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Local businesses in McCook and surrounding the area


Thirty Years of Sparkle: Longnecker Jewelry Shines at the Top of the Region
McCOOK Neb. - When you step into Longnecker Jewelry on Norris Avenue, it doesn’t feel like a store competing with big-city showrooms across the Midwest. It feels like what it is—a small, independent shop where customers are greeted by name, repairs are done in-house, and owner Bill Longnecker can often be found at the bench with a loupe in hand. But behind that small-town storefront sits a much bigger story. Recently, a marketing company contacted Bill offering to sell him

Anna LaBay
2 days ago5 min read


Tanner Lytle Goes All-In on Tattoo Art
McCOOK Neb. — When Tanner Lytle turned 40, he gave himself a birthday present most people only daydream about: he decided to bet on his art full-time. “Starting today, I will be a full-time tattoo artist at the shop,” he wrote in a recent Facebook announcement, sharing that he’s “jumping all-in” at The Clever Fox Tattoo & Body Piercing in McCook, specializing in black and grey realism. It sounds sudden. It isn’t. A long road back to art Lytle has always been an artist. His gr

Anna LaBay
2 days ago5 min read


Online Sales, Local Finds: The Rustic Market on 1st Keeps Vintage Treasures Moving
eBay store helps support downtown vendor marketplace and holiday shopping in McCook’s Creative District McCOOK, Neb. — On most days at The Rustic Market on 1st, you’ll find owner Tammy Stevens doing a quiet juggling act—greeting customers, answering vendor questions, and, in between, carefully wrapping a glass cookie jar or vintage sewing machine to ship halfway around the world. What many people don’t realize is that behind the cozy vendor booths and antique displays, there

Anna LaBay
3 days ago6 min read
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