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• Former Sweden Creme opens as JJ’s

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    If the lines at the take-out window, plus the cars dotting the parking lot are any clue, JJ’s is a busy place since opening last week.    JJ’s is the former Sweden Creme, now owned by Jennifer Bell and Ja...

• ‘Small world’ discoveries can be fascinating

  LORI PANKONIN is co-publisher of Johnson Publications newspapers in Imperial, Wauneta and Grant, and part-owner of the Holyoke Enterprise in Holyoke, Colo. E-mail: ljpank@chase 3000.com We were working with a consultant from Lincoln who had come to help u...

• Another black eye on national media coverage

  By Jan Schultz, The Imperial Republican News EditorBloated budgets and trillions in debt that our federal government is amassing are what last week’s “tea parties” across the country were organized to protest.    You might think differently, thou...

• I-80 tour guides visit Chase County

  The tour guides who man the I-80 rest stops took a trip around Chase County Saturday, as part of an educational experience. Chase County Tourism Coordinator and Marketing Director Claudette Swanson showed them the Wauneta Roller Mills and Chateau Theater ...

• Longtime outdoorsman, broadcaster to be guest at SCORE

      Calling all “game birds” and other animals, too.     Kent Boughton will return to S.C.O.R.E. 2009 and spend Wednesday, June 17, with fifth and sixth graders at Swinging Bridge Ranch just west of Champion. He will demonstrate numerous bird ca...

• Zuege illustrates weather preparedness coloring book

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    Imperial’s Chelsea Zuege has completed the illustrations for a coloring book to be handed out across Nebraska and elsewhere as part of educating students about weather preparedness.    Zuege, Chase County S...

• Chase County boys continue to work on improvement

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Coach Marc Mroczek said his boys’ track team still has some work to do as they face a busy week of meets, both scheduled and rescheduled.    Coming off of last week’s rescheduled Perkins County Invitation...

• Lady Longhorns place in 12 events at Perkins County

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Placing in 12 events at last week’s rescheduled Perkins County Invitational helped the Lady Longhorn track team to a fourth place finish.    CCS Coach Al Zuege said his team competed well among the field of...

• Varsity golfers get their first start at Lex meet

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican    Chase County’s Longhorn varsity golfers finally got to take to the course Tuesday, April 14 at the Lexington Invitational.     Their first meet, scheduled in Bayard April 7, was postponed and a second dat...

• Ridlen sets national record in bench press

      The Kansas State Natural Athlete Strength Association (NASA) held its state weightlifting competition in Salina, Kan., on April 18.    Dave Ridlen of St. Joseph, Mo., competed in his first event after two years of recuperating from West Nile and...