Hitchcock County News

By Tina Kitt The Wauneta Breeze Palisade lost a well-liked member of the community Friday afternoon when Dickie Wickizer, 68, was killed when the 2000 Peterbuilt semi he was driving veered off a bridge along ...

Jack Phillips helps McCook arborist Bruce Hoffman and Jeff Grewe prepare a slide of a bur oak tree root for the microscope in a lab session during a "Bur Oak Canyon Symposium" Sept.

By Tina Kitt The Wauneta Breeze While inflationary costs are rising, especially in the areas of transportation and heating fuel, the budget for the Wauneta-Palisade School District rose modestly, in line with ...

Doug Lau wades through water to retrieve pallets of dried gourds, grown at his wife's commercial garden -- Nana's Garden -- on the south side of Highway 6&34. "It's a repeat of last year," Doug said, except ...

The Stratton community came through in a big way for the Stratton Community Foundation, meeting the June 30 deadline set by the Robert and Jeanette Hunt Community Fund.

Two men have been charged with felony burglary charges in connection to burglaries at schools in Bartley, Indianola and Culbertson in April.

An estimated 600 official Nebraska Democratic Party voting delegates converged on Fremont this weekend for the Nebraska Democratic Convention, including strong representation from southwest Nebraska.

Thanks to a neighborly gesture from the county board, The Hayes Center Times Republican managed to gets its edition out this week.

Virgil B. Egle, a local business leader in North Platte, Neb., for 45 years, passed away on April 23, 2008, at the age of 88. via The Wauneta Breeze

“She missed it by a quarter-inch.”

Brady Happenings PASSIONATE EXPRESSION: Brady sophomore Corbin Blede gives a grunt as he releases the shot during the D-9 district meet at Arapahoe on May 7. Blede threw his personal best of 48-7 to finish ... via Gothenburg Times

Youth will need to be served at Hitchcock County in 2008 as the Falcons enter the season with no seniors on its roster as it prepares to transition to six-man football. via Rivals.com

Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Wauneta-Palisade head coach Dawn Doetker shows Blair Dixon of Wauneta-Palisade the stopwatch with the record time of 1:00.20 in the 400 meter dash. via McCook Daily Gazette

“The reduction-in-force date needs to be moved to May, or at least until after the state is done fooling with the (state aid) formula”

Nebraska Sen. Mark Christensen said this morning he is pleased with some things in his District 44 -- money for an educational wing at the college in Curtis ... money to pay farmers for irrigation water -- but, ... via McCook Daily Gazette

Southwest Weed Management Area has contracted with BSB Construction, Inc for mechanical tree removal on the Republican River in portions of Furnas, Hitchcock and Dundy Counties. via McCook Daily Gazette

Wauneta mom gets support from community, kids in cancer battle By Tina Kitt The Wauneta Breeze Stephanie Williams is preparing for the battle of her life, for her life. via Imperial Republican

“You're old enough to know better. The other two have youth on their side. You don't.”

One teen and two adults involved in a two-week string of burglaries throughout Central Nebraska were found guilty and sentenced in Hitchcock County district court Wednesday morning. via McCook Daily Gazette

“No one was on the payroll until the store opened and turned its first dollar”

The staff of the new grocery store in Stratton plans a grand opening celebration Saturday, offering food specials and samples to entice new shoppers and express appreciation to old shoppers who have returned. via McCook Daily Gazette

The blogger reactions to the latest article on the revelation of proximity range from " Place Matters " to the embrace of the idea that distance isn't dead . via Burgh Diaspora

“We were just putting into practice what she had taught us.”

Flora Dutcher holds a birthday cake and balloon at a birthday celebration with fellow retired teachers from McCook Feb. via McCook Daily Gazette