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• Alco’s ‘Cute Baby’ proceeds donation to food pantry

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    All those who voted for their favorite youngster in the Cute Baby Contest at Imperial’s Alco Store have also helped support the food pantry in Imperial.    Earlier this year, Alco conducted its third annual...

• Legislature needs to fully fund state park system

  By Russ Pankonin, The Imperial Republican Co-Publisher    Officials inside the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission want to hope for the best but are preparing for the worst when it comes to the level of funding the Nebraska Legislature will grant them in ...

• Hispanic minister leaves Methodist Church

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    With regret Pastor Cesar Duran preached his last sermon at Ebenezer Church at First United Methodist Church in Imperial the end of March.    Pastor Duran and his family had to return to Mexico due to some imm...

• Niobrara River irrigators win a round in water fight

      LINCOLNAP)—Irrigators along Nebraska’s Niobrara River will have another chance to convince a judge that the state was wrong to tell them to shut off their pumps two years ago.    In a ruling released Monday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

• Flu cases seem to be declining

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    Flu season is a tough time. Temperatures—and tempers—spike, children are even happy to go back to school, and parents are counting the days of work missed. Influenza has even sent some people to the hospital...

• The beauty and magic that’s Augusta

  This year’s Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., proved to be a memorable one with Angel Cabrera of Argentina defeating Kenny Perry of the U.S. in a playoff that ended on the second extra hole. Undoubtedly, one of the most famous sequence of holes ...

• An unlikely end to another thrilling Sunday at Augusta

  By Paul NewberryAP National Writer    AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)—There were so many ways this most thrilling of Masters could have ended.    What if Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson had carried their duel into a playoff? Now that would have turned Augusta Na...

• Imperial ball association to meet Thursday night

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Another meeting of the newly-reorganized Imperial Baseball/Softball Association (IBSA) will be held tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the city council chambers.    Bruce Peterson said they will discuss the grou...

• I’ve been to the Mecca and back

  Russ PankoninA commentary on sportsIt’s every avid golfer’s dream to attend The Masters at Augusta National in Augusta, Ga.The beauty. The history. The tradition. The Masters!  For me, that dream came true last week. And as far as I am concerned, Iâ€...

• Remember that one-point loss to Oshkosh... in 1956?

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    That old cliche is right. No matter where you travel in this country, you’ll run into a friend.    Essentially, that’s what a California man did recently. And now he wants to meet Imperial residents who s...