Stories from Friday, January 17, 2025

Obituary Donna Marie Loop Nov. 22, 1949 - Dec. 20, 2024 ANGLETON, Tex. - Donna Marie Loop, age 75, formerly of McCook, Neb., passed away at home in Angleton, Tex. on Dec. 20, 2024. Donna was born Nov. 22, 1949, in Stratton, Neb. to Dale and Elsa Potter. Donna married Roger Loop in Stratton, Neb. on June 4, 1967, and they were married for 50 years until Roger died in 2017...

By 1946 every section of McCook was lamenting statistics concerning the closing of the McCook Army Air Base. No one wanted the war to continue, but even the United States Post Office in town was talking about how the mail service had drastically dropped off with no soldiers sending or receiving mail...

McCOOK, Neb. – Gov. Jim Pillen honored local World War II veterans Joseph (Jerry) Uerling, Russell Eisenhart, and John Hubert on Thursday at the Coppermill Restaurant, presenting each with a medallion to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II...

MCCOOK, Neb. - The Mid-Plains Community College Board of Governors held its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the East Campus conference room at McCook Community College, located at 905 E. 7th St. in McCook, Nebraska. ...

McCOOK, Neb. - This week, Salvation Army representative Traci Taylor announced that the 2024 bell-ringing campaign had raised $17,026.33, a slight increase over 2023. The Salvation Army received an additional $545 donated by employees at First Central Bank...

CURTIS, Neb. - Frontier County has always been our home”, states Norma Lashley, Founder and CEO of BSB Construction, Inc. BSB has been in business for over 60 years. “Our roots are here, and we believe in giving back for what we have received over the years” BSB appreciates all of our Family, Friends, Customers, and even Competitors...

McCOOK, Neb. – The McCook City Council will convene its next meeting on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 505 W. C St., McCook, Nebraska. The agenda promises discussions of the potential conveyance of city-owned property at the intersection of East C and East 11th Streets to the McCook Economic Development Corporation for workforce housing. ...

Shary Skiles McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. – Gov. Jim Pillen shared his vision for Nebraska’s future during a town-hall meeting Thursday at The Coppermill Restaurant. The 41st governor of the state highlighted four key priorities for the upcoming year: supporting kids, cutting taxes, strengthening agriculture, and upholding traditional values...

Legislative salaries have long been a curious intersection of principle and practicality. In Nebraska, we pride ourselves on maintaining a citizen-led Legislature, emphasizing public service over personal enrichment. Yet, the current salary of $12,000 a year for state senators—unchanged since 1988—feels like a relic of another era...

Stunningly, Gazette scribbler R.B. (Rude Buggar) Headley has not been bounced into a local mental insitution after his beloved Minnesota YIIIIIIIIKES!!!-ings collapsed yet again Monday evening. “A 14-win season and I all have to show for it is ....14 glorious victories! I loved every second of it. The Super Bowl is an overrrated clown show anyway,” R.B. proclaimed...

OXFORD, Neb. — Junior Tori Bose blocked three shots which helped Southern Valley win a 45-43 thriller over Chase County Tuesday night. Bose scored 17 game-high points to keep the Eagles (11-2) record ahead throughout this annual mid-season collison...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Freshman Britt Prince scored a game-high 22 points, including huge plays down the stretch in regulation to lead Nebraska in a total team effort on its way to an 87-84 overtime victory over Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night...

ORD, Neb. — Sophomore KayLeigh Steinbeck reached 30 wins this season and won a 235-pound title for McCook High wrestling girls on Thursday. The Bison totaled 105 points with other high placers as junior Peyton Cock’s second-place finish put her at 31-6 this season...

OGALLALA, Neb, It wasn’t the finest visit to an Ogallala tournament on Thursday but McCook bowling coach Jana Sides still provided plenty of good information. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you get experience. This was an experience. The lanes were really different from what we have bowled on before...

cCOOK, Neb. — McCook American Legion Baseball Boosters, Inc., will be conducting its 2025 annual meeting and election of board members and officers.  The meeting takes place Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Graff Event Center conference room.   Anyone interested in being involved in the program is encouraged to attend. ...

Barbara Gigax McCOOK, Neb. - Barbara Gigax, a longtime resident of Hayes Center, passed away late Thursday evening, Jan. 16, 2025 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 94 years of age. Services are pending at this time. Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook...

Beverly “Bev” Smith BURLINGTON, Kan. - Beverly "Bev" Smith, 86, passed away Jan. 12, 2025 at the Life Care Center of Burlington in Burlington, Kan. Graveside services in the Oberlin Cemetery of Oberlin, Kan. are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2025 with Pastor Gordon Pettibone officiating...

Joyce Williamson TRENTON, Neb. - Joyce Williamson, a longtime resident of Trenton, passed away at her rural Trenton home on Wednesday Jan. 15, 2025. She was 82 years of age. A rosary will be recited on Wednesday evening, Jan. 22, 2025 at St. James Catholic Church in Trenton at 6:00 p.m...