Stories from Friday, December 13, 2024

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen signed proclamations that certified the enactment of Measures 437 and 438. Both the Governor and the Attorney General caution the public on the limited nature of these proclamations. The proclamations do not express a judgment on the validity of the measures...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) called on her Senate colleagues Thursday to urgently pass legislation transferring control of the Swanson Reservoir and Red Willow Reservoir lands from the Bureau of Reclamation to local officials. Fischer emphasized the critical need to prevent the displacement of Nebraska families and preserve their communities...

LINCOLN –In the past week, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has detected two cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry flocks in Nebraska. These cases represent the second and third cases of HPAI in Nebraska poultry in 2024...

Timothy L. Peterson Oct. 18, 1977 -Dec. 6, 2024 McCOOK, Neb. - Timothy L. Peterson passed away in a tragic motorcycle accident on Dec. 6, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., at the age of 47. Tim was born on Oct. 18, 1977, to parents Terry L and Donna L. (McFarland) Peterson in North Platte, Neb. Tim grew up in McCook where he attended McCook High School with the class 1996...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Southwest High AD Less Roggenkamp provided these details from the Roughrider girls’ wrestling action Thursday. “The Southwest Girls WR team placed 2nd at Colby last night. (If anyone is confused, it is Southwest and Cambridge wrestling together as a COOP. But we are wrestling as Southwest. Just as Med Valley, Southwest, and McCook swim under the name of McCook Bison. Thank you.)...

GOODLAND, Kan. — McCook High’s varsity basketball teams both lost close contests on Thursday to start Topside Tournament play. The Bison girls fell, 46-40, against Norton, Kan. largely because Norton made 19 of 24 free-throw attempts for nearly 80 percent...

McCOOK, Neb. — Coach Nick Umscheid’s point was proven quite often against the Cozad Haymakers Thursday evening: “Getting a pin here or not giving up a pin or a point there can decide a dual,” he said following his McCook Bison’s 35-34 loss to visiting Cozad...

McCOOK, Neb - Two McCook Community College science students reported their research findings on terrestrial isopods Thursday at the eighth. Cibeles Bothwell and Teresa Bair, both presented their original “roly-poly” research and subsequent findings from their fall research at the annual symposium at Tipton Hall on the MCC campus...

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks a seismic shift in Middle Eastern politics, offering a rare opportunity to reassess the principles that drive American foreign policy. For decades, critics have lambasted the United States for supporting authoritarian regimes, invoking names like Pinochet, Batista, and Suharto to condemn pragmatism as an excuse for moral compromise. ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Without solicitation or warning, the longtime organizer of McCook’s Adopt-a-Chaplain program, Ann Trail, received an unexpected check for $150 from the McCook Junior High School Student Council. A very pleased Ann Trail wished to thank the students and told the Gazette, “I wasn’t expecting this,” adding, “I almost cried.”...