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By Pastor Vince Carrig
Sports Writer
Plainsmen forward Michael York snuffed Sutherland center Alex Harkness’ shot, sidearm-hurled an outlet pass to Kye Kurkowski, and watched Kurkowski dunk it to help Perkins County clobber the Sailors 37-21 Saturda...
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By Christy Sheets
Sports Writer
The day after Christmas vacation, the Wallace Wildcats traveled to Curtis to face Medicine Valley.
In the first quarter, Medicine Valley led the Lady Cats 14 to 16, but the Cats clawed their way back, and headed int...
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By Travis McConnell
Sports Writer
The Wallace Wildcat boys basketball team jumped right back into action on the first day back to class after Christmas break as they traveled to Curtis to take on the Medicine Valley Raiders Tuesday night.
The Wildcat...
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The 19th annual “MAC Attack” youth basketball tournament will be held in McCook the weekend of Jan. 24-25. The tournament is sponsored by the McCook Optimist Club.
The grades for the tournament include fourth-eighth for boys and girls. Divisions wi...
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Perkins County wrestlers reached the mid-point in the 2009-2010 season with a tournament in Garden County on Saturday, Jan. 9. The team finished in the 10th place spot with 55 points in a field of 16 teams.
First place went to Maxwell with 149 points, ...
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The term ‘January thaw’ applied to the area this week when much of the snow and ice left behind by the holiday storm made its way to the gutters when temperatures warmed up to 55 degrees on Monday. One week ago, ice, frost and temperatures that dipp...
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By Russ Pankonin
The Imperial Republican
Senator Mark Christensen of Imperial hasn’t even gotten all the bills he plans to introduce in the hopper yet but those he has dropped in so far are creating a stir and raising eyebrows.
LB 889, his ver...
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The Elsie/Madrid community blood drive held Dec. 23 was a great success, according to coordinators Michele Cutler and Rosalie Curtis. The goal set by the American Red Cross was surpassed.
Many donors braved the unfavorable weather conditions to donate....
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“AmFirst Insurance Services donated $100 to the hematology/oncology clinic at Children’s Hospital and Medical Clinic in Omaha. The $100 was designated to be used by the Child Life Specialist, Christy Hogan, to use at her discretion.
Kassie Pelster,...
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By Jan Rahn
Managing Editor
The Perkins County Community Foundation now has enough funds to benefit the towns and villages along the Highline well into the future.
Because of generous year-end giving, the Hunt Challenge was met at noon on New Year’...
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By Russ Pankonin
The Imperial Republican
When 44th District Senator Mark Christensen returns to Lincoln this week for the 60-day session, one of his goals will focus on fixing the occupation tax in LB 701.
The 49-member body reconvenes for the sh...
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The State of Nebraska has a new Sex Offender Registry (SOR) Law. The new law, passed by the Legislature in May of 2009, moves the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry (SOR) toward compliance with the Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act of 2006.
Effecti...
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Nebraska state senators were recently asked the following three questions related to budget issues:
Budget projections show that the state could have a deficit of several hundred million dollars during the next biennium. To prepare, should more budget ...
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Albright, Stewart Perry Sept. 23
Armstrong, Allen D., Nov. 11
Berges, Ben, April 3
Bertino, Lila, Dec. 1
Boese, Esther, Dec. 24, 2008
Bowman, Wilma, Aug. 10
Brantley, Joyce, Jan. 7
Bremmer, Margaret Watkins, Oct. 1
Brixius, Donald Leroy, Oct. ...
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By Jan Rahn
Managing Editor
With the start of a new year, the Perkins County Senior Center faces an old dilemma.
The center is in financial difficulty which means there are several of the community’s elderly as well as staff who might not have a ...
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LINCOLN (AP) — Attorney General Jon Bruning is warning Nebraskans to watch out for fake prize letters that may appear to be from a state agency.
He says in the past month, several people have received letters that claim they’ve won a prize from the...
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LINCOLN (AP) — A little more than a month after slashing the state budget more than anytime in recent memory, many Nebraska lawmakers say the Legislature may not be done cutting.
The majority of state senators who responded to an annual, pre-sessi...
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OMAHA (AP) — A new study says Nebraska ranks in the bottom half of all 50 states in terms of its preparedness for health disasters.
The report was released by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Nebraska was o...
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By Lori Pankonin
Co-Publisher
While at a family wedding recently, I learned that one of my cousins has studied nine languages. Whoa! How can one mind handle that? That doesn’t mean he’s fluent in nine languages but still.
It was also interesting ...
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What an impressive county we live in! Only two months ago, slightly over $50,000 needed to be raised for the Perkins County Community Foundation to meet the Hunt Challenge.
During the last week of December, $13,500 was needed.
By noon on New Year...
