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Mid-Plains Community College is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The college will host a visit April 24-26 with a team representing the Higher Learning Commi...
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Those of Irish descent and those who would like to be want to attend the St. Patrick’s Day concert put on by the Sandhills Symphony Orchestra in North Platte. The free March 17 concert will begin at 3 p.m. CT in the North Platte High Performing Arts Cen...
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Private pesticide safety training and chemigation certification will take place at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church, later this month. Pesticide training will start at 1 p.m. MT and chemigation certification will take place at 5:30 p.m. MT. There is a $30 ...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The Chase County Schools speech team took second place at the McCook Speech Invitational in McCook Saturday. Most team members also scored medals. Arapahoe High School placed first, while McCook High School took third...
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People in the Champion area Saturday may have thought a fire was underway southwest of that community. Rather, it was a valuable practice exercise involving the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department (IVFD), which serves Imperial and the rural district around...
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With Monday’s mid-30 degree temperatures, it wasn’t the best start to the 2013 spring track season at Chase County Schools. But, after some stretching indoors, the teams were outside for some running drills. Carl Zuege, who heads the boys’ team this...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Imperial’s Shop at Home campaign for the holidays may have reaped some additional benefits. Besides benefiting the businesses themselves, shopping and purchases in Imperial in December 2012 brought in the biggest mo...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Highway 6, north of Enders, was closed for several hours Saturday after somewhat of a bizarre accident piled up three vehicles and damaged another. And, according to one of the people involved, “It was a miracle we ...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) will offer an irrigation retirement program again this year. Farmers and landowners will need to act quickly with a March 15 sign-up deadline. This marks the...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Gary Bieganski, the new interim chief executive officer at the Chase County Community Hospital (CCCH), said he’s felt welcomed by the hospital staff, medical staff and the community. Bieganski began his interim...
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Unseasonably warm conditions had been much of the norm this month with 15 days of temperatures in the 40s, 50s or 60s. But that changed last Wednesday and Thursday with a snowstorm that shocked the community back to winter. It meant a lot of snow removal ...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The enthusiasm is palpable at 509 Broadway, the address and name of Imperial’s newest clothing store and coffee house. Owners Tiffany Reeves and Jacci Brown brim over with ideas and excitement as their opening nears...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) will be coordinating a disaster preparedness exercise for first responders next Thursday, March 7. Heidi Wheeler, emergency response coordinator for SWNPHD, ...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Recent snows have upped the number of requests for open burn permits from the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department (IVFD). Since the first of the month, seven open burn permits have been issued by IVFD officers for bu...
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The Nebraska Broadband Initiative is part of a national effort to bring broadband high speed Internet access and information technology to all areas of the state. Imperial is one of four sites hosting a meeting next week where views and ideas can be shar...
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The Imperial FFA Chapter has qualified eight teams, six proficiencies and 35 individual FFA members for the 2013 State FFA Convention in April in Lincoln. During the past two months the students filled out Proficiency Award applications, applied for State...
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Fourteen high school student teams from nine area schools competed in the annual regional Mid-Plains Envirothon competition held on Feb. 13 in North Platte and Feb. 20 in Curtis for the right to compete at the state level competition in May. Six teams fr...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It appears it will be a busy night at the Imperial city council meeting Monday. A full agenda was already in the works mid-week for the meeting Monday that starts at 6 p.m. in the council chambers. City Clerk/Administ...
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By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News Editor
I sat through the school board meeting earlier this month when the Reading Mastery Program used in grades K-6 was a major topic of discussion. Bottom line, while it appears the expensive program may be ...
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Telephone conference report held on
Tuesday, Feb. 26
By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Senator Mark Christensen’s bill, LB 52, got several more hours closer to closing debate Tuesday. LB 52 would allow the director of the Department of Correcti...
