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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Thirty-eight members of the Class of 2009 will walk across the stage at Chase County Schools Saturday. Graduation begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Longhorn gymnasium. Ushering in the class will be the school ban...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican No one offered any testimony during the public hearing on a new transfer rule being proposed by the board of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD). The public hearing was held in conju...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Personnel issues took up the majority of time at Tuesday’s school board meeting, and included two more resignations from full-time teaching staff. Ed Fisher, a grade 7-12 industrial arts teacher, is reti...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican As of July 1, if your trash toter doesn’t have a sticker on it, the trash won’t be picked up by the city sanitation crew. City council members voted to change the policy on trash pickups at Monday’s ...
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The kindergarten through sixth grade music classes will present two evenings of music next week in the school complex on East 9th Street. The sixth grade class will present two operettas on Monday night, beginning at 7 p.m. Dennis Batte...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The Chase County Schools board received and accepted the resignation of grade 5-8 Resource Teacher Rebecca Mousel Tuesday night. Mousel has accepted a job as grade 11-12 resource, or special education, teacher a...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was a busy day Saturday at JJ’s, a newly reopened restaurant at 1134 Broadway. Formerly operating as Sweden Creme, Jennifer Bell and Jason Faling purchased the business earlier this year, reopening in...
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A new study completed for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development’s Travel and Tourism Division indicates that travel and tourism has contributed meaningfully to the economies of all the state’s 93 counties. Dean Runyan Associate...
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Bobette Maier, the former Bobette Wood of Imperial, was recently named director of the dental hygiene program at Colby (Kan.) Community College. Maier has been a full-time instructor at CCC for three years, teaching and supervising students i...
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Dan Steinkruger, Acting State Executive Director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Nebraska, announced that signup for the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program began April 27. ACRE is a provision of the 2008 Farm Bill that provides a...
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Information about the 2008 Farm Bill sign-up will be presented at meetings in the Southwest 4 Nebraska counties. Meeting locations and times are:June 8—7 p.m. in Benkelman, FSA office.June 9—1 p.m. in Hayes Center, 4-H building, Fairgrou...
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Republican River Riparian Restoration Partnership will be hosting a conference, Wednesday, May 27, 9:30 a.m. (CT), at the Gateway Building in Oberlin, Kan. The Republican River Riparian Partnership (RRRRP) is dedicated to education and dem...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Co-PublisherIt’s graduation season for our area high schools and colleges throughout the state. Regardless of whether it’s from high school or college, graduation represents a giant milestone in the lives of t...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Emilee Fish was moved to Madonna Rehabilitation Center Monday after several days in a Lincoln hospital, where she was air-lifted last Thursday following a one-vehicle accident. Fish, 19, a 2008 Chase Count...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Art Creveling, former owner of the funeral home in Imperial, received an award for being a licensed funeral director for 40 years by the Nebraska Funeral Directors Association recently. He was given the aw...
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Nebraska’s hands-on science museum bears the name of one of Aurora’s famous native sons, Dr. Harold Edgerton, a scientist, educator and inventor. “Doc” Edgerton is known internationally as the father of flash photography and develo...
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Imperial’s co-ed softball league is organizing for the summer season. Games are set to begin on Monday, June 1. Denise Smith of Imperial will be coordinating the league this summer. Men and women of all ages can participate, but they must b...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Young baseball players eight years old through junior Legion age have the opportunity to take part in a baseball fundamentals camp, May 22-23 in Imperial. The clinic will be conducted by members of the Imp...
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Regular season concludes at Dundy County FridayBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It will all be on the line today (Thursday) when the Longhorn boys compete at the C11 district meet in Bayard. It’s what an athlete and team work for all se...
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Now, it’s on to districtsfor Lady LonghornsBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It’s the middle of May, and that time of year brings district track meets across the state. Chase County will be in Bayard today (Thursday) for the C11 Distri...