Stories from Monday, December 12, 2022

The McCook Community College women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak Sunday, picking up a 96-50 win over the Hastings College JV team at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. “It was one of those games that we needed,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “We were able to execute our game, play against someone other than ourselves and work out some kinks.”...

Final results from Saturday's Cattle Trail Tournament basketball action with more details soon: GIRLS Championship: Maywood-Hayes Center 48, Southwest 35 Third place: Wauneta-Palisade 53, Medicine Valley 41 Fifth: Decatur Community (Kan.) 41, Arapahoe 22...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — The McCook High wrestling boys scored 96.5 points and placed seventh at Saturday's Duster Invitational. 126 Jack Siegfried (2-3) placed 7th and scored 5.0 team points. Round 1 - Braxon Rynearson (Broken Bow) 10-0 won by fall over Jack Siegfried (McCook) 2-3 (Fall 1:49)...

STAPLETON, Neb. — McCook coach Clint Hosick provided some Bison highlights from Saturday's Sandhills Valley girls wrestling meet with more to appear in the next Gazette. Our girls finished in the top 3 in a 16 team field. We have a lot of things to clean up but the girls are...

GOODLAND, Kan. — Both McCook High basketball teams won their Saturday finales at the annual Topside Tournament as those Bison boys took third and girls seventh among teams: Scoring recaps from Saturday along with Friday's contests: BOYS McCook 56, Lakin, Kan., 44...

McCOOK, Neb. – Robert Weindorff #214465, age 47, died on Saturday at Community Hospital in McCook. He was incarcerated at the Work Ethic Camp. Weindorff started his sentence Feb. 2, 2022. He was serving a sentence of 3-10 years and 45 days for Buffalo County charges that included possession and distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetamine)...

McCOOK, Neb. — The American Red Cross responded to aid a family forced from a home by a fire Saturday evening. The homeowner called 911 at 8:12 p.m. and was able to evacuate the home, 810 E. Sixth, before firefighters arrived. According to a release from the McCook Fire Department, the first firefighters on the scene reported smoke coming from the structure's eves. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska looks to be in store for a major blizzard from Monday night into Thursday morning, impacting travelers in western Nebraska with potential closures anticipated throughout the state. For the first major snow event of this winter season, Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) crews are prepared. While the forecast could fluctuate, concerns are a high potential for heavy snowfall coupled with sustained high winds, creating low visibility, especially in the Panhandle...

Top 10 wrestling teams among 21 at Southern Valley: 1. York 122, 2. Sutherland 114, 3. Hitchcock County 103, 4. Chase County 98, 5. Red Cloud-Blue Hill 94, 6. Loomis-Bertrand 85.5, 7. Rawlins County (Kan.) 83, 8. Southern Valley 69, 9. Arapahoe 63, 9. Sedgwick County (Colo.) 63; 19. Medicine Valley 10, 20. Wauneta-Palisade 7...

McCOOK, Neb. — Neighbors opposed to a proposed solar farm northwest of McCook plan a meeting to air their concerns, but another company’s solar project has been quietly making progress. During the public comment portion of Monday’s Red Willow County Commissioners meeting, Ron Soden of McCook questioned why Premier Energy’s project should be named after Sen. George Norris, since he favored public ownership of power facilities and the solar farm is being built by a private company...