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Credit will be issued on next year’s tax statementBy Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Taxpayers in the three Republican Basin natural resources districts (NRDs) will see a credit on their taxes next year for the collection of a special NRD tax...
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Swine flu numbers inU.S. growing by dayBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican In a conference call with state health officials Tuesday, Myra Stoney said they were asked “if we are ready.” The director of the Southwest Nebraska Public Health...
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Local and area emergency responders and others attended a workshop in Imperial Saturday that focused on the preparations and response to foreign animal diseases, such as Hoof and Mouth Disease or BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease. The workshop was sp...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican February’s proceeds from the city’s one percent sales tax were lower than any month since November, 2007, but still brought in over $25,000. The monthly report from the Nebraska Dept. of Revenue shows ...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican She’s spent years on the stage or on the bus as speech and drama teacher at Chase County Schools. Now, English teacher Cathy Howard is retiring. Howard obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English fro...
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Seven Chase County Schools students joined about 1,250 delegates from 109 chapters for the annual Nebraska Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference in Lincoln April 6-7. FCCLA is an organization of F...
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Chemigation training will be held Monday, May 13, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. (MT) at the NRD building in Imperial. Pre-registration is necessary to attend this meeting. Chemigation training is a requirement for ag producers to apply chemicals throu...
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Imperial recently made a commitment to the protection of local groundwater supplies by entering the Groundwater Guardian program of The Groundwater Foundation. Groundwater Guardian recognizes the groundwater protection accomplishments of comm...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Three members of the Imperial FFA chapter did well on their proficiency projects the past year. Karlee Kunnemann, Paula Leibbrandt and Shelby Frasier all earned the first gold in their proficiency categori...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Co-Publishersignup for the new CodeRED warning and weather notification system in Chase County is now underway and I urge each of you to take time to enter your address information into the system. This new...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s instrumental and vocal musicians raked in a majority of “superiors” at the district contest Friday in McCook. “Superior” or a I rating is the highest that can be awarded at the dis...
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Matt Hayes shoots 77 at Perkins County inviteBy Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Longhorn varsity golfers collected a pair of fourth place finishes in their two outings last week. On Tuesday, April 21, the Longhorns finished fourth at...
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Conference meet will take athletes to Hershey FridayBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Maybe it was the near-perfect weather. Maybe it was being on the home track. Whatever it was, the Longhorn boys turned in some of the best marks o...
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SPVA track title on the line this FridayBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was by a slim two-point margin, but the Lady Longhorns captured their first track meet championship of the season last week when they won their home Imperial Invitation...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences classes are celebrating 100 years of existence this year across the country. Chase County Schools, along with the Crazy Quilt Guild of Imperial and Mid-Plains Commun...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Thanks to a request from the Western Plains Long Beards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, areas along the Republican River near Swanson Reservoir and Frenchman Creek at Enders Reservoir will soon b...
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A long-standing tradition at the Imperial Invitational Track Meet continued for another year with a special presentation to the winners of the 800 meter run. This year’s winners of the Bill McNair 800 Meter Memorial Medals were Chelsey Commins of Ogalla...
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Little League boys’, girls’ teams could use more players age 9 to 11 April 30 arrives today (Thursday), which is the deadline for baseball and softball player sign-up for city of Imperial teams. It is especially important for boys and girl...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Cold and wind greeted Longhorn athletes when they arrived at the Hershey Invitational Saturday morning. Conditions improved for short periods, but the temperatures never got out of the 40s, making it anoth...
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■ Editor’s note: Chase County Weed Supt. Randy Bartlett said this is the ideal time of year to begin control of musk thistle. He can be contacted for more information on control measures at 882-7520. Musk thistle remains one of the most plentif...
