Stories from Thursday, April 21, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. —They stared brutal in the “face” and didn’t blink... Okay, maybe golfers from McCook High and all 12 teams blinked a few times during Tuesday’s Ron Coleman Invitational. Winds constantly gusted from 35 to 55 miles per hour as the Bison battled across Heritage Hills Golf Course for several hours...

McCOOK, Neb. —To annex or not to annex? The McCook City Council hasn’t made a decision either way but discussed it again Monday night, continuing the conversation that began with city staff a few months ago. Areas evaluated Monday night were those considered “reasonable,” City Manager Nate Schneider said, areas not requiring a lot of additional work such as water and sewer infrastructure...

McCOOK, Neb. — A group of McCook citizens has already raised $50,000 to create a pickleball court at Russell Park. The McCook City Council unanimously approved the request from Brian Michaelis, representing a local group of pickleball enthusiasts, to renovate the existing concrete pad at Russell Park, next to the east water tower. The city would maintain the courts after construction, according to the request...

McCOOK, Neb. — State Sen. Carol Blood, Democrat candidate in the primary race for governor of Nebraska, will be at Loop Brewing Company, 404 West A, on Sunday, April 24, at 1 p.m.

ALMA, Neb. — Southern Valley’s golfers finished fourth among 10 teams and four others who did not record totals at the Alma Invitational on Tuesday. The Eagles shot 378 which finished behind only Fort Kearny Conference teams Overton (348), Loomis (359) and Elm Creek (375)...

Cambridge freshman Rachel Harris and junior Kori Koeppen (left) lead the charge around Arapahoe’s track during 200-meter race action in this annual Jim Mather Track and Field meet. Plenty of results will appear in Friday’s Gazette and will also appear soon on mccookgazette.com...

McCOOK, Neb. — A basketball player who walked on to MCC last January, has received as scholarship to continue his career at an NCAA Division II school in California. DaMiene Boles Jr., a 6-2 guard from Dayton, Ohio signed a letter of intent Monday to continue his college basketball career at California State University in San Bernardino...

BEATRICE, Neb. The McCook Community College softball team got its 12th straight win Wednesday, winning twice over Southeast Community College 13-7 and 20-12. “I’m very proud of them,” said MCC Coach Kevin Kaalberg. “The ten games before today have been an emotional, high intensity level of softball.”...

TRENTON, Neb. —Hitchcock County senior Travis Neben won three races and a relay to lead the champions at Wednesday’s annual home invitational. Team scores, all champions and top four placers on Wednesday. Teams: 1. Hitchcock County 117, 2. Southwest 74,3. McCook JV 73, 4. Medicine Valley 49, 5. Wauneta-Palisade 39...

TRENTON, Neb. — McCook’s JV girls won a great 106-103 title race over Southwest at the Hitchcock County Invitational on Wednesday. The Bison delivered some key wins like freshman Leni Henderson’s pole vault championship where she cleared a carer-best 8’6”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — No way can any feeble wind stop the hurricane of McCook Bison wins that arrive every time these tennis girls step on courts. It was true again Tuesday where the Bison adjusts to gusts while peppering winners past both North Platte and Hershey...

McCOOK, Neb. — Following an executive session, the Mid Plains Community College board of governors approved a 3.85% increase in administrative salaries and 3.85% hourly increase for classified staff, the latter half divided equally and half by percentage...

McCOOK, Neb. — An ember from a fire or other flame source can blow into an area and smolder for days, reigniting hours or days later. This means embers landing on mulch around a home, leaves along a building, in the gutter of a home, or on a dry brush near a road, can re-kindle and cause a fire...

WILSONVILLE, Neb.— Due to the current weather conditions in the area, Wilsonville Hendley Rural Fire Department is issuing a BURNING BAN in the Furnas County Rural Fire District until further notice. This includes any burning (but is not limited to): yard waste/garbage, grass/lawns, garden waste, outdoor fire pits, bonfires, campfires, bales or farm waste and burning barrels. Apologies for the inconvenience...

We completed the second session of the 107th legislature this past Wednesday, the 60th day which is the final day we could meet. The last day provided an opportunity to finish the business of the Legislature, with some procedural things that we need to finalize. For example, in order to close the books on this session and start the next biennium session with a clean slate, all the bills from the first and second sessions of this 107th legislature were indefinitely postponed (killed)...