Stories from Friday, May 12, 2023

OMAHA, Neb. — McCook High’s 18 girls top a large group of Gazette-area qualifiers descending upon Omaha Burke next week. The Bison feature 27 athletes overall advancing as they swept both B-6 district title races on Tuesday in Ogallala. Class B begins Wednesday morning and continues through Thursday. Class C-D is Friday and Saturday...

HASTINGS, Neb. — Ha-ha, no silly crosswinds hitting 40 to 45 miles an hour could deflect the McCook Bison tennis girls on Tuesday. The Bison bounced Hastings Adams Central, 8-1, which capped a 12-0ual season with Class B state now just one week away...

Before I moved to McCook in 1994, I was a resident of Capitol Hill in Denver. It was 24-hour, round-the-clock excitement. I was within walking distance of the State Capitol, a short hop from the University and I only had to cross the street and walk through a park to get to the 16th Street Mall. The food, the arts, and the nightlife were great. I was still in my twenties, had no family and I couldn’t have asked for a better place to be a young bachelor...

Lela Fortkamp Nov. 27,1934 - Nov.26, 2022 PALISADE, Neb. - Lela Fortkamp, age 87, passed away Nov. 26, 2022. A luncheon for all, hosted by the family, will be held at Noon CST at Mihm Hall (103 N Vennum St., Palisade) on Sat., May 27, 2023. A Celebration of Life will follow at 2:00 p.m. CST located on a hill overlooking the family farm five miles north of Palisade (3608 Rd 740A)...

Bob Ira Mitchell July 19, 1946 - May 11, 2022 EDISON, Neb. - Bob Ira Mitchell, age 76, of Edison, Neb., passed away on Thur., May 11, 2023, at his home. Graveside service will be held on Mon., May 15, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Neb. ...

Betty Meyerle MONUMENT, Colorado - Betty Meyerle, 94, formerly of Cambridge, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Family has chosen cremation. Memorial services have been set for Sat., July 15, 2023 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. in Cambridge. Inurnment will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may send online condolences to lockenour.com. Lockenour-Jones is entrusted with the arrangements...

McCOOK, Neb. - Erica and Nathan Hudson of McCook, Neb announce the birth of their son, Theodore (Teddy) Curtis Hudson on May 1, 2023. Theodore was born at Community Hospital and weighed 8 lbs, 1 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Paul and Linda Wood of McCook and Brian and Chris Hudson of Platts-mouth, Neb. Great-grandparents are Bernie Wood and John and Wanda Hudson...

The McCook Heritage Ladies Golf League played Tuesday evening between beautiful rin and here are top highlights. A few familiar faces will be missed but new players have been welcomed as well. Front low scores: Bev Elliot and Vickie Malleck. Back low scores: Karmon Coleman and Helen Reiners...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge broke clear of a tough D-7 girls team field and won by more than 40 points at this district meet on Wednesday. Sisters Jacey Kent and Jalen Kent took two jump event titles while younger Jensyn Wess nearly added a high jump title...

McCook Community College sophomore Emma Pennala (Kennewick, Wash.) has signed her letter of intent to continue her softball career next year at Ottawa University in Surprise, Ariz., an NAIA school, playing in the Golden State Athletic Conference. While she was not able to make a campus visit, she was impressed with the Arizona school and the softball program under Coach Ernesto Ortiz...

Four McCook Community College softball players have been selected to the all-Region IX Division 1 team. Sophomore Madisyn Simms and freshmen Andie Suhai and Ella Covill-Marter were selected first team and Nevaeh Ogden received honorable mention. Simms, a shortstop-catcher from Maple Ridge, British Columbia led the team with 87 hits on the season, batting .444 with seven home runs and 71 RBIs in 58 games. She had 22 doubles, four triples, 12 steals and slugged .704...

Congratulations to McCook High School, McCook Community College and everyone else moving the tassel on their mortarboard today and the coming days. Even if you’re not an honor graduate, you’ve proven you can stick to difficult task and see it through...

McCOOK, Neb. — It is time to sign up for the McCook City Library’s Summer Reading Program. Our theme this year is “All Together Now.” The last day to sign up is Friday, May 26. Stop in the library and get your children signed up, any questions call 345-1906...

McCOOK, Neb. — Renelle Mooney, a McCook Community College business instructor, has been named winner of the Gene Budig Outstanding Faculty Award. The announcement came Friday during MCC’s Commencement Ceremony at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

There are very few places in the world like a junior college. McCook is little to no one’s final destination, and when I first got here fresh out of high school this was a hard concept for me to grasp. Basic college rule says that this is the time in your life where you are supposed to meet your best friends and wish that these years would never end. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Opponents of a plan to annex land to expand McCook’s business park have one more chance to make themselves heard Monday night. Following a hearing on a request to rezone the property from agricultural in industrial heavy, the City Council will consider on the third and final reading a voluntary annexation of land owned by Perry and Vicky Case east of the current business park and north of Ravenswood Road...

McCOOK, Neb. — Postal customers are asked to bag healthy, non-perishable food items and place them by their mailboxes for letter carriers to pick up Saturday for delivery to local food banks. McCook’s collection will go to the Pantry. Suggested items to donate include pasta, cereal, oatmeal, canola oil, peanut butter and canned goods including beans, fruit, vegetables, soup, tuna in water, meat and sauce. Please avoid glass containers...

McCOOK, Neb. — A community painting event for the mural at West First and C Street in McCook is set for Saturday, May 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. A community celebration of the mural completion is set for 2-5 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the same location.

CULBERTSON, Neb. — Flags will go up at 7 a.m. Monday, May 29, for the Memorial Day observance in Culbertson, weather permitting. A ceremony will be 10:30 a.m. at the cemetery, or the fairgrounds in case of inclement weather. A Legion and Auxiliary lunch will follow at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall...

40th anniversary McCOOK, Neb. - The family of Jim and Cathy Kenny of McCook, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 14, 2023. They were married in Arvada, Colo., on May 14, 1983. Their family includes children, daughter Kristi and her husband Matt Huff and son Corbin of McCook; son Paul and his wife Kara and their children Isaac, Elijah and Jacob of Lincoln; son Nick and girlfriend Alecia Ortiz and her children Carter and Lily of Lincoln; and son Joe and his girlfriend Andrea Johnson and her son Sawyer of Lincoln.. ...