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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Unlike Chase County’s neighbors to the north and west, damage was minimal here in a pair of storms last week.   A check with three insurance firms in town indicated most of the damage in Chase County came ...
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By Jan RahnThe Grant Tribune Sentinel   A fast-moving, intense storm rolled through the area last Thursday night taking its toll on crops, pivot systems, trees and anything else in its path.   Somewhere between 11 p.m. and midnight, firefighters f...
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By Lori PankoninThe Imperial Republican   Mark and Sherie Mercier of Spring Valley, Ariz., returned to Imperial for a brief visit this week to renew the connection felt for a town that Mark’s great grandfather, Thomas Mercier, founded in 1885.  Â...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   Letters will be sent out this week concerning the Chase County Fair Parade, to be held Aug. 15. The letters, to be sent to organizations, churches, businesses and others, will include an entry form, according ...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Great Plains Cable TV customers wondering where some of their favorite stations went last week should be able to find them now, but they might be on a different channel.   The company was busy realigning som...
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   Low and moderate income older Nebraskans have until June 30 to apply for a homestead exemption to obtain relief from property taxes.    This annual exemption excludes all or a portion of the value of a person’s home and up to one acre of the ...
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   While the number of irrigated acres is dropping in many parts of the country, it continues to rise in Nebraska, which now ranks first in the nation.   Some areas of the state are over-irrigated, however, and significant limitations on future ir...
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By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News Editor   If you’ve been reading U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns’ columns the past three weeks in this newspaper, you noticed they have expressed grave concerns about President Obama’s push for a government-fun...
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   The Chase County Museum will host the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department this Sunday, June 28. Volunteers from the fire department will be on hand to demonstrate some of the equipment.   The original tools and equipment for the “Jaws of Lifeâ...
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Organizers of Celebration on the Square in Imperial moved the event from July to June in hopes of cooler temperatures, and that was exactly how it was Saturday, when comfortable 70-degree readings greeted attendees. Among the shoppers at the 10 to 12 boot...
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Young girls, who are pre-Little League age, can be found Tuesdays and Thursdays at Schroeder Park, where they are learning the basics of the sport of softball, thanks to a number of volunteers and parents. Last Thursday, the focus of the T-ball session wa...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Imperial Crush’s second win in a row, a 17-1 thrashing of Kimball Sunday, evened the team’s season record at 2-2.   The first three innings were scoreless, but Imperial took an early 1-0 lead in the fo...
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Team finishes season with just one lossBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   In a battle between two Chase County teams, Imperial came out on top in the Tri-County South League softball tournament Saturday, beating Wauneta 14-7.   The championsh...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican   Imperial’s swim team picked up its first win of the season Saturday, completed at Grant.   Team scoring was Imperial 461, Benkelman 370, Grant 236 and Wauneta 15.   This Saturday, June 27, the team wil...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican   Imperial’s 16-and-under baseball team remains undefeated with wins over Benkelman, Wauneta, McCook and Grant last week.    On June 17 at Benkelman, Imperial gave up just one run in a 19-1 win that ende...
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The rainy and stormy weather Imperial has experienced this month has also played havoc with the baseball and softball schedules in the community. At a Pee Wee baseball game last Wednesday, June 17, at Schroeder Park, Imperial 1 was battling a team from Su...
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   Three youths who attended the June 13 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day in Imperial also won essay contests as part of the activities.   A panel of three judges selected the following winners—Ashley Bubak, age 6-8 division; Caleb Bubak, age ...
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Director says week successfulBy Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican   Since 1989 the Imperial Grade School Foundation has sponsored a hands-on science camp, or SCORE (Science Camps Offer Rewarding Experiences). Rewarding was definitely the definitive w...
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This week’s SCORE science camps in and around Imperial got off to, literally, a smokin’ start Monday with programs in the school auditorium. At left, John Thompson, director of operations at Aurora’s Edgerton Explorit Center, wows the audience as ...
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The action at Saturday’s Chase County Bullriding Challenge was nothing but high-flying, as illustrated when cowboy Brad Harris of Udall, Kan., went flying off the back of the bull, Automatic, as the bull fighter gets ready to move in should Harris needs...
