (Batt) Kolbet July 28, 1950 - Aug. 15, 2020 McCOOK, Neb. — Beverly Elaine (Batt) Kolbet, age 70, of McCook, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, at her home in McCook. Beverly was born on July 28, 1950 in Alliance, Neb., to John and Frieda (Bowers) Batt. ...

Delores K. Schlienz LINCOLN, Neb. — Delores K. Schlienz, 89, of Lincoln, died Thursday (Aug.13, 2020). Visitation was Sunday followed by a Rosary, both at the funeral home. Fuenral services were Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at North American Martyrs Catholic Church in Lincoln. Burial was Monday at St. Leonard Catholic Cemetery in Madison, Neb...

Temperature-taking and plexiglass dividers greeted returning students at the first day of classes today, as demonstrated by Kim Johnson, second grade teacher at McCook Elementary. Masks are required only under certain conditions, but the school is coordinating with public health department officials as to implementation of COVID-19 precautions. Visit mccookbison.org or https://bit.ly/2F53hw7 for the full guide to reopening McCook Public Schools...

McCOOK, Neb. — City sales tax forecast for the City of McCook is looking sunnier. Despite gloomy predictions earlier in the year due to the economic shut-down in March, money the city garners from the 1.5% city sales tax is projected better than expected. “It’s trending where we anticipated, maybe a little more,” City Manager Nate Schneider said Monday night at the McCook City Council meeting, during discussion of the 2020-21 budget...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The deadline to spend the McCook COVID Cash certificates is quickly approaching. More than $12,000 in certificates remain to be redeemed by Tuesday, Sept. 1. The McCook Stimulus Spending program - otherwise known as COVID Cash - was created by McCook Christian Church in April to provide a $20 bonus for every $100 in certificates purchased...

So former Vice President Joe Biden, in attempting to become the next USofA President, has made his choice for a running mate. The Democrat’s choice Senator Kamala Harris. I offer no comment as to her qualifications. Anyhow her name Kamala is preferably not pronounced as it appears to be spelled. For the past year or so she has been referred to as cam-a-la for Kamala by nearly everyone who spoke on TV. Evidently though the proper pronunciation is comma-la for Kamala...

Kids haven’t been in school since March, and when they returned this week, they were more concerned about masks and social distancing than the process of education. It’s up to us adults to do our best to normalize school as much as possible this fall, and that includes seeing them to and from school safely...

McCOOK, Neb. —Fall’s clearly in McCook air with senior Savannah Donovan swooping to catch another softball near the outfield fence. “We’re kind of used to that. Savannah has saved us many times,” two Bison teammates observed after Donovan’s great running catch in last year’s B-9 subdistrict final...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Look out, because speed will again bring nearly no limits when the Hastings Tigers and McCook Bison meet at Hastings College in just 10 nights. Both teams are among Class B’s Top 10 to watch in the Lincoln Journal-Star preview published recently...

McCOOK, Neb. — Who didn’t enjoy shouts of “run to the back of the end zone!” on a touchdown Saturday morning? The McCook Bison were busy trying to both deliver and stop scoring plays while fans observed Saturday’s first pre-season football scrimmage in 2020...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Twenty-one new positive COVID-19 tests have been reported in the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department district, the majority of them in Keith County and under 70. These cases bring the total to 112 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the district, with 73 cases having recovered and eight deaths. Most of the new cases are related to two outbreaks in Keith County...