Red Willow County News

Dr. Michael Chipps, at left, presents the award to Jon Burkey. Former school superintendent and college administrator Jon Burkey of McCook is Mid-Plains Community College's 2009 Alumni of the Year.

Harry Strunk was not outwardly a religious man. Yet he readily admitted that he had been the recipient of events that, if not miracles, were beyond the ordinary.

A group that wants to stage an alcohol-free, community-wide New Year's Eve celebration in the city got the preliminary go-ahead from the McCook City Council Monday night, but was asked to come back to the council in two weeks with more definite plans for dealing with security and curfew issues.

Red Willow County commissioners approved recalculations in the amount of tax support for the High Plains Historical Society and in income guidelines for county medical assistance during their weekly meeting Monday morning.

The city has received six applications for the open seat on the McCook City Council, including those from former council and school board members.

Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning asked for assistance from Nebraska Health and Human Services to rewrite the county's guidelines for requesting funds from the county's medical assistance program.

A man sentenced to the Nebraska Department of Corrections in 2007 for motor vehicle homicide was paroled Thursday by the Nebraska Parole Board.

A plan proposed by the state to shut down irrigation in water short years is inequitable and targets a select group of irrigators to carry the load, while enabling the continued depletion of water in the rest of the basin.

Extension educators have planned Cattleman's Day and Trade Show events for Nov. 16, in North Platte at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds; Nov.

Rex Solomon hates to think what could have happened. Just minutes before two felons stole his son's truck from outside the family's rural Nebraska home, his wife and 17-year-old daughter were painting a shed and cleaning a chicken coop nearby.

Red Willow County commissioners will review and consider changes to income guidelines for county general and medical assistance during their weekly meeting Monday morning.

A pickup belonging to Rex Solomon's son was allegedly stolen by offenders who walked away from the Work Ethic Camp Sept.

Red Willow County commissioners directed County Attorney Paul Wood following a closed session Monday morning to negotiate the purchase of "a certain property," but Commission Chairman Earl McNutt added, with a sheepish grin, "No, we're not going to disclose what property ... not at this time." Commissioners are leery of letting it be known what ...

Red Willow County is eligible for two federal economic recovery bond financing programs designed to encourage economic development.

Red Willow County commissioners Monday approved a beer garden in conjunction with the second annual "McCook Farm and Ranch Expo" scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Nov.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska, to construct a new 16-bed hospital to replace an existing 51-year-old facility and fund relocation of a primary care clinic to the new facility.

Four Red Willow County farms are among 30 Nebraska recipients that have been selected to receive $1,292,498 in loans and grants as announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week.

Wendell Wood's daughter Leann Lupomech looks at the honorary plaque. North Platte Community College officially renamed the main building Wednesday at its North Campus as the W.W. Wood building.

Working to become one of Nebraska's leading family events, event coordinators of McCook Balloon Fest are working full swing on this year's event that will take place Sept.

Red Willow County's fair board cut $5,500 more from budgeted expenditures Monday morning to help commissioners maintain the county's $.036 tax levy.