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Training will be conducted in Spanish at the
Imperial Lied Library
The Center for Rural Affairs’ Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) will host a five-week business plan basics course beginning Wednesday, Aug. 26, and ending on Wednesday, Sept. ...
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Sign-up started Monday
in NRCS offices
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced on Aug. 6, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) was to begin a continuous signup for the new Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) on Monday, A...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Catholic parishes in the area learned first-hand about their church’s mission efforts in foreign lands. Rev. Felix Ilesanmi Osasona, a Nigerian priest, spent a week in Imperial recently to tell churches in Indian...
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Recently the Nebraska Department of Economic Development announced that Sept. 25 is the deadline for submitting applications for the next round of grants available through the Agricultural Innovation and Value-Added Act. For both value-added grants and B...
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“Nebraska farmers, ranchers, and landowners need to make sure they have completed farm program signup at their local FSA office by Friday, Aug. 14, 2009,” noted FSA State Executive Director Dan Steinkruger. “We have three major activities that end...
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I needed to provide a couple desserts for a luncheon, so why not double the recipe to make it easier? On second thought, my favorite recipe takes more time with separate layers so I’ll make one Chocolate Butterfinger Delight and stir up some Frosted Pum...
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By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News Editor
Next to Christmas, it’s probably the most anticipated event of the year here in Chase County. That’s the Chase County Fair! By the time you are reading this, events will be in full swing at the fair...
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Close to 300 people attended Friday’s open house at the new Frenchman Valley Coop facilities at 2nd and Broadway in Imperial. Hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans and drinks were served, and many took tours of the new facility. Coop employe...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Teaching music through “singing, saying, dancing, playing” is the theory of new elementary vocal music teacher Amy Walworth. She was hired by Chase County Schools this summer to teach kindergarten through sixth g...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Imperial Crush finished second in the High Plains Adult baseball district tournament held in Imperial Saturday. The tournament turned into a three-team round robin after Kimball dropped out before the weekend. ...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican A father-son team well-known in Imperial were selected to umpire the state class B Junior Legion baseball tournament in Holdrege, July 24-28. Marc Mroczek of Imperial and his dad, Ron Mroczek of Alma, teamed up with t...
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An Imperial team, Prestige Worldwide, won the championship in this summer’s coed softball league, defeating Wauneta’s Good Times in an extra inning championship game last Friday night, 18-17. Prestige went through the tournament held Aug. 3, 6 and...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican A band that has opened for such groups as Emerson Drive, The Boulder Acoustic Society, Jim Salestrom and The Jim Rice Band will be performing for a dance at the Chase County Fair this Saturday night. The Ben Treffer B...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Sixty-six entries vied for cash prizes in this year’s Chase County Fair photography contest. Contest coordinator Sheri Clevenger said the entries for this popular contest continue to grow. In fact, there were so man...
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The Nebraska Department of Education’s Nutrition Services office has announced the income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced price meals for persons unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch, Breakfast, Specia...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican For the 12th time, the city’s monthly proceeds from its one percent sales tax on qualified purchases topped the $30,000 mark. May’s sales tax receipts were the 26th month for the collection of the tax in Imperial,...
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Fair supporters gathered Friday night at the open air auditorium at Chase County Fairgrounds to celebrate the beginning of the fair. Individuals, organizations, businesses and fair board members mingled under “palm trees” designed from pine trees, and...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican An old wrecker and pickup at the corner of East 12th and Wellington Sts., may be allowed to remain at the site, if a change in the city’s nuisance ordinance is approved at the next council meeting. Owners of Smokin...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Hold on to your hats or caps and prepare to ride to the Chase County Fair! It seems early this year to many people, but the fair begins Sunday. As always, events begin with the 4-H Horse Show at 8 a.m. Sunday morning ...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican The recent purchase by the City of Imperial of 67 acres of farm ground on the east edge of Imperial gives the town something it’s never had—an industrial development area. The ground borders Hwy. 61 on the east...
