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• Champion man arrested for possession of stolen trailer

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican A rural Champion man was arrested Sunday, April 28, for being in possession of a trailer that had been reported stolen. Daniel Schilke, 41, was taken into custody by the Imperial Police Department (IPD) and remains...

• Local SCORE camp in June nears; registration for all grades now open

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican SCORE camps will be here in just over five weeks. SCORE stands for Science Camps Offer Rewarding Exper­iences, and are offered every other year in and around Imper­ial. This year, the camp will be spread out over th...

• Longhorn golfers capture SPVA title

  Last SPVA golf title came 13 years ago By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Chase County’s golfers accomplished a feat the Longhorns haven’t been able to do for 13 years—win an SPVA title. The Longhorns shot three strokes better than North Plat...

• Lady Longhorns runners-up to SPVA title

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican It was close, closer than it said it would be on paper. But, the Lady Longhorns were just 11.5 points shy of a repeat SPVA Conference title. North Platte St. Pat’s pulled out the conference championship Friday in a ...

• Lady Shorthorns collect wins in both track divisions at home meet

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Both of Chase County’s seventh and eighth grade girls’ track teams took the championship in last Thursday’s home meet at the CCS track. The two teams combined for eight first place finishes to win both divisions...

• Shorthorn boys take first, third in team points at home meet

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican An enlarged Chase County junior high invitational track meet last Thursday drew 12 schools and more than 100 competitors in some events. At the meet, Chase County’s seventh grade boys took first while the eighth gra...

• Congressman Adrian Smith’s mobile office stops in Imperial

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Local residents had a chance to express their concerns, ask for help in wading through the federal bureaucracy or just get information from Congressman Adrian Smith’s Mobile Office. Actually the mobile office was Ag...

• Phillips County Raceway sees first action of season

  By Geoff BriggsBST Racing Will Brack drove the Brack Family Owned, Buckeye Welding Supply Hughes for the win Sunday, April 28, at Phillips County Raceway. The win marked the first for Brack on the 2013 Precise Racing Blood, Sweat and Tears Series for IMCA...

• Music students take spotlight at districts

  Every instrumental and vocal note was scrutinized Friday by judges as Chase County Schools hosted the District 5 Music Contest a second consecutive year. More than 500 students from 12 schools brought solo, ensemble and large group numbers to be rated b...

• Third annual Feed My Starving Children event planned for July

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican For the third consecutive year, Imperial will play host to a mobile packing event for Feed My Starving Children. This year’s five-day event will be held July 23-27 at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church. The event is ...

• Council opts to pave Second Street where rental houses will be built

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican In light of a successful grant application announced last week for a rental housing project in Imperial, council members voted to upgrade the street on which the 10 houses will be built. On a 3-1 vote Monday, the co...

• Rental housing project awarded tax credits for 10 homes

  Ten single-family rental homes will be built in Cornerstone Development Park By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Efforts to create more rental housing in Imperial got a monumental boost Friday, April 19. That’s when it was announced a 10-home ren...

• Lots of laughs at ‘Dancing With the Olympians’

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Be sure to mark your calendar for April 29 and tentatively May 2. Those nights some crazy gods and goddesses are going to be populating the Greek pillars of Chase County Schools. The spring play is “Dancing With the...

• Christensen’s priority bill on surface water compensation makes it to Select File status

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican Senator Mark Christensen’s priority bill, LB 522, made it to Select File Tuesday morning on a 27-0 vote. The bill calls for the state to reimburse surface water irrigators for water released from storage reservoi...

• Mexican restaurant is swamped with business

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican The first three days the new Tequilas Mexican Grill was open in Imperial were “crazy,” according to owner Miguel Esparza. He and wife Gabriella Hernandez opened their second restaurant Friday night. Their first re...

• SPCC deadline for farmers less than one month away

  FREE seminars offered in Nebraska to clear up confusion AgCompliance has announced local seminars providing Soil Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) education to farmers and ranchers in the southwest Nebraska area. These seminars will provide u...

• Webinar to explain FSA farm programs

  By Robert TignerSW4 Agricultural Extension Educator This year, the U.S. Congress extended the 2008 Farm Bill to cover agricultural production in 2013. The extension of this legislation requires producers to again make an election regarding which FSA farm...

• Retiring teacher loves social studies, reading

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican Former students of Chase County Schools fourth grade teacher Gary Patch still come up to him and reminisce about their favorite activity. “Are you still reading the Great Brain series? Did you do a play on the Orego...

• Housing project key, but the battle goes on

  By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Last Friday’s announcement that a single-family 10-house rental project development in Imperial won federal housing  tax credits provided a reason to celebrate. Anyone who’s tried to find rental housing in ...

• Twenty district superior ratings earned by CCS music students

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican Out of 31 entries from Chase County Schools, 20 earned superiors, or “I” ratings, at Friday’s District 5 music contest. CCS hosted the contest for a second year in a row, giving students not involved in the high...