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By Jan RahnThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel One of two defendants in an attempted robbery of the Farmers State Bank in Wallace was sentenced last week. Tracy Black, 53, of Evanston, Wyo., entered a no contest plea and was sentenced by Judge Donald Rowlands in D...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Ogallala’s track meet last Thursday held up to its reputation as one of the most competitive invitationals the Lady Longhorns will travel to this season. The Chase County team, one of only a couple Class C squads th...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s boys placed in just eight of the events at last Thursday’s Ogallala Invitational, the Longhorns’ first track meet of the season. The team racked up a first and a second in the finals, with the res...
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Thirteen 4-Her’s were awarded ribbons in the 2013 Chase County 4-H Public Speaking and Music Contest held March 26 at Imperial. Youth from nine to 19 have an opportunity to participate in the 4-H Public Speaking program from county to state levels. 4-H ...
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Sixty-four employees of the Imperial Manor and Parkview/Heights experienced the symptoms of dementia at a two-day program last week. Tammy Simpson, Director of Nursing, said every staff member working at the facilities took part in a “dementia tour” w...
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Chase County Schools put out the art (and science, history and more) during the “Showcase Our Place at Chase” Arts Fest last week. The public had a chance to do a “crawl” through the school, via a checklist, to see the displays classes had set u...
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More testimony heard
at last week’s hearing
By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican It looks like the irrigation allocation for the next five years will be set at 65 inches, the same as the last allocation period. Board members of the Upper Republica...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s bucking the trend. When more than two-thirds of Nebraska’s counties have lost population since the last census, Chase County has grown. According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Imperial area residents have a chance locally to celebrate National Public Health Week with an after-work walk Monday, April 1. Heidi Wheeler of Imperial, who works for Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWN...
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Despite youngsters’ disappointment after last weekend’s Easter Egg Hunt was postponed due to the weather, they’ll have another chance this Saturday, March 30.The Chamber and Imperial Eagles Auxiliary have rescheduled the hunt for 1 p.m. Saturday at ...
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■ Editor’s note: This is one of a series of stories concerning students utilizing the Imperial campus of Mid-Plains Community College to obtain a degree and further their education.By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Two Chase County Schools student...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Greg Kinnear was signed last Wednesday to portray Todd Burpo of Imperial in the “Heaven is for Real” movie, Sony Pictures’ adaptation of the best-selling true-life book by Burpo and Lynn Vincent. Kinnear is know...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Four members of the Imperial FFA will step across the stage next Friday, April 5, to receive their State FFA Degrees. Seniors Jordan Gibb, Justin German, Spencer Hartman and Callin Ledall all have met the requiremen...
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It’s almost like Ol’ Man Winter waited until after spring arrived to let local residents know he wasn’t finished yet. The first day of spring came last Wednesday, March 20, and just two days after, Imperial and much of the state were hit with blizza...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The bright orange paint on the former Smokin’ Leroy’s Barbeque restaurant at 12th and Wellington Streets is proclaiming the new “Tequilas” restaurant. It will open the second week of April, according to owne...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Diann Schilke is another Chase County farmer who’s been selected a winner in America’s Farmers Grow Communities promotion, and was presented a check for $5,000 Friday night. Sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, check r...
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As winter memories melt and the next season springs to life, it’s time to begin thinking about your green space. The NET Television series “Backyard Farmer” premieres with “sage and thymely” advice on Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. CT on NET1/HD....
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Two classes that should interest business owners or those interested in owning businesses are being offered by the Mid-Plains Community College Imperial Campus. Microsoft Publisher for Business is being taught by Chelsea Zuege April 1, 8 and 15 at the cam...
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By Robert TignerSW4 Agricultural Extension Educator Hay supplies are down and many hay fields are thin this spring. Planting oats might be one of the surest ways to boost hay supply for cattle this year. Stick around. With little hay carryover, hay fields...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Organizers of the two blood drives held last week couldn’t say enough about the number of people who turned out to give blood in honor of Makenna Wallin. That’s just the way people in Imperial and Chase Coun...
