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Imperial residents were greeted with a ground full of snow Sunday after four inches fell starting Saturday night. It was the first snow in Imperial since late October and came just in time for Christmas, with more predicted on Wednesday this week. Above, ...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican The Imperial Education Association of teachers at Chase County Schools is coordinating a benefit pancake feed tonight (Thursday) for the Sieperda family to help with medical-related costs. The feed will be held from 5...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The owners of 509 Broadway are busy painting, drilling and are electrified about their new store. Literally, wiring was going in at the store at 509 Broadway Monday, and Jacci Brown and Tiffany Reeves are excited abou...
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“Successfully Managing the Cow Herd in the Course of Drought” will be the focus for the 2013 Tri-State Cow/Calf Symposium and Trade Show Jan. 8 in McCook. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. CT with opening remarks beginning at 9 a.m. and the program...
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Have you sold lemonade on your street corner? Do you mow lawns or walk dogs? If so, you are an entrepreneur. Rural Young Americans Center for Financial Education is searching northeast Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska for youths ages 10-21 with initiative,...
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The Nebraska Forest Service announced 2013 Western Tree Care Workshops in Chadron, Scottsbluff, Sidney, Valentine, North Platte and McCook in January. These full-day workshops will address some of the challenges associated with growing trees and other la...
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Jeff Olsen, a Certified Public Accountant, will be holding an open house this Friday at his new office building in Imperial at 181 East 4th St. In business in Imperial for 10 years, Olson moved to the new site in June from the Brophy building where he had...
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By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican This is supposed to be the season that brings glad tidings of joy. But the hearts of all Americans, especially those in Newtown, Conn., bear a burden of sorrow and disbelief not shared in this country since 9/11....
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was a good weekend for the Lady Longhorn basketball team. After a tough 0-5 start to the season, the Chase County girls took back-to-back wins Friday and Saturday from Garden County and Southwest. That lifted the...
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Youngsters, and some older kids, were lined up to try their best at a three-point shot at halftime of Friday’s home basketball games. The event was sponsored by the school’s FBLA chapter, and successful shooters went home with a liter of pop. At left,...
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By Alan CarmanThe Imperial Republican Head Coach Matt Vlasin decided to keep the majority of his wrestlers in the junior varsity division at the Sidney Invite on Saturday. With only 2 wrestlers competing in the varsity division, Chase County came in at ...
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Members of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) at Chase County Schools are creating a Longhorn discount card as a fundraiser. FBLA Sponsor Sandy O’Neil said they have contacted several businesses already but didn’t want to miss anyone who wo...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Ten students at Chase County Schools have met the criteria to be named to the 2012 academic all-state list by the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA). The recognition comes for a student’s involvement in a...
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By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Boys’ head basketball coach Carl Zuege likes the progress he’s seen in his team since the season opener. After falling to Sidney to go 0-3, the Longhorns bounced back with wins over Ogallala and Garden County. ...
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In a new format this year, high school bands and choirs combined their Christmas concert on the same night, Above, a special number, “A Christmas Celebration,” was presented by the combined band and choir under the direction of Randy Hayes. Below, She...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican When Charley Colton looks into the past, he sees not only history, but the future. We can learn how to handle the future by studying the past. That explains why Colton is not only a member of the Chase County Historic...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican On Monday the Chase County Clinic had reported three to four confirmed cases of A and B types influenza. There has also been one lab-confirmed case of influenza in the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department’s ...
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Three lucky Imperial shoppers may get a little extra Christmas spending money this Friday in the final Chamber of Commerce Shop at Home punch card drawings. Three winners, who have turned in punch cards showing $200 in purchases, will be drawn on Friday f...
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By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican The weather was perfect, the downtown Christmas lights were on and businesses were flooded with shoppers last Thursday at the Imperial Chamber of Commerce Christmas Festival. About 30 individual businesses offered...
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By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Eight churches in Imperial are shopping and wrapping presents to make the Christmas of 68 families and individuals in Imperial a little brighter. “The Gift” involves a team from local churches who “adopt” fami...
