Red Willow County News

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled against the City of McCook concerning tax increment financing proceeds garnered from the redevelopment of the former YMCA into Landmark Apartments.

Red Willow County Treasurer Marleen Garcia takes a last look at the driver's license picture equipment in her office.

Wanting to encourage neighboring counties to share expenses, Red Willow County commissioners cut their county's contribution, from $12,000 to $8,000, to the juvenile pre-trial diversion program run by Lutheran Family Services.

Sgt. Joe Koetter of rural McCook, a deputy with the Red Willow County Sheriff's Department, would be the handler for the new K-9 officer that the sheriff's department wants to purchase.

A Wheat producers will have several opportunities to assess new wheat varieties and get the latest information on winter wheat production practices during the 2009 University of Nebraskaa 'Lincoln wheat plot meetings, said a UNL specialist.

Associated Press - June 5, 2009 9:25 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. - An 18-year-old from Lincoln who escaped from the state camp in McCook was recaptured in Lincoln.

A chute for demolition material leads from the windows of the Keystone to a trash container, and caution tape blocks off the Norris Avenue sidewalk because of falling debris.

With one councilman absent and another voting against it, the McCook City Council voted 3-1 to negotiate a new contract with Red Willow County to increase fees for dispatching services the city provides at the public safety center.

Red Willow County Judge Anne Paine took under advisement Thursday afternoon a motion to dismiss, asked for time to review 50-plus pieces of evidence and many objections, and said she would submit a written decision within two weeks in the case of the City of McCook verses the owner of the big yellow house that stands empty at 301 E. Second.

The McCook City Council will be asked to raise rates for dispatching services the city provides to the county, at its regular meeting Monday night, 7:30 in City Council Chambers in Memorial Auditorium.

After 13 years, the Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival is taking its show on the road.

Red Willow County's grade on its annual noxious weed report card from the state indicates that the county has infestations that landowners are not taking care of.

A new agricultural and environmental tourism retreat plans to open in late July after its owner advertises for and hires a professional landscaper and a culinary expert.

When Sue Watts came to McCook Community College in 1989 to start a theater program she planned to stay for two years, build her resume, then move on according to a career path master plan.

Parents Forever is an educational program for all parents who are involved in divorce, custody modification, or who never married but are seeking custody.A This program helps parents understand the impact of the divorce on their children and provide concrete actions that parents can take to help their children succeed through a divorce.

The McCook Public Schools board of education approved, on a 5-1 vote, the schools' involvement in an eight-member inter-local cooperation project to design a marketing plan to promote the McCook area.

Mary K. Warner of Arapahoe steps from her car following a three-vehicle accident east of McCook Monday morning.

Doug Stewart, operating a track hoe, above, Saturday morning, complete the removal of a McCook house destroyed by a fire 412 years ago.

On Monday, Red Willow County Commissioners approved a modification in the revolving loan program agreement with Accents, Etc., one of any number of retail businesses across the country struggling in today's economy.

Red Willow County commissioners, at their weekly meeting Monday morning, slashed in half the county's annual membership contribution to the McCook Economic Development Corp.