Stories from Tuesday, December 22, 2020

HOLDREGE, Neb. — A Saturday night in Holdrege became one for McCook Bison to savor and build on following an impressive performance. Not only did they bury 12 three-pointers, the Bison smothered Holdrege throughout their 67-43 road victory. “We played a pretty well rounded game. ...

Donna F. Wier Nov. 27, 1926 - Dec. 20, 2020 CAMBRIDEG, Neb. — Donna F. Wier, age 94, passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on Dec. 20, 2020.  She was born in Furnas County near Cambridge on Nov. 27, 1926, to Orva B. and Josephine (Hietmann) Trosper.  Donna was united in marriage to George Wier in Norton, Kan., on July 6, 1946.  George preceded her in death on May 9, 1988...

Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson Oct. 1, 1926 - Dec. 19, 2020 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Mavis Lorraine (Railsback) Ohlson, age 94, passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at Arapahoe Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Mavis was born on Oct. 1, 1926, on a farm in Norton County, Kan., one-half mile from the Nebraska line, to John “Lloyd” and Leona C. ...

Matthew James Finnesy OBERLIN, Kan. — Matthew James Finnesy, 90, died Sunday (Dec. 20, 2020), at Sheridan County Long Term Care in Hoxie, Kan. He was born to Joe and Fern Finnesy on Sept. 24, 1930. He graduated from Natoma High School in 1948, and lived in Selden, Kan. He married Aldea Fay Finnesy. He was a tool pusher for Murfin Drilling Company and a farmer...

McCOOK, Neb. — While the newest COVID-19 vaccine is on its way, local leaders are being asked to help remind us that wearing masks and other precautions are still necessary. “Each of you reaches a different segment of people, so I’ll be asking each of you to show it’s important,” said Ronda Graff Monday night at the McCook City Council meeting. Graff is organizing a local campaign of McCook people in leadership positions to commit to promotional activities for social media, radio and newspaper...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council unanimously approved dividing one lot in Clary Village into two similar-sized lots. The two new lots, located at West Ninth and Q, will each have a new manufactured home from Wardcraft, consisting of three-bedrooms, two baths and an attached garage. Individuals that qualify for these homes will need to be 120% of the county median income, or a family of four with an income up to $85,000...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19, Cambridge Unit 199 of the American Legion Auxiliary joined over 2,100 groups across the nation and overseas in honoring our departed veterans through Wreaths Across America. This mission was started by volunteers in 1992, decorating a small section of Arlington National Cemetery. It has grown over the years to include thousands of U.S. cemeteries and memorials and over 2,000,000 volunteers...

Seven years ago, when my family moved to McCook the advice we got was, “Find a place to live and then in the next 5-10 years you can find the home you want.” We were already committed to McCook and knew rural housing was difficult, so it was something we were willing to accept...

Our son Don reminisced the other day that it sure was an odd Christmas that time when Santa was supposed to come twice in the same year and dad was there for both of them. It has only been some 53 years ago but evidently, some events get burned into a five-year-old’s mind...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Freshman Jackson Kerchal shot an awesome 10 for 11 and totaled 22 points in Dundy County-Stratton’s 67-60 victory over Perkins County Friday night. The Tigers (5-1 record) withstood a 32-point barrage from Perkins junior Hunter Garner, who fired up 30 shots...

CURTIS, Neb. — South Loup proved tough to contain throughout a 56-35 girls basketball win over Medicine Valley Friday night. Both teams brought 4-1 records into the conest. South Loup took a 12-8 lead through one quarter which reached 27-16 by halftime...

BARTLEY, Neb. —A pair of determined teams trying to double their season win totals battled until the finish Friday evening. Arapahoe (1-5 record) took a 17-14 lead into halftime, but nobody could match Southwest sophomore Caylin Barnett’s 19 points and 15 rebounds...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Arapahoe’s 39-24 rebounding edge led to 21 more shots in a 42-26 win over Southwest Friday evening. The Warriors evened their record at 3-3 as seniors Austin Roush and Nolan Meyers both showed their inside muscle against younger Roughriders...

Great wrestlers were everywhere during the Valentine Invitational and coach Nick Muscheid offered these remarks about his McCook High team: “It was a good day of fierce competition. North Platte is ranked No. 2 in Class A, Winner is No.1 in South Dakota and David City is No. 2 in Class C...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — McCook shook off an 8-1 start and put a lid on Holdrege’s basket during the Bison girls’ 34-26 victory Saturday evening. Junior Peyton Doucet drilled a three from each side of the basket to ignite McCook’s comeback. The Bison (3-4 record) took charge even though leading scorer Shawna Wilkinson and junior Sierra Kotschwar both battled first-half trouble...

PAXTON, Neb. — A thrilling 52-51 win over Paxton on Monday means both Maywood Hayes-Center basketball teams will play for tournament titles tonight. Coach Kolby Hamilton’s boys improved to 6-2 as handed perennial area power Paxton only its second loss in seven games this season...

Dear Editor, We are seeking your help. The Lincoln County Museum has in its possession nearly 80,000 envelopes of personal pictures/negatives from the Brown-Harano Photography donation to the Museum from almost all the communities in west-central Nebraska...