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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Mid-Plains Community College has a wide variety of for-credit and not-for-credit classes offered in Imperial this fall. Registration is now being accepted, as many classes begin soon. The classes are offered in a vari...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican In 1989, the city of Imperial purchased and installed a Steinway grand piano in the Imperial Theatre, to be used for recitals and concerts. Now, the city is seeking input on the future of the piano. Members of the Imp...
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By Tina KittThe Wauneta Breeze Their lives’ journeys included stints in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, Coast Guard service in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre during World War II, and successful business careers in North Platte. But in the end, home to...
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By Jan RahnThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel An expansion in patient care is taking place at First Insight Eyecare. Joining Dr. Tim Meyer in his practice are the husband and wife team of Eric and Tori Gengenbach. The couple joined Meyer’s staff this summer, ...
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Many of the 2009 winter wheat variety test results are now available online and the rest will soon follow, said a University of Nebraska–Lincoln specialist. Each year, UNL tests winter wheat varieties in several locations throughout the state, said Bob ...
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The Demolition Derby at the Chase County Fair this year will continue to offer a weld division, as well as the no weld and compact divisions. This year the total purse is $6,000. Chairman Bryan Dannatt noted that the compact division was added about six y...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Their three-month old son has a “Husker” strap attached to his pacifier. Looks like Vicar Sean Hansen and his family have settled in in Imperial. Sean and wife Rebecca moved to Imperial recently with son James. Se...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Co-PublisherWith the City of Imperial purchasing 67 acres on the east edge of town, Imperial can now make a legitimate case that it’s ready to embrace further economic development. Through the use of revenue ge...
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It was a week full of news from the Lutz abode. Austin, our five-year-old grandson, called on a Tuesday exclaiming, “My EEG was normal!” That was some of the BEST news anyone could have given me. Two years earlier at age three, Austin’s EEG showed t...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The start of this year’s fall sports season for the Chase County Schools Longhorns comes in slightly more than three weeks. As a result, coaches for the respective sports are planning team meetings, conductin...
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Imperial Crush falls in final regular season games
By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The Imperial Crush baseball team dropped their final two regular season games last weekend, falling to Scottsbluff in a double header. They will take a 3-6 re...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican This weekend’s district Nebraska Baseball Association wood bat tournament in Imperial will include a couple of special deals, mostly aimed at the youngsters. All youths wearing their Imperial Crush baseball T-shirts...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Ron Snell, Executive Director of The Connection Homeless Shelter in North Platte, will be in Imperial Monday, during his 3,100-mile bicycle ride to each county in Nebraska. He will be at Smokin’ Leroy’s 12th Stree...
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The start of the co-ed softball tournament means the end of the summer ball season is just around the corner. The tournament kicked off Monday night and will continue tonight (Thursday) and conclude Friday. Games are being played both in Wauneta and I...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Several players from each traveling Peewee team in Imperial participated in the league’s all-star game played Tuesday, July 28 at Paxton. Players selected from Imperial 1 included Kale Gockley, Ryan Moline, Kelt...
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Summer is the time for former high school juniors to participate in youth leadership camps. Four students from Chase County Schools were chosen to attend camps, with three making the trips. Mayra Acosta, 17, attended Cornhusker Girls State in Lincoln May ...
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In July, nine members of the Frenchman Valley Riders (GWTA Chapter NE-W) rode to Lexington, Ky. to participate in Gold Rush XXII, the Gold Wing Touring Association’s national rally. Attendees toured Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, the Woodford Reserve...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Hail pounded the daylights out of more crops in Chase County last week, for what seems like this umpteenth time this summer. This time, it was farmers in the Lamar area that got hit. Unlike some of the prev...
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Council to let bids
to bond project
By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Imperial city council members swallowed hard when they saw the estimate to complete street work on 5th, 9th and 12th Streets. The estimated cost for the proposed project, which...
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■ Mid-Plains celebrates new location, dedication to education.
Bellevue University offering undergraduate degrees here
By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Imperial’s extended campus of Mid-Plains Community College took a giant leap forward last ...
