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   Troopers and dispatchers with the Nebraska State Patrol will be putting in overtime hours as part of high visibility enforcement efforts in conjunction with this week’s boys state basketball tournament in Lincoln.     A grant of $8, 550 from...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   The former R&M Sweden Creme at 1134 Broadway will be reopening in April under new ownership.   Purchase of the restaurant is being helped with a $40,000 low-interest loan from the city’s sales tax funds ea...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   The site superintendent for the contractor constructing the new Frenchman Valley Coop building at the south end of Broadway Street expects to meet the June 5 competion date. James Zack of TCC Corporation of Colo...
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    Christopher Norman is a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Littleton, Colo. The nephew of Rich Norman of Imperial, he grew up in Ogallala and attended the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Â...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   Aspiring actors and actresses should start limbering up for tryouts for a Children’s Theatre Company of South Dakota performance next week.   Children ages kindergarten through grade eight are encouraged t...
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    The Southwestern Nebraska Pheasants Forever Chapter held its 19th annual fund-raising banquet Saturday at Enders Lake Golf Course. Drew Larsen, Regional Nebraska Pheasants Forever Biologist from North Platte, was the emcee for the evening’s act...
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Robert Tigner’s first day on the job was MondayBy Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican   Iowa native Robert Tigner joined the staff at the Southwest Four Extension Service (SW4) Monday, March 2, as its new extension educator.    Tigner, who pref...
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By Jan GoffThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel   There has not yet been an arrest, nor is an arrest imminent in the Corrie Wood murder case, despite rumors to the contrary.   According to Perkins County Sheriff Jim Brueggeman, the case is still very active...
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Thefts across country in the millions of dollars By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Blake Burnside has been in the Chase County Jail since late January, following a series of break-ins in Imperial.      Imperial police officers had no ide...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Two hundred Imperial residents took the time to make their thoughts known about city services and the direction they would like the city to take in the future.   They did that by way of the community survey ...
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By Dave VrbasThe Wauneta Breeze   State Senator Mark Christensen has stamped a bill by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman with his priority bill designation, in an attempt to refund residents in the Republican River basin for taxes recently deemed uncons...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   The presence of the Nebraska State Patrol in Imperial has been reduced to one trooper, following the transfer of Trooper Jeffrey W. Dunton to Troop E in Sidney.   According to Capt. Jim Parish of the State P...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   The U.S. Postal Service has announced that the price of a first-class stamp will increase two cents on May 11, to 44 cents. Postal rates go up annually in May, with the new prices announced in February. The over...
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Event is in March this yearBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Chase County high school students will be attending prom here several weeks earlier than previous years.   Prom, one of spring’s biggest events at many high schools, will be held...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   I took a look inside my book.   I knew the words—some crazy birds   Were marching by under a purple sky.   I wore my hat, loaned by a cat   While sharing a tale about a wh...
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   The Red Willow County Household Hazardous Waste Program and Southwest Nebraska RC&D has scheduled collection events in southwest Nebraska to help local residents dispose of potentially hazardous household products at no charge.    Collection ev...
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   The genuine kindness of native Nebraskan Gary Scharf is imprinted on all those who knew him and have come to know him since his death in December 2007, a victim of an Omaha mall-shooting.    Scharf’s uncommon zeal for helping others will soon...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   Two Chase County Schools FFA teams finished in first place at district competition in Curtis Feb. 25, earning them a shot at state titles next month. The Ag Sales and Agriscience teams each took a first, while a...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   Attorney Philip E. Pierce has opened an office in Imperial. The Ogallala resident, who is also Imperial City Attorney, can be found at 409 Broadway, in the Service Insurance building.   Pierce had been consi...
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By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News EditorLegislative bill (LB) 675 will go before the Unicameral’s judiciary committee today (Thursday) in Lincoln. It’s a bill that would require a doctor about to perform an abortion to show the mother an ul...
