Stories from Thursday, May 25, 2023

BARTLEY, Neb. – Fifty years after the Beaver Valley Panthers won their second consecutive state volleyball championship, members of the team are being presented with their medals Saturday afternoon at Southwest High School in Bartley. With the passing of Title IX in July 1972, girls’ volleyball sprang up in Nebraska later that fall...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Summer Swim Team is ready to hit the water with practices starting after Memorial Day. Practices are from 12-1 p.m., Monday through Thursday at the YMCA pool, beginning Tuesday, May 30 through July 14. Swimmers are encouraged to attend as many practices as they are able...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — With six batting above .300 so far this season, the First Central Bank Juniors are clearly hitting their stride five games into this Legion baseball season. On Tuesday, the Juniors fell behind 1-0 then plated 10 unanswered runs over four innings for their 10-5 denting of Lexington Heartland Chevrolet...

INDIANOLA, Neb. - We used to raise hogs on our farm which I’ve detailed before. They were a lot of work but were a great cash flow for a growing family.  Farmer Tom and Larissa had taken a truck full of hogs and the two younger kids and I had driven a pickup trailer full that we delivered to a sale barn in Curtis. ...

Celebrating being Nebraska’s hot spot Last week during a visit with a former McCook resident who now lives in the southwestern United States, the weather came up during the conversation. “Do you miss having four seasons?” I asked. “Don’t you want to move back so you can experience winter and snow?”...

Dale LeRoy Haussermann July 27, 1950 - April 28, 2023 ARAPAHOE, Neb. - Dale LeRoy Haussermann, age 72, of Arapahoe, Neb., went to his eternal home on Fri., April 28, 2023, in Missouri. Memorial service will be on Sat., May 27, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Garey Funeral Home, 652 Main Street, in Arapahoe, Neb. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College sophomore pitcher Jackson Bigge has signed a letter of intent to continue his baseball career at Dakota State, an NAIA school in Madison, S.D. “I am glad it worked out for Jackson to get to Dakota State, it is a good fit for both sides,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “He tried to get up there a few times and with all our rescheduled games spring because of weather, he did finally get up there later in the spring.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Southern Valley’s Kamden Bose was a top 20 placer and Hitchcock County finished eighth among 15 in the Class D state golf race Wednesday. Bose shot 168 for the two days with an 82 and 86 which shared 19th place overall among about 75 Class D state qualifiers...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Lexington feasted on 10 McCook National Bank walks to break free for an 11-4 Legion baseball victory Tuesday night. Lex Pinnacle Bankouthit MNB, 5-2, and only led 5-4 until a six-run fifth inning. The McCook Seniors (0-2 record) also helped fuel their hosts’ victory with four defensive errors...

McCOOK, Neb. — A new Battitudes recreational softball team has debuted this spring. The girls’ fastpitch team features young players entering high school this fall to fifth and sixth graders. Battitudes is playing in a South Central league featuring other er traveling teams like Alma, Kearney, Arapahoe and Minden. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Members of the McCook High School bass fishing team are set to compete at the 14th Annual High School Fishing World Finals & National Championship in LaCrosse, WI on June 20-24. The team, made up of Kaden Wilhelmson and Gage Overton, qualified by finishing second overall in a series of five bass fishing tournaments this year...

GERING, Neb. — Coach Joe Vetrovsky provides some final insights as the McCook Bison golfers finished their Class B state at Monument Shadows Golf Course Wednesday. “The Bison golfers headed to Gering on Tuesday and Wednesday to compete in the Class B state golf tournament at Monument Shadows...

Mid-Plains governors approve salaries for certain employees, president OGALLALA, Neb. — Mid-Plains Community College governors approved a 4.25% increase for staff and a 5% increase for the college president at a regular meeting Wednesday in Ogallala...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Economic Development Corp. is announcing the launch of its Micro-enterprise Loan Program, providing yet another opportunity for entrepreneurs and business owners to access capital in the McCook and Red Willow County area. The MEDC was awarded grant funding by the Nebraska Dept. of Economic Development earlier this year to start this revolving loan program...

LINCOLN, Neb. – As a four-star recruit and the top high school prospect in the state of Nebraska, Husker wide receiver commit Malachi Coleman is expected to make a huge impact on the football field. Off the field, however, Coleman’s effect could be even bigger. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — People experience stress every day and they experience a variety of stressors. In the Stress of America Survey 2022, 65% of Americans said they were stressed about money and the economy. At the same time, 87% were stressed about rising inflation. ...

McCook letter carriers pose with approximately 732 pounds of food collected from postal customers Saturday for the annual food drive. They are, from left, Stan Whitten, Preston Leamon, Bernie Wood, Darrin Karr, Brett Lauer, Chris ‘C.J.’ Dimmitt, Paul Gaboury, and Katrina Frey. ...