Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The Kimball City Council will meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, to discuss and vote on the approval of an application for a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for an upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant. The Board of Public Work has recommended approval of the project. The $5,736,000 loan would be for 40 years at a rate of 3.12%. The update for the wastewater treatment plant is projected to cost that amount and will include replacing the clarifier mechanism and equipment, replacing the weir and scam battles, adding...
The city of Kimball power generation plant is projected to be up and running by June 2025, a proactive step taken by the Board of Public Works and the City Council. Since April 2022, they have jointly met and discussed options, ultimately deciding to move forward with this plant to ensure that the city has backup power and is on standby for MEAN, the organization that Kimball has purchased electricity from since the 1980s,. Annette Brower, city administrator, shared details and background about the new power generation plant with the Observer....
Gov. Jim Pillen was discharged Friday from Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, where he has received treatment for injuries resulting from a horse-riding accident. He will continue his recovery at the Governor's Residence and planned to resume his office activities this week. Pillen and his family shared their profound gratitude for the care and support provided by the medical team and staff at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. His office said they also appreciate the many well-wishes from Nebraskans and expr...
In 1919, Highway 29 started at the Colorado Nebraska border. It went to Kimball – and then four miles north, one mile west, one mile north, and one mile west into Banner County. It entered Harrisburg from the southwest after passing Lovers Leap. The highway signs had to be changed in 1963, when Highway 29 became Highway 71. The change was the result of a year's effort to form a tri-state highway going north and south through Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota. The Nebraska State Highway D...
Well, it is Happy New Year 2025! As we all get going here in the New Year things are a little slower for awhile and I am okay with that. January 4th, Saturday, the varsity girls and boys basketball teams will play here at home. Game times are 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and the opponent is Hay Springs. The same day Papa Moon H.Q. on 3109 avenue B in Scottsbluff will host a Kids Winter Craft project between 2 and 4 p.m. The weekend movie at the Midwest Theater this week is “Wicked,” and it about the witches in the “Wizard of Oz” – ’ bout all I know...
Saturday, Jan. 4, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, are dates to circle on the Banner County boys and girls basketball home schedules. The teams host Hay Springs on Jan. 4 and Sioux County on Jan. 7. At right, boys players watch the girls play visiting Potter-Dix....
Michael "Mike" Frank, 51, of Scottsbluff, NE passed away December 23, 2024, after a brave battle with cancer. His funeral service will be held Saturday January 4, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Mitchell Berean Church with Ben Cross and Owen Anderson officiating with burial being at Mitchell Valley Cemetery. Visitation is set for Friday January 3, 2025, from 3-8 p.m. at the Bridgman Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials can be mailed to Brian Frank 3078 Road 49E, Kimball, NE 69145 to be gifted to a...
Lois Maurine Gustafson, age 100, of Dix, Nebraska, passed away on December 21, 2024 in Sidney, Nebraska. She was born December 23, 1923 in Dix, Nebraska to Theodore C. and Alice (Benson) Mathewson. After attending Potter High School, Lois graduated from Sidney High School in 1940 and then attended Chadron State Teachers College, obtaining her teaching certificate in 1942. Lois and Burdette Gustafson were married August 29, 1942. She was a member of Prairie West Church, Potter, Nebraska....
Mary E. Moore, 99, a lifelong Kimball resident, died at Kimball Health Services on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Cremation has been held and Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at the Trinity United Methodist Church with Pastor Lorri Kentner officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Kimball Cemetery. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view Mary's Tribute Wall and share condolences and stories with the family. Memorials may be given in her memory to the T...
Betty DeFranco, 74, of Kimball, NE, passed away December 9, 2024, in Scottsbluff, NE. Betty was born January 30, 1950, in Kimball, to Bernard Steel and Dorothy Peerce, received her early education in Kimball schools and graduated from Mt. Saint Gertrude High School in Boulder, CO. She also attended class in Kearney, NE. She met Lee Sauter in Kearney and they married in 1968. They made their home in Kearney, where they had 2 children; Alex and Lisa. However, it was with her husband Edward...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team had a very successful week to wrap up competition in 2024. The freshman team started off the week on Monday with a resounding victory over Lingle-Fort Laramie. On Thursday and Saturday, the JV team continued its winning ways by defeating Hershey and Gordon-Rushville as they improved to 6-1 on the season. The varsity team also defeated Hershey and Gordon-Rushville to get to 6-1 on the season. Against Hershey, the Longhorns raced to a 25-11 lead after...
Longhorns girls wrestling Coach Katie Culek summarized the past month of the program's second NSAA season. Wrestling for Kimball High School are Barbara Earley, Noley Brower, Rachel Berger, Becca Koski and McKenzie Howard. Pausing for Christmas break, the girls have participated in four meets, including: • Chadron with no Kimball wrestlers placing. • Perkins County with Noley Brower and Becca Koski both placing second and Barbara Earley third. • Cheyenne with Noley Brower ttaking third and B...
Kimball's Peter Russell was the lone placer for the boys wrestling team with fifth at the Sidney meet. The boys faced some tough competition but wrestled hard and had some close matches. At the previous Sutherland meet, Mason Holmes won first, Cody Brinkman second, Russell third and Jax Toth fifth. Kip Gillming wrestled tough but didn't place...
PUBLIC NOTICE KIMBALL COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION REORGANIZATIONAL/REGULAR MEETING 9:00 A.M. - THURSDAY, january 9, 2025 In accordance with Section §23-156 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, the Board of Equalization of Kimball County, Nebraska, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room on the first floor of the Courthouse, 114 East Third Street, Kimball, Nebraska, to elect the Chairman of the Board and to consider any other matters concerning the re-organizational/regular me...