McCook Gazette

12/04/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065566.html

McCOOK, Neb. - Although Karrer Park remains closed, city staff are working to resolve the issues that led to its shutdown and to address broader concerns about the misuse of public spaces in McCook. City Attorney Nathaniel Mustion is in the throes of crafting a string of city ordinances that will ad...

11/24/2025

11/18/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065418.html

McCOOK, Neb. - The McCook City Council held a relatively short meeting on Monday evening. The meeting was attended by both high school and junior college students who, serendipitously, received a textbook-quality lesson on how the proverbial municipal sausage is made...

11/14/2025

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McCOOK, Neb. - The McCook School Board met Monday evening to review district updates, approve donations, and hear presentations from staff and faculty. Highlights included new educational initiatives, financial reports, and preparations for Veterans Day celebrations...

11/14/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065293.html

McCOOK, Neb. -- On Wednesday, the Gazette received word that an interesting person with a goat had set up camp on the south side of Highway 34, just east of Perry Grain. Upon arrival, a Red Willow County Sheriff had recently left after discussing the removal of the trash he picked up from the side o...

11/14/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065373.html

McCOOK, Neb. - As a self-admitted former teen rebel, one McCook author is grateful she's been given a second chance to give back to the community. However, it's been in ways she never would have anticipated. Looking back over the years, Alicia Witt can see how her faith and life experiences have bro...

11/05/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065253.html

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Allen D. Strunk, former owner and publisher of the McCook Gazette has died at age 95 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As publisher for more than three decades, Strunk carried forward the family legacy of community journalism established by his father, Harry Strunk, while steering the Gazette...

10/28/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065174.html

McCOOK, Neb. - Eleventh District Court Judge Patrick Heng has issued a ruling in the lawsuit filed by Nebraska Appleseed on behalf of former State Senator DiAnna Schimek and thirteen residents of McCook to prevent Governor Jim Pillen's unauthorized attempt to repurpose Nebraska's Work Ethic Camp int...

10/24/2025

Local News: ‘Profiling dangerous people’ law enforcement training (10/24/25) | McCook Gazette

TRENTON, Neb. - At first glance, the large collection of police cruisers parked outside Hitchcock County High School in Trenton raised some eyebrows. But there was no emergency. The Hitchcock County Sheriff's Office had called law enforcement together for a special presentation by renowned criminal....

10/21/2025

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McCOOK, Neb.- The McCook Gazette has obtained a copy of the federal detention contract that will govern operations at the former Work Ethic Camp site in McCook. The contract itself is 37 pages long, but with its 18 attachments, the total length of the document reaches 183 pages, encompassing detaile...

10/16/2025

https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/3065014.html

McCOOK, Neb. - A group of McCook residents and former state senator DiAnna Schimek filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Red Willow County District Court to block Governor Jim Pillen's plan to repurpose Nebraska's Work Ethic Camp as an immigration detention facility. ...

10/13/2025

It's that time again! Annual Halloween Parade is Saturday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. Gather in front of the Keystone Business Center.