The Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team started out strong in its first competitions of the season – taking home two championships.

Almost $12,000 was raised during the Mid-Plains Community College Spring Fundraising Rodeo Friday and Saturday at the Kiplinger Arena in McCook.

McCook Community College's annual Blue Out Night at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center, which helps spread the word about disabilities awareness, embraced another topic close to the hearts of the college and the community

Beef, an unlimited golf package to The Prairie Club golf course in Valentine and a FIREDISC® portable propane cooker are just a few of the items that will be up for grabs during the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team's annual spring fundraising rodeo March 12.

From Iowa to Oklahoma, Kansas to Hawaii, Garrett Nokes had friends all over the country. If there's one thing his student athletes can agree on, it's that any friend of his was a friend for life.