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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Imperial Longhorns will seek to end their regular season on an up note Friday when they play host to 13-6 Sutherland. Sutherland comes in having won seven of their last eight games, which included an...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was a valiant effort, but Chase County just couldn’t get enough shots to fall Tuesday night in the semi-finals of the girls’ C1-12 subdistrict basketball tournament. The Lady Longhorns lost to subdi...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County was on the road for its final two regular season games last week in Wauneta and Hershey. The Lady Longhorns dropped both games, as they again gave up too many turnovers and could muster field...
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Rocky Mountain Festival of Winds at the University of Wyoming will be held Feb. 21-23. The Concert and Festival Bands will made up of the finest high school players from the region, conducted by Chris Nicholas and Dr. Robert Belsar. ...
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Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn, along with the Omaha Royals Baseball Club, announce the kick-off of the 7th Annual, “Why I Want to Go to College” essay contest. The essay contest is open to all 7th and 8th grade students residing ...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Imperial will host a baseball clinic for umpires on Sunday, March 15. The clinic will be held at Imperial’s Campbell Park on West 7th Street beginning at 1 p.m., and should conclude no later than 4 p.m. ...
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Darrin Schultz will serve as summer recreation director for the city of Imperial for 2009. Members of the Imperial park and tree commission discussed his hiring at their Feb. 3 meeting. In the position, Schultz will coordinate the summe...
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Except for the snow last Friday, the weather has been generally cooperative in recent weeks for completion of the brick work on the east side of the city offices building between 7th and 8th Sts. on Broadway. At right, Jason Kirkpatrick of Grant was busy ...
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One of the great spectacles of the natural world—the migration of 650,000 sandhill cranes—has begun. From March through mid-April, trumpeting formations of these ancient birds fill the skies over Kearney. By day, the giant gray cranes for...
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The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Director Dan Steinkruger reminds producers that the sign-up period for 2005-2007 Crop Disaster Program (CDP) will end Feb. 27. This program provides benefits for crop losses due to quantity...
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Livestock on open grassland that can be sheltered behind a four to six row tree windbreak will be protected from the wind, require less feed and may be less susceptible to health problems, according to Jim Brandle, professor of forestry at the Univ...
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With two wind energy projects coming online in February, the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN) increased its wind energy nameplate capacity from approximately 3 percent to nearly 6 percent of its total power supply capacity. MEAN is ...
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T J Martin of Lamar, owns three bulls listed in the Spring 2009 Sire Evaluation Report published by the American Angus Association® in Saint Joseph, Mo. Issued in both the spring and fall, the new report features the latest performance in...
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Chase County has received a monetary dividend of $3,604 from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association (NIRMA), the county’s property, liability and workers’ compensation coverage provider. The dividend was part of a ne...
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CALLAWAY (AP)—To pay the bills, Richard Cool drives 45 miles down a lonely highway from the family ranch to a small-town auto parts factory where he works the overnight shift. It ends at 6 a.m., then Cool’s future begins. “Not onl...
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By Gene O. MorrisExecutive Director Fox Theatre-McCook Enchanted by a performance that “captured my interest and held me in time,” Charles Coleman is encouraging people throughout the McCook area to attend the Saturday night performance of “Ci...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican For more than 70 years, kids and adults in Imperial have trudged up West 6th or 7th Street to Imperial’s swimming pool. But, this summer, swimmers will head to the east part of town to swim in the new po...
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Imperial was the place to be for youth basketball Saturday, as 27 teams competed in the 2009 Longhorn Basketball Tournament. It’s been several years since a tournament for youths was held in Imperial. Four playing floors were in use throughout the commu...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Candy is dandy, wine is fine, and flowers are...hours of beauty. But, if you’re looking for a unique present for your special Valentine on Feb. 14, Imperial businesses are the place to browse. A few bus...
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Salaries upped between 3.5 and 4.2 percentBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s three school administrators have been offered contracts for the 2009-2010 school year with salary increases between 3.5 and 4.2 percent. Action ca...
