Stories from Friday, August 28, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. —Embrace what’s on your face! That how’s the Lexington Minutemaids view their 2020 volleyball season as they wore protective masks for every point Thursday night at McCook High. “The girls have really embraced wearing them We don’t care how hot we get, we don’t care what we look like..we just want to play,” coach Ashley Axmann declared about a battle against something we’ve all heard more than enough about...

The push to make education of our young people (compulsory public education) started with the Smith-Towner bill in 1920. My mother was 8 years old by then. Imagine that! Red Willow county began to be settled in 1871, 39 years prior, and yet one year after Red Willow County was officially organized in 1873, nine school districts had been formed...

STAMFORD, Neb. — Southern Valley-Alma needed just three innings to finish 12-0 win over Chase County and later mashed Minden 13-1 Tuesday afternoon. The Saints continued a strong start to their season (5-1 record) entering today’s triangular at Gothenburg...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook as the 2020-21 season is now rolling along: Men’s Major Diamond Vogel 28-2 Stockman’s Feed 21-9 Five Loners 20.5-9.5 Quality Irrigation 19-11 J&L Construction 16.5-13.5...

TRENTON, Neb. — Fresh off their 20-win season last fall, the Wauneta-Palisade Broncos were swinging with power again throughout a three-set opening ‘W’ over Hitchcock County Thursday evening. Senior Haylee Sandman’s 16 kills led the attack in a 25-19, 27-25, 25-10 road triumph over the RPAC foes...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Southwest senior Jacob O’Dea and Chase County’s Jordan Jablonski were champions of the Dundy County-Stratton Cross Country Invitational on Thursday. O’Dea (12:16) earned a 47-second win over top contender Isaac Goshert of Arapahoe (13:03)...

HASTINGS, Neb. — Senior Savannah Donovan’s home run highlighted otherwise tough McCook Bison contests with Omaha Skutt and Omaha Gross Thursday afternoon. The Class B top-ranked Skutt Skyhawks blanked McCook, 12-0, in their first meeting since last fall’s district championship series...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following today’s season-opening duals in Kearney, the McCook High tennis boys host their own invitational starting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Coach Matt Wiemers provided some Bison insight on what fans should expect: “This year’s field of teams will be a competitive group...

MAXWELL, Neb. — Seniors kept the Raiders rolling and freshmen helped finish Medicine Valley’s four-set opening road volleyball win over Maxwell Thursday night. The Raiders took those first two sets 25-20, 25-21 and shook off a 25-18 setback to win one final 25-23 thriller...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Practices for the annual McCook Community Choir concert normally begin in September, but have been put on hold until October because of the pandemic, and all McCook Concert Association concerts have been suspended for the rest of the year...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Admitting the 79-year-old defendant might not be a flight risk or danger to the community, County Attorney Paul Wood never the less requested that no bond be set for Lavetta C. Langdon because of the seriousness of the charges against her...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Tyler McCarty’s livestock operation should be the envy of feeders throughout cattle country. His “herd” achieves a “conversion rate” -- the amount of feed consumed compared to the weight of food produced -- that is many times higher than that achieved in feedlots throughout the cornbelt...

HAIGLER— The Haigler Community Foundation has been named a recipient of a 2020 AARP Community Challenge grant, one of three grantees selected in Nebraska. The $5,000 grant will help fund a restroom in the Haigler Cornerstone Museum that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. ...

Occasionally, the Sunday-morning talking heads wax eloquent about our divisive times and compare ours to the period leading up to the civil war. I always find that to be a bit of a stretch, but comparisons with 1968 are hard to avoid. We have civil unrest in our cities where, alongside a handful of peaceful protesters, lawless mobs burn, vandalize and loot. ...

McGREW, Neb. — Multiple resources have deployed to the Hubbard Gap Fire in the Wildcat Hills south of McGrew, Nebraska. The fire, in several canyons, is estimated at about 4,000 acres and had threatened farmstead, ranches and other agriculture properties...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook City officials have been frustrated about the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department's policy to not release information on local residents who have COVID-19 to local first responders who may be called to their homes. The original SWNPHD release from Jne 22, 2020, can be read here...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A North Platte man has been arrested following a pursuit in North Platte Fridat. The effort included the Nebraska State Patrol, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, and North Platte Police Department. At approximately 12:50 p.m., a trooper observed a Toyota SUV fail to stop at a stop light at the intersection of Highway 83 and Walker Rd, south of Interstate 80. ...