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 School Board met in special session on Monday Feb. 21, to listen to the final presentation from president Jacob Hurla of Community Building Solutions. After the presentation, the board unanimously approved a $2.8 million improvement package for the Jr./Sr. High and Mary Lynch schools. The improvements will replace heating units and add cooling capacity to both facilities, as well as air purification units. Other improvements include LED lighting at Mary Lynch and new windows and doors at the Jr./ Sr. High School. According to...
Clean Harbors submitted the winning bid of $1,000 to purchase two lots combined (Parcels 530018519 and 530018527) across from the Kimball County Manor at the most recent Kimball City Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Clean Harbors proposal would “develop much needed multi-unit housing to support our need to attract 100 new workers to Kimball in 2023 and 2024.” The Clean Harbors proposal is for an 8-unit, 7,000-square-foot multifamily building with units of 2 bedrooms, 2 baths of approximately 875 square foot each. Brian Johnson from Joh...
Gideon Casimiro enjoys receiving well wishes during the walk of honor Feb. 16 before the Kimball High School cheer team went off to Grand Island to once again compete at State. The Longhorns returned home after the Feb. 17-19 competition as the Class C-2 Non-Tumbling State Champions....
A full house of fishermen and Oliver Lake enthusiasts crowed into the Kimball County Transit building meeting room to get an update on the history, current happenings, and future plans for the popular recreational site. South Platte Natural Resource General Manager Galen Wittrock introduced the Oliver Reservoir Advisory Committee and then talked budget. The Oliver operating budget is $78,537, and the donations box has netted over $21,000 the past year. Wittrock explained that donations work...
Howard D. Atkins, 86, formerly of Kimball, died surrounded by his family on February 17, 2022. Visitation will be held at Cantrell Funeral Home on Thursday, February 24 from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. His funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 25, at Kimball's Presbyterian Church with Pastor Alan Foutz officiating. Funeral services can be viewed by live stream at Presbyterian Church of Kimball. Burial will follow the funeral at the Dix Cemetery. Fond memories and expressions...
As a candidate for governor, Brett Lindstrom stopped by Kimball on Saturday to meet and greet. With this trip from Kimball back to the eastern part of the state, the Republican will have visited and campaigned in all 93 counties. Lindstrom has represented District 18, which is in northwest Omaha, in the Nebraska Unicameral for the past eight years. Lindstrom has been on the Banking, Commerce, and Revenue Committee and was instrumental in ending the tax on Social Security, which has been phased in and will end in 2023. Recently, Lindstrom chose...
The Kimball County Commissioners on Tuesday, Feb. 15, ratified the date for the hearing of the One and Six Year Road Improvement Plan. This public hearing is held to receive public input and comment on the plan. The hearing will be at March 1. The board also ratified terms for the bids for chip sealing 6.1 miles of asphalt roads. The bid will need to be received by 4 p.m. Feb. 28 and will be opened on March 1 at 9:30 a.m. Meanwhile, previous information had been received on the last discussion items that the commissioners approved, including...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Basketball team ended their season during the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament, but it had a victory to start off against the Creek Valley Lady Storm. The teams matched up at South Platte High School on Monday, Feb. 14 for the right to advance to a semi-final game against number one seed South Platte. Creek Valley started strong in the contest, using defensive pressure to keep the Lady coyotes off-balance, and getting inside to score. At the end of the first period, the...
Four Kimball Longhorns completed their seasons at state wrestling on Friday. Three out of the four Longhorns secured wins at the state tournament. Trey Schindler at 152 was able to finish in the final 8 at state. He lost in a 1-point match in the third round consolation match to be eliminated from the bracket Friday night. Matthew Johnson at 106 and James McGinnis at 132 each won one match in the tournament. Cody Brinkman was 0-2 at 120. Each opponent that Kimball lost to in the tournament went...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team finished their regular season with two more wins, and earned the number one seed for this week's Subdistrict Tournament. On Friday, Potter-Dix earned a win by forfeit against a Minatare team lacking numbers due to illness. On Saturday, Potter-Dix hosted the Perkins County Plainsmen for their final regular season game, and the stands were filled with red, white and blue and American flags on "USA Day." Potter-Dix started fast and built a lead, but by the second...
We closed out our season in Subdistrict play with Perkins County on February 15 with a 55-39 loss. We had played Perkins County twice already and split games with them. They came out on fire and we definitely struggled to get any buckets in the first half. We told our girls at halftime to focus on controlling what they could – their attitude and effort – and enjoy playing for each other. They did just that. We came out with one of our best second halves to date. The girls had fun and truly enj...