Stories from Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The McCook Calves 12-and-under baseball team went 4-0 while sweeping to a Riverdogs Tournament championship in Grand Island last weekend. Watch for more photos of champion teams this summer.

A pleasant Wednesday mid-afternoon. Driving on West J Street, I was taking Grannie Annie to grocery shop. The next thing I became aware of was son Don announcing beside me that they were flying me by helicopter to Kearney. Grannie circled by me there in the emergency room to wish me luck and announce that “She was alright.”...

Loren Leroy Brown June 1, 1936 - June 3, 2023 McCOOK, Neb. - Loren Leroy Brown, age 87, of McCook, Neb., formerly of Palisade, Neb., passed away Sat., June 3, 2023, at Kinship Pointe in McCook. Loren was born June 1, 1936 in Lewiston, Neb. In May 1941, Loren was adopted by Roy and Iona Brown from the Nebraska Children’s Home in Lincoln, Neb...

90th birthday PALISADE, Neb. - The family of Jo Ann Ward from Palisade, Neb., is hosting an open house in honor of her 90th birthday on Sun. June 11, 2023 at the United Methodist Church in Palisade from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Jo Ann was born June 12, 1933 in Palisade...

McCOOK, Neb._ This weekend is the chance to meet the cowboys, visit the places where history happens and hear the stories from those who experience it. The old west theme highlights the 26th annual Buffalo Commons Storytelling & Music Festival, starting Friday in McCook and continuing through Sunday...

McCOOK, Neb. — After again hearing neighbors’ concerns and changes in plans to mitigate some of those concerns, McCook city councilors approved on second reading the rezoning of agricultural land to heavy industrial to make way for expansion of McCook’s Business Park...

McCOOK, Neb. — Despite Red Willow County Commission Chairman Ted Gans wondering aloud whether a decision to award an armor coating bid should be delayed because of damage to rural roads by the recent downpour, the bid was awarded to a Scott City, Kan., company...

HAYS, Kan. — McCook’s 16-and-under Rebels won three games between losses to the Adrenaline at last weekend’s Hays, Kan., fastpitch softball tourney. There was a 3-3 tie with Hays Hustle but the Rebels otherwise recovered from an opening 6-2 defeat to Adrenaline...

Smoke pours from the Rawlins County Junior/Senior High School where firefighters were called about 5:45 a.m. Monday as the school was being opened for the summer weight program. The Atwood Police Department is asking the public to check doorbell cameras for any activity between 11 p.m. June 4 and 6 a.m. June 5, and email screenshots to travis@atwoodpd.org or call (785) 626-3833. Two rooms sustained the most significant damage from the fire, which is believed to have begun in the basement...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center grad Hayden Kramer’s 20 points led an 84-71 triumph at Friday’s North Platte Community College High School All-Star Game. Kramer and fellow Wolves alum Jhett Sellers (four) helped May-Hay reach the Class D-1 state semifinals...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — An attack featuring seven players scoring at least seven points overcame Wauneta-Palisade powerhouse Chloe Stehno’s heroics Friday evening. Stehno tallied 18 points which topped all players during the annual North Platte Community College High School All-Star Game...

Current McCook Community College player Audra Vine (above) and former players like Beni Fungula (below) are assisting withe the girls’ basketball camp at the Graff Events Center this week.

McCOOK, Neb. — Both the McCook National Bank Seniors and First Central Bank Juniors saw their weekend home games called off due to rainy, wet conditions. The Legion has reschedued Saturday’s contests with Broken Bow. Juniors will travel to Bow for a doubleheader on Sunday, June 25...

McCOOK, Neb. —Kale Sattler matched Minden’s entire hit total as the Pinnacle Bank Juniors delivered a 10-2 home victory Monday evening. Sattler smashed three hits, drove home two runs and even scored one more run than the visitors. Pinnacle Bank dominated for its 10th win this season with 12 hits total plus thee powerhouse pitchers...

The Felling Field baseball action remains hot even though cool rains have covered this region during recent days. A Mets baserunner gets the clean break off second base between two Sox defenders (above) and beats that catcher’s throw into third base (below)...

TRENTON, Neb. — You have heard of a win-win. Well, a Trenton area business owner and the Swanson Lake communities are facing a lose-lose situation that has the local county board, business owners, and residents concerned about the future of their towns...