Stories from Friday, March 7, 2025

HASTINGS – The McCook Community College baseball team won a pair of games Thursday over the Hastings College Junior Varsity. The Indians won 7-4 in eight innings and 15-0 in a five-inning game decided by the 10-run rule. In Game 1 the Indians gave up a 4-1 lead in the seventh inning but came back to score three runs in the eighth...

INDIANAPOLIS -- — Freshman Britt Prince scored 17 points with five assists and 10th-seeded Nebraska rallied for a 74-70 win over seventh-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night, closing with a 13-5 run. Prince hit consecutive jumpers to tie the game at 65 with 2:23 to play and Jessica Petrie drilled a 3-pointer to give the Cornhuskers the lead, their first of the fourth quarter, at 1:40...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook woman has been chosen to represent Nebraska in Ms. Wheelchair USA. Carrie Clay, a resilient mother, advocate, and former paramedic, has been named the 2025 Ms. Wheelchair Nebraska. Clay’s dream of competing for the title began to take shape as she researched the pageant over the past few years. Initially hesitant, she eventually felt empowered to pursue the title this year...

Brenda Huxoll CAMBRIDGE, Neb. - Brenda Huxoll, of Cambridge, passed away Thursday afternoon, March 6, 2025 at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge. She was 85 years of age. Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, March 11, 2025 at Fairview Cemetery in Cambridge, Neb. with Pastor Bill Weaver providing words of comfort. There will be no viewing or visitation...

It may not have been March 1st, but it was definitely a LION that hit McCook this week! Just when I was checking what seeds I needed to buy to get started planting, I was instead hurrying around opening vanity cabinet doors and turning on the extra heater in the upstairs bathroom. ...

McCOOK, Neb. - There has been a considerable amount of discussion and debate over school lunches in recent years. COVID-19 certainly changed the conversation by bringing free meals to students regardless of economic status, not just during the school year but also throughout the summer of 2020; the free lunch program was extended through June of 2022. ...

BENKELMAN, Neb. - Former Dundy County Sheriff Clinton “C.J.” Smith has been sentenced to four years of probation and 45 days in jail for attempted possession of a stolen firearm. Smith must report to jail on March 6, 2025, but the remaining 45 days of his initial 90-day sentence may be waived if he complies with probation terms...

At this time of the year, 250 years ago, a group of curmudgeons who were frustrated with taxation found common purpose with starry-eyed idealists who were students of the enlightenment. The results of their combined efforts addressed the tax problem – for a time – but also created a form of government based on the concepts of liberty, fundamental human rights, and self-determination. The actions of the few upended millennia of feudalism, rigid socioeconomic stratification and cruelty...

YUTAN, Neb. — Though they didn’t make a return to the Nebraska State Finals this season, coach Richard McDonald was still proud of another 20-win Southern Valley girls basketball team. Three 20 win seasons is impressive and the seniors will walk out of here with the most wins in school history (83 wins),” he stated recently. “I am super proud of the effort over the past four years and I cannot wait to see what the future has for the program.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — Latest scores from McCook YMCA Women’s Volleyball League action. Competitve PSI Applications 2, The Eyeballer’s 1 PSI Applications 2, Community Hospital 0 The Eyeballer’s 2, We Showed Up 1 Sweet Digs 2, Community Hospital 1 Sweet Digs 2, We Showed Up 1...

McCOOK, Neb. — All the McCook girls’ leaders from their strong 15-10 season which finished three points from winning a Class B-7 subdistrict championship. Points per game: Cali Crawford 13.5, Paige Bortner 9.2, Brooklynn Gillen 8.2, Jaylea Walgren 5.6, Malia Hilker 5.3, Alice Weimer 4.7...

OMAHA, Neb. — No two weeks should make McCook Bison fans ever forget what five boys state wrestlers accomplished at CHI Health Center. The Bison overcame four-defeat opening day where record-setting season winner and returning finalist Tristan Campbell suffered one stunning overtime defeat...

McCOOK, Neb. - For just over 17 years, Game On has been consistently striving to provide endless hours of games, toys, comics and more to the local community. Started in 2007 with an eye towards filling a void in McCook for retail of quality video games, card games and board games; the goal quickly expanded into providing even more variety with the move into the current location at the Westview Plaza...