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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican After two road games, Imperial Crush will play their first game on the home Campbell field this Sunday when they host North Platte. North Platte is a new addition on their schedule this year, and is new to...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Imperial’s 16-and-under baseball team got off to a great start last week, winning all five games they played. They defeated Wauneta in a doubleheader Thursday, June 4. On Friday, June 5, they p...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Four new teachers will join the staff at Chase County Schools this fall. On Tuesday, members of the Chase County Schools board of education hired Kim Bubak, Lisa Krutsinger, Renee Hamilton and Amy Walworth...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Registrations surged the past week for this Saturday’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, billed as a fun, learning day for children of the area. Co-chairman Chris Tomky said on Wednesday there are 140 ...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican It’s been just over a month since Nebraska began preparing for the novel influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flue. Activities are ongoing, according to the state’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joann...
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The past week began a busy summer of baseball and softball activity in the city of Imperial’s summer recreation program. While there are older, competitive games also underway, the area’s youngest players are also working hard on learning the basics o...
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The Frenchman Valley Coop moved into their new headquarters this past weekend. The new facility is located at the south end of Broadway in Imperial. The move went as planned, General Manager Jim Chism said this week, despite having to work around some wat...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Next weekend’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Day in Imperial will be a good start to communicating and educating youths in multiple areas of safety. According to organizers, the opening speaker Saturday...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Imperial business community suffered a loss this weekend when Jim Robb, 75, co-owner of Robb’s Sale and Service, died Saturday. Robb and his wife, Carol, opened the appliance and heating and cooli...
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Christensen pleased withaccomplishments of sessionBy Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Senator Mark Christensen, 44th District representative from Imperial, left Lincoln last week with a good sense of accomplishment for the Legislative session ju...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican New Chase County Deputy Sheriff Vince Lopez is no stranger to western Nebraska. The Valentine native decided to apply for a position in the department because of the hunting and fishing opportunities, and becaus...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican By a vote of 2-1 at their May 12 meeting, Chase County commissioners acted to remove Larry Carpenter from the board of trustees of the Chase County Community Hospital. At last week’s meeting, Eddie Ni...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican With fingers crossed for a nice morning, the Chase County Tourism Committee has scheduled Celebration on the Square for June 20. Tourism Coordinator Claudette Swanson said the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. event at the court...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The lone occupant of a car involved in a one-car accident last Saturday is reported to be at the University of Creighton Medical Center with head trauma. According to the Chase County Sheriff’s Departmen...
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Final registration for allattendees Monday at CCSBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican If the numbers hold, it appears the 2009 SCORE (Science Camps Offer Rewarding Experiences) will set a new attendance record this year. Final numbers won’t...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican With more than twice the space, staff at the Chase County Extension Office in Imperial is enjoying their move to a new location. Starting this week, the Extension office is operating at 135 West 5th Street...
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By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News Editor In the closing days of the 2009 Nebraska Unicameral session, senators overwhelmingly adopted LB 675, termed the “Ultrasound Bill.” It passed on a 40-5-4 vote. The Governor is expected to sign...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Standing on a hill just outside of Champion is the Lakeview Cemetery, dating back about 100 years. The newest addition to the cemetery is a sign at the entrance. It was donated by the Jeannine Cox family,...
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Former Chase County resident and rodeo clown Barry Johnson will return to Imperial Saturday, June 13 to be the barrel man for the PBR bull riding event set for 7:30 p.m. next week at the fairgrounds arena. The event will feature riders eligible to compete...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Twenty youngsters who are playing baseball in local programs this summer got a brush-up on the basics of the sport at a fundamentals camps last week. Three members of the Imperial Crush wood bat baseball t...
