Stories from Thursday, April 28, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — Due to the elevated fire risk conditions and low moisture levels within Red Willow County and the City of McCook, the Fire Department is issuing a ban against any open burning within the corporate city limits of McCook effective immediately. This ban will remain in effect until further notice and aligns with bans already issued by the Nebraska State Fire Marshal...

Team scores and all top three McCook or St. Patrick placers on Tuesday: Seventh Grade GIRLS Teams: 1. North Platte, 2. McCook, 3. Cozad, 4. Lexington, 5. St. Patrick. 100 meters: 1. E. De Kirk, NP, 13.75; 3. Joslin Miller, MC, 13.92 (PR). 110-hurdles: 1. ...

TJ’s Family Fun took the league lead while Ben Howard was rolling like his Denver Broncos expect with new QB Russell Wilson this fall. Howard finished 114 pins above his weekly average and the Broncos expect to add at least that many points in 2022 since trading for perennial Pro Bowler Wilson...

Nebraska continued its scoring momentum this week, routing Omaha 14-3 in seven innings on Wednesday night at Hawks Field. In its last three games, the Husker offense has produced a pair of double-digit run totals and a total of 41 runs. Nebraska (17-23) scored 14 runs on 10 hits, while the Mavericks (19-19) had three runs on six hits and two errors...

Donald H. Bradley Nov. 9, 1933 - April 26, 2022 McCOOK, Neb. — Donald H Bradley, age 88, of McCook, entered to rest on April 26, 2022. Don was born on Nov. 9, 1933, in Culbertson Neb., and was the middle son to Harold and Goldie (Matson) Bradley. Don married Glenda (Murray) Bradley on Aug. 6, 1961, in this union they had two daughters...

Dareld Neal Callan April 7, 1922 - April 16, 2022 ALLIANCE, Neb. — Dareld Neal Callan passed away on April 16, 2022 in Alliance, at the age of 100. He was born April 7, 1922, to Henry and Mildred Callan in Indianola, Neb. He graduated from Curtis High School and went on to attend the Nebraska School of Agriculture, graduating in 1941...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival planning committee will wrap up this year’s First Tuesday series with Job Vigil on the Biéroc stage on May 3. Classically trained in piano, violin and voice, Job has been performing for five decades and is a favorite of the Biéroc crowd. This year he will be joined by Lisa Bortner...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — With most of the perimeter of the fire under control, Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1 is in the process of turning the Road 702 fire over to the more local Nebraska Incident Management Team, but that team may be tested by winds expected to reach nearly 40 mph on Saturday...

Gazette columnist Dick Trail, right, had the chance a few years ago to be reunited with the same Air Force tanker he and his crew used while saving six Navy aircraft and their crews on May 31, 1967, winning the prestigious McKay Trophy in the process. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Jesse Dutcher, City of McCook Utility Director, was recognized at a reception Wednesday for his 18 years of service to McCook. Dutcher is retiring at the end of April. Coworkers all wore his trademark suspenders on his last day as a tribute. “McCook has been good to me; it’s a great, great community,” Dutcher said the banquet, “and anything I can do for (successor Pat Fawver), I want to be able to do that,” Dutcher told Rich Barnett of High Plains Radio. ...

Retirement is finally here. I recently entered this new phase of life where I moved from the highly-scheduled routine of a professional working day to the less-scheduled day of home projects, traveling and a variety of community efforts. This will require a transition period. And I am finding that I need to add some routine to my days or I can simply while my time away. Without adding some intentionality to my schedule, weeks and months could slip away with little to show for my time...

Nebraska Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments regarding an appeal of a ruling involving the state’s grandparents’ visitation law. The event, conducted in connection with Law Day, at McCook High School today, marks the first time the state’s highest court has held arguments in McCook...