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A lot of meals for hungry people around the world have been packaged at the Mercy Meals house in Wauneta. The organization is approaching its 10th anniversary in the coming weeks.

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This group of volunteers gathered to complete a memorial pack for Amanda Poppe Johnson. It’s just one of the many individual groups that have packaged 1,815,321 meals since September 2012.

Two-day mega pack will observe Mercy Meals’ 10th anniversary

It’s been a team effort the past 10 years, according to one Mercy Meals board member as she looks forward to a decade of service.

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More work to continue on crossing to Champion Lake

Chase County Commissioners Jacci Brown, Duane Dinnel and Dennis Kunnemann approved more work on the new crossing over the Frenchman River to Champion Lake at the Aug.

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Tristan Nordhausen | The Imperial Republican
Damon Spady hits the dirt in the Allo Arena during steer riding at the Chase County Fair Aug. 10.

Riders get dirty at Chase County Fair

Mutton Bustin’ continued to be a draw at the Chase County Fair, and plenty of steer and calf riders turned out, too, for the Aug. 10 events.

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Second quarter sales tax tops first

It was a better second quarter of receipts compared to the first for the city of Imperial and its city sales tax income.

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Jan Schultz | The Imperial Republican
The paperwork is complete on the sale of Keith Regier’s feed business to Veterinary Services. On hand Monday at the feed business building at 120 Holland Street were, from left, Sam Munderloh, Regier Feeds manager; Sherryn and Keith Regier, previous owners; and Dr. Nicole Hendricks, DVM, and Dr. Troy Worth, DVM, co-owners of Veterinary Services.