Stories from Tuesday, March 15, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High girls are looking more dangerous than ever with a delightful double nickel of 55 track and field athletes entering this season. “It’s about 10 more than the average (year) which is exciting,” coach Brent May declared about a team returning 11 Class B state medalists, 18 other letterwinners and a fantastic influx featuring 23 freshmen...

With inflation, a pandemic and the possibility of World War III on the horizon, daylight saving time seems like a trivial thing for lawmakers to concern themselves with. On the other hand, if you’re awake enough after the time change to think about it, consider that this might be the perfect time to do something about it...

I caught a news clip on my internet where the author noted that traffic of people filling their cars in Mexico has really increased the last week or so. Seems that gasoline is only about a dollar a gallon less than back home in the USA. Evidently, borders do matter...

Stephen Edward Martin March 14, 1943 - Feb. 28, 2022 McCOOK, Neb. — Stephen Edward Martin, age 78, of McCook, passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at his home in McCook. Stephen was born March 14, 1943, in Oberlin, Kan., to Joseph M. and Sylvia L (Gilliland) Martin. He grew up in Oberlin. He attended high school at St. Joseph’s Military Academy in Hays, Kan., where he graduated in 1961...

93rd birthday The family of Lester Snowden of Imperial is requesting a card shower in honor of his 93rd birthday on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. He is a veteran and was a staff sergeant in the Korean War. Cards of congratulations will reach him at Imperial Manor, 933 Grant Street, Room 208, Imperial, NE 69033...

McCOOK, Neb. — Due to a drop in enrollment in the pandemic year of 2020-21, McCook Public Schools will get slightly less in state aid for next year. McCook Public Schools business manager Jeff Gross told the Board of Education Monday night that state aid certified for the district in 2022-23 is $5.98 million, a $103,897 decrease due to enrollment loss. In September 2021, Gross told the board that 60 students were lost due to the pandemic...

McCOOK, Neb. — An active shooter drill is scheduled at McCook Public Schools in April. Superintendent Grant Norgaard told the McCook Board of Education Monday night at the regular meeting that the drill will take place at the industrial arts area at the McCook Junior High, with high school students acting as the injured for triage practice...

McCOOK, Neb. — A routine bill was much larger than usual when Red Willow County Commissioners approved it Monday. The consent agenda included accounts payable of $490,977.61, but about $213,000 of that was for a motor grader purchased in October and recently delivered. Another large portion of the week’s bills went toward the county’s self-insurance for health care...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas are in elevated to critical fire conditions this afternoon, with winds gusting to 30 mph and relative humidity as low as 13%, according to the National Weather Service office in Goodland, Kan. Firefighters from Cozad, Curtis, Cambridge, Elwood, Bartley and Lexington were among the crews responding to a grass fire near Eustis on Monday, and the Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department assisted Maywood firefighters with a grass fire Monday morning.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Construction of a commercial building at $179,000 led new construction in McCook, according to the City of McCook permit report for February. Total new construction activity for February came to $186,805. This included: -- Demolition of one home, $5,800...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Red Willow County Republican Party will hold its 2022 County Convention on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Bedore Barn/Marlene’s Kitchen (38404 Road 719, McCook). Coffee/fellowship begins at 6:30 pm followed by the business meeting at 7 pm...

Come on, who wouldn’t love to see the Saint Peter’s Peacocks knock off mighty Kentucky and send slick coach John Calipari into another rambling blither this week. Wait a second! Rambling blither is what we do here on Gazette sports pages. We can’t have that upset, sorry Peacock fans throughout the McCook area!...

BEATRICE – Offenses were in high-gear Monday as McCook Community College and Southeast Community College scored 46 runs in a doubleheader split. MCC won the first game 12-11 and SCC took the second game 13-10 in 10 innings. “We battled all day today, and just kept getting after them at the plate,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “We were tough offensively but so were they, really just two huge back and forth games.”...

Three McCook Community College women’s basketball players have been named to the all-Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference team. Sophomores Sonia Sato, Vanessa Jurewicz and Alyssa Van Vleet, were all named to the team by a vote of NCCAC Coaches...

McCOOK, Neb. — Results from the McCook YMCA Women’s Comp League matches on Thursday. Gabi Ann Boutique over Bison Dental- 25-20 and 25-21 New Kids on the Block over MNB Bank- 25-14 and 25-18 Shining Diamonds over Hits and Giggles- 25-27, 25-15 and 15-8...

OMAHA, Neb. — The final Omaha World-Herald boys state basketball rankings featured just two area teams Monday. Dundy County-Stratton finished No. 4 among Class D-1 teams, sensible since the Tigers (24-5 record) took fourth at last week’s state tournament...

The No. 8 seed Nebraska women’s basketball team shoots for an NCAA Tournament win when the Huskers battle the No. 9 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs on Friday in the NCAA Tournament First Round in Louisville, Ky. Tip time for Nebraska’s game with Gonzaga is set for 2:30 p.m. (CT) with live television coverage provided by ESPN News. All games in the 2022 NCAA Tournament will be televised by the ESPN family of networks...