Sales tax first quarter totals down from 2018
Imperial’s city sales tax proceeds for the first quarter of 2019 dropped considerably from the first quarter of 2018.
Ag & Business
WCNDD board holds annual meeting
West Central Nebraska Development District, Inc. (WCNDD) held its annual meeting in Ogallala June 19.
Charlie the Peakcock’s feathers went through at least five rounds of bids before eventually raising more than $5,000 at the Cattlemen’s Ball. (Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska photos)
Ruth Petsch was a model in the Ball’s style show. (Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska photos)
Friendship ends in donation
Ruth Petsch of Wauneta lost an old friend last year, but found a fitting way to memorialize him.
NRCS habitat tour adds new events to lineup
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Imperial will again be hosting a habitat tour this summer.
The tour will take place next Thursday, June 27, from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
20th anniversary with a Friday open house. (Johnson Publications photo)
AgWest notes 20th year in business; open house Friday
When AgWest Commodities was founded, a producer could sell a bushel of corn for $2.19 with a phone call to the Chicago trading pit, as long as the dial-up internet wasn’t interfering with the l