Stories from Friday, October 7, 2022

MINDEN, Neb. — McCook High’s girls wo na rematch of top five-rated Class C teams and took home another Southwest Conference cross country title Thursday. Bison senior Sammy Rodewald placed third while outrunning fastest Minden Whippet Jesse Hurt by 41 seconds across the Whippets’ home course...

Scores for Gazette-area football teams on Friday with the big game being unbeaten Hitchcock County and once-undefeated Dundy County-Stratton colliding at Benkelman. Hitchcock County (7-0) 44, Dundy County-Stratton (6-1) 6 Southwest (4-2) 45, Brady 42...

ALLIANCE, Neb. — McCook was halfway to 56-0 before the first quarter was finished Friday evening. The Bison (7-0 record) scored touchdowns on all four first-period series, led 42-0 by halftime and stayed intense through an entire "running clock" second half against 0-7 Alliance.

CURTIS, Neb, — A North Platte television news director and anchor who was fired after helping circulate a petition to put an abortion ban on the November ballot in her hometown has been named chair of the county Republican Party. Melanie Standiford of Curtis was appointed to the Frontier County position temporarily until a former election could be held...

I stumbled across a column earlier this week that commanded my attention. Noted journalist, long-time television personality and political operative Pat Buchanan wrote, “Reading Putin’s excoriation, it is hard to recall, in four decades of Cold War, or the three decades since, a speech of such relentless vitriol and hostility toward the West.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Board of Education will be asked for approval on two items concerning the high school, at its regular meeting, Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. The first item requests approval from the board to move forward with plans/specifications with engineers from W Design Associates for a restroom/concessions/storage facility between the high school tennis courts and track...

Donna Mae Irwin June 11, 1939 - Oct. 4, 2022 SUN CITY, Ariz. — Donna Mae Irwin, age 83, formerly of McCook, Neb., passed away at Boswell Medical Hospital in Sun City on Oct. 4, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones.   She was born in Newton, Kan., to Dorothy and Donald McFarlane on June 11, 1939. ...

80th birthday The family of Judy Phillips of Cambridge, Neb., formerly of Curtis, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 522 Nelson Street, Cambridge, NE 69022...

40th anniversary Don and Dee Mietzner of Alma, Neb., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Sept. 3, 2022. Don is a 1969 graduate of Stratton, Neb. The couple met in Great Bend., Kan., and moved to Alma in early 1994, where Don  worked for Phelps sheriff’s office in immigration and Dee worked in assisted living.They both retired in 2018 and now enjoy playing grandpa and grandma. ...

It now takes walking into a room three times to figure out why I went there in the first place. I should hate that but actually, I’m simply happy I finally remember! Life is a series of adjustments. This week I’m just sharing a few tidbits I’ve saved for future use. Better use them before I lose them...

McCOOK, Neb. – One person had a vision. She shared that vision with a couple of people. Those people shared it with others and then the momentum began to build. Over the course of years, that one person’s vision became a reality, and a community benefited with an outdoor gathering place that will serve as a hub for celebrations and events for years to come. As McCook Community Foundation Fund member Tricia Wagner quoted, “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the body discovered Wednesday in Clay County. Preliminary investigations the person was Jasmine Garnett, 25, Columbus, who had been reported missing Sept. 16. The body was discovered just east of Harvard by a citizen working in the area of Road 3195...

McCOOK, Neb. — The City of McCook will have an open house concerning questions about the upcoming vote on the local option sales tax ballot question, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at the McCook Evangelical Free Church, 602 East 14th Street in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb — The City of McCook has received numerous concerns associated with low-hanging branches over streets, alleys and sidewalks, according to a press release. City ordinance requires that every owner of any tree overhanging any street or right-of-way within the city shall prune the branches so that there shall be a clear space of 16 feet above the surface of the street and eight feet above the surface of the sidewalk...

McCOOK, Neb. — High Plains Model Railroad Club, 320 Norris Ave. (lower level) in downtown McCook will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., except during the Heritage Days parade.

Nathan Leach speaks about the uniqueness of the Nebraska unicameral, at the George W. Norris Prayer Breakfast this morning. Leach is the founder and volunteer Executive Director for Nonpartisan Nebraska and said 72% of Nebraskans feel the state legislature should not be patrolled by any political party. ...

Round Belly Headley slipped to 44-18 last week but not still his rolling at 91-34 (nearly 75 percent) after two weeks of picking every major college football game in America. It all started on Headley’s birthday weekend to honor his millions of hours spent eating ho-hos while watching the action...

LAMAR, Colo. – The McCook Community College volleyball team won its fifth-straight match Thursday topping Lamar in Region IX play. MCC took the match 3-1 over the Lopes. “We started a different lineup to try out some new things and it did not work as the scores reflect,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza...

OXFORD, Neb. — Arapahoe’s Warriors regained their winning way in a wild 69-42 victory over Southern Valley Thursday evening. Grayson Koller rushed for 192 yards and five touchdowns while Rafe Hill added another 123 and three TDs. Quarterback Trenton Roskop carried five times for 60 yards and one more score. Roskop also threw a scoring strike to Dylan Bahe...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Alma Cardinals were one-point winners over Bertrand with Medicine Valley’s boys taking third at RPAC cross country Thursday afternoon. Alma tallied 16 points, Bertrand 17 and M.V. 36. Cambridge was fourth with 38 points, Arapahoe sixth (64) and Hitchcock County seventh (71)...

McCOOK, Neb. — For one awesome set, Friday’s football field cannon seemed connected with junior Kori Rippen’s fist as she blasted shots past Gothenburg Swedes Thursday night. Junior Jaci Meyers’ lefty serves kept the 22-2 foes further off-balance while sophomore Ashlyn Randel mixed in an ace...

LAMAR, Colo. – McCook Community College golfers took four of the top six spots Friday to claim the two-day Lamar Community College tournament by 23 shots. MCC shot a 2-under round Friday to finish at 7-under for the tournament and finished with a two-day total of 553. Eastern Wyoming was second at 576 (18-over) and Lamar third at 592 (32-over)...

Casey Thompson threw a go-ahead 27-yard touchdown pass to Trey Palmer with 8:54 to play in Piscataway, N.J., and Nebraska beat Rutgers 14-13 Friday night, handing the Scarlet Knights their 21st consecutive loss at home to a Big Ten Conference opponent...

WAHOO, Neb. — Powerful 29-2 Wahoo shook off a recent defeat with 10-0 and 11-0 wins over McCook in their Class B district softball championship series on Friday. The Warriors earned a spot in next week's state tournament at Hastings. McCook (10-19 final record) won the B-9 subdistrict on Monday in Holdrege as a No. 3 seed among four teams. The Bison mercy-ruled both opponents, 10-2 over Kearney Catholic then 11-3 vs. Lexington...

MINDEN, Neb. — McCook top 10 finisher Josiah Wilkinson and top 15 fellow medalist Grant Cappel powered the McCook boys to their Southwest Conference No. 5 team finish Thursday. Wilkinson finished the Minden course in 17:45 which wasn’t far from pushing into the league’s top five...