Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2022

LEXINGTON, Neb. — McCook Bison golfers traveled to Lakeside Golf Course on Tuesday to play the Lexington Invitational. The Bison competed against 12 other teams and came in first place by 12 strokes. Individually, the Bison medaled all five golfers in the top 15...

McCOOK, Neb. — Team scores, all champions and top five McCook or St. Patrick placers during Tuesday’s junior high track-field meet. Editor’s note: Seventh-grade results will appear in an upcoming Gazette edition. EIGHTH GRADE Boys Teams: 1. Cozad 114, 2. McCook 104, 3. Holdrege 93.5, 4. Gothenburg 89.5, 5. Broken Bow 57, 6. McCook St. Patrick 25...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Seniors Jenicca Spencer and Amalia Almanza were two of five McCook Bison to go 6-0 as the JV tennis team won Monday’s North Platte JV Invitational. Freshman Brooklyn Gillen teamed with Roslyn Wiemers for another 6-0 doubles performance...

McCOOK, Neb. — Complete results from the McCook YMCA Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament where Gearbox completed an undefeated season Monday evening. #4 seed Red Willow Animal Clinic over #5 and L Contracting- 25-19, 22-25 and 15-5 #3 Net Ninjas over #6 One Hit Wonder-18-25, 25-11 and 15-10...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — During the evening hours of Friday, April 8, investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted alcohol inspections in Keith County. This project was supported in whole or part by grant #93.959 under the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Region II Human Services, and the Nebraska DHHS Division of Behavioral Health...

HASTINGS – The McCook Community College golf team battled stiff winds Tuesday but improved a place in the team standings with a fourth place finish against non-Region IX schools. “It was a tough day on the course with some brutal winds,” said MCC Coach Tyler Loop...

A pair of McCook Community College volleyball players who spent their first year at MCC taking online classes from home in Brazil during the pandemic, are now moving on to four-year schools. Thaynara Isabela and Amanda Pizzol signed their letters of intent Monday at ceremonies at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Isabela will play at Park University an NAIA school in Parksville, Mo., and Pizzol will play beach volleyball at State College of Florida in Bradenton...

McCOOK, Neb. — A nine-year-old McCook girl is collecting prom and party dresses for a beauty pageant specifically designed for those with “different abilities,” as she puts it. Alexandria Murillo is accepting donated dresses for little girls and teenagers, for the “Miss Amazing” pageant in Omaha, Neb. Miss Amazing is a national self-esteem movement led for and by girls and women with disabilities and hosts pageants in 30 states, including one in Omaha planned later this year...

McCOOK, Neb. — A total of $1 million in new construction was completed in McCook in March. The total year-to-date of new construction, plumbing and mechanical is $2.07 million, according to the City of McCook’s monthly permit report. Leading new construction last month was $409,000 for one commercial building, followed by $350,000 for a residential structure, one/two-family, built outside city limits...

McCOOK, Neb. — Boutique Airline enplanements at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport dropped by 47.09 percent in March compared to last year and deplanements didn’t do much better, dropping by 41.04% compared to March 2021. Boutique Airline is the federally subsidized Essential Air Service airline at the McCook airport. ...