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  • Gockley, Sorensen reign as CCS Prom king, queen

    Members of the Chase County Schools junior class chose seniors Kale Gockley and Bethany Sorensen as king and queen of the 2013 Prom held Saturday night in Imperial. At right, the newly-crowned royalty take part in the first dance of the evening. All six...
  • CCS nets FBLA awards

    By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Students in the Chase County Schools (CCS) Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) program had a successful state convention experience April 4-6 in Omaha. One individual finished eighth in two divisions, a team too...
  • Alco Store makes major donation to Chase County Schools

    Chase County Schools is enjoying a major donation of hardware items valued at more than $18,500 donated by Imperial’s Alco Store. Recently, Alco reset its entire hardware section, bringing in new lines of merchandise and updating others. Store employees...
  • Test drive a car, raise money for school

    Imperial Country Ford and Ford Motor Company have teamed up to bring “Drive 4 Ur School” to Imperial April 25. The program will raise money for Chase County Schools (CCS). Anyone age 18 and over with a valid driver’s license may test drive any new o...
  • Chamber awards announced May 7

    Those who have been named award winners for the Imperial Chamber of Commerce will receive those awards at an After Hours Event at Pinnacle Bank May 7. After voting by Chamber members, the following winners were announced:Rising Star—Platinum T-Shirt &am...
  • Kindergarten Roundup April 26 focuses on next year’s students

    Beginning school is an exciting time for both youngsters and parents. Because of that, Chase County Schools has set aside nearly an entire day next week for Kindergarten Roundup. Elementary Principal Pat Lane said Friday, April 26, will be dedicated to ne...
  • Two sessions of driver’s ed. at CCS offered this summer

    Students at Chase County Schools wanting to take driver’s education this summer have two session choices in June for the classroom instruction, either June 5-14 or June 17-26. In addition to the classroom instruction from 8 to 11:30 a.m. each day, stude...
  • Outgoing mail time changing on weekdays

    By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Starting Monday, April 29, Imperial residents will need to get mail to the post office a half hour earlier if they want it dispatched that day. Imperial Postmaster Jerry Lines said mail will now be dispatched at 2:45 ...
  • Terrorism in Boston will not daunt America

    By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News EditorOnce again, our country has been shaken by a terrorist attack. Two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon Monday, killing three and injuring more than 170 others. The Boston Marathon surrounds itself with...
  • Too much speed, not enough juice

    By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Engineers Callin Ledall and Cody Cochran of Chase County Schools had high hopes for their electric car at competition in Hastings last Saturday, but their battery ran out halfway through their race. “The objective o...
  • Longhorns finish second in own invite

    By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Chase County Longhorn golfers came within six strokes of matching the Perkins County Plainsmen in the Chase County golf invite Saturday. Conditions proved less than ideal for the tournament played at the Enders Lak...
  • Track meets becoming a rarity this season

    Chase County’s home meet pushed back a week to April 22 By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Weather this spring has not been cooperative with the track meets on Chase County’s 2013 schedule. Snow and wind forced cancellation of last Friday’s Sut...
  • Turkeys may be looking for more cover as shotgun season opens

    Nebraska’s shotgun turkey season opened last Saturday (April 6 for youth shotgun hunters), and that may cause area birds to seek a little more cover until the season concludes May 31. They’ve had to deal with hunters for several weeks already, however...
  • Head Start now accepting applications for 2013-14 Chase County program

    The objective of the Head Start program is to enhance the cognitive, social and emotional development of income-eligible children through the provision of comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services and to involve parents in ...
  • Second would-be Wallace bank robber sentenced

    By Jan RahnThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel The second of two defendants attempting to rob the Farmer’s State Bank in Wallace has been sentenced. Drew A. Steier, 21, of Evanston, Wyo., was sentenced April 8 in Lincoln County after entering a no contest plea. ...
  • FCCLA advisor, students rack up awards at state conference

    By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County Schools’ chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) racked up the awards at the 2013 state conference April 7-9 in Lincoln. Two FCCLA members took the top gold and the second gol...
  • Historical Society introducing new events at museum this year

    The Chase County Historical Society held the first meeting of 2013 last week at the Lied Imperial Public Library. Topics for the coming summer were tenatively set, including some new events. Some of the society favorites, such as the popular ice cream soc...
  • Art students at CCS come home with McCook College Contest awards

    By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Art students at CCS came home with three individual awards and an honorable mention for a group project at the annual McCook Community College Paint-In and art competition. High school art teacher Chelsea Zuege took a...
  • Cattlemen’s Ball gets Corvette donation from Harchelroads to aid cause

    Ticket sales expected to generate $500,000 for cancer research By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican This year’s Cattlemen’s Ball goal of clearing $2 million for cancer research in Nebraska got a big boost with the donation of a 2013 Chevy Corvet...
  • URNRD buys another 1,900 acres to offset increased pumping on Rock Creek project

    New rules and regulations pass without fanfare By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) knew it would need to retire more irrigated acres after increasing the number of wells on the Rock Creek augmen...