Larry Dicke Death|Kenneth Keslin Death – On Sunday at approximately 12:17 p.m, the Mccook Police Department responded to a call to the city of Mccook Wastewater Treatment Plant on Ravens Road, east of city limits to conduct a welfare check after a worker did not return home after he was supposed to have returned from a routine of the facilities.
When officers arrived the scene they found 65 year old Larry Dicke and 43 year old Kenneth Keslin dead inside the sludge pump house at the plant.
Officers inspected the scene and found personal items of one staff outside the sludge pump house, this resulted to them checking inside for men. due to toxic gases and hazardous materials inside, Mccook Fire and Rescue and the Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department Hazardous material team attended the scene for the recovery of the deceased bodies.