Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2022

ATWOOD, Kan. — Hitchcock County’s boys featured many multiple event champions during a dominant team title at the Rawlins County Invitational on Friday. Keegan Shuler, Drew Scott, Colten Hagan and Braydn Hutto powered the falcons to more than 200 points along with a victory by 85 over nearest contender Oakley, Kan...

And the wind blew. Terrible fire down by Arapahoe, thirty miles long. Sadly a life was lost. Prayers for a rapid recovery for those who lost their property, fences and top cover for crops. Yes, we live on the Great Plains thus it has been so for millions of years. The best place on earth and it is the people that make it so...

Roger Dean Lauhead Aug. 21, 1946 - April 6, 2022 WAUNETA, Neb. — Roger Dean Lauhead, age 75, of Wauneta, died the week of April 6, 2022, at his home. He was born Aug. 21, 1946, at Gosper County, Neb., to Beryl Elizabeth (Ford) Lauhead. Roger attended Elwood Public School and was very active in athletics. ...

YMCA Adult Volleyball Women’s Rec League Wagner Auto Group over Golden Girls on the Block- 25-19, 20-25 and 15-12 Golden Girls on the Block over Hit and Miss-25-18 and 25-23 Wagner Auto Group over That’s What She Set – 25-19, 16-25 and 15-11 Hit and Miss over Lady Bombers- 25-16 and 25-10...

McCook Community College’s baseball game at Colby Tuesday has been postponed. The team did add a doubleheader Wednesday at Salina against the Kansas Wesleyan JV team. Those games start at 11 a.m. MCC is 20-20 on the season and 14-11 in Region IX play (the Empire League)...

HASTINGS – After a weekend without golf, McCook Community College was back on the links Monday competing out of region for the first time this spring and finished the first day of a two-day tournament in fourth place, 12 shots behind the leaders. “It was nice to be back on a course playing today,” said MCC Coach Tyler Loop. “Lochland County Club is a good course and requires high execution of golf shots.”...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — McCook Bison JV/reserve golfers traveled to Enders Golf Course on Monday to compete in the Chase County Invitational. McCook's JV finished in second with a 390, six strokes behind first place Perkins County. The Bison placed 3 individuals in the top 10...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — McCook High’s girls are now 4-0 in winning track-field invitationals this spring following their latest Broken Bow team title on Friday. “It was a great day, the girls stepped up to meet the challenge of a couple being gone at state FFA and injuries,” coach Brent May proclaimed...

Chase County’s Ella Colson (above) starts the final leg of a 400-meter relay championship Saturday at the Don Stine Invitational in Cambridge. The Longhorns had a few steaps ahead of rival relays like Southwest, Maywood-Hayes Center, Cambridge and Wauneta-Palisade...

McCOOK, Neb. — Auditions for the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of Johnny Appleseed will be Monday, April 25 at the McCook Junior High Cafeteria from 4 to 6 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive shortly before 4 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook tennis fans were delighted to see no Bison tap danced around a challenge Monday less than 48 hours after the 2022 Prom gala/party. “It was a good day on the courts. Proud of the team and how they finished,” coach Matt Wiemers proclaimed following a 9-0 home dual sweep of Gothenburg. “Coming off a week of no competition and not able to practice for a couple days, I was pleased with the girls’ effort.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook School Board Monday night approved a five-year contract with OPAA! Food Management as the food service management company for McCook Public Schools, the only company that completed a Request for Proposal. McCook Schools Business Manager Jeff Gross told the Gazette this morning that other companies responded to the process but due to the pandemic and uncertainty of food supplies/costs, did not complete a Request for Proposal...

McCOOK, Neb. – Red Willow County Commissioners authorized the sale of some unused equipment, lamented the increasing cost of armor coating, approved additional courtroom personnel, and received additional information about a previously-approved generator at Monday’s meeting...

EDISON, Neb. — A temporary reprieve from high winds has given fire crews somewhat of a break, but rainfall is sorely needed to bring under complete control a grassfire that destroyed eight homes and more than 50 outbuildings while burning as much as 35,000 acres...

Dear Editor, I was very pleased to read in The McCook Gazette the article: “Nebraska Supreme Court Plans Session at McCook High School” (April 8 issue). This will be a wonderful experience on Thursday, April 28, to educate students by showcasing a real-live case in conjunction with the observance of “Law Day” which is May 1st annually...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol has cited a Kansas man for motor vehicle homicide after a two-vehicle crash claimed the life of an Alliance woman Sunday. The crash occurred at approximately 2:10 p.m. MDT Sunday, near Alliance on Highway 2. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The active shooter drill on April 7 that involved all of the buildings in the McCook School District took about a years’ worth of planning. “We learned what we did well and where we did not do so well,” McCook Public Schools Superintendent Grant Norgaard told the McCook Board of Education Monday at the regular meeting...