Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Some of the new apartments for Clean Harbors Environmental Services employees have arrived and are waiting on the east side of Kimball for ground work to be completed at their final destination by Paul Reed Construction. These apartments will be located across the street from Kimball County Manor. Clean Harbors is involved with multiple developments in Kimball to accommodate employees being hired to meet its expansion needs....
Mountain lion sightings have recently been reported in parts of Banner County and the northern part of the town of Sidney. With calving season in full bloom, the mountain lions are a concern for area ranchers. Sidney Police Chief Joe Aikens confirmed the mountain lion sighting in Sidney and cautioned people to be aware and keep an eye on small pets. Sam Wilson, a carnivore biologist for Nebraska Game and Parks said that mountain lion sightings increased gradually over the past 30 years as...
At the special Kimball City Council meeting on March 19, county resident Roger Kaczmarek spoke to the council about the city billing the monthly landfill fee to county residents. According to state statutes, county residents are charged a monthly landfill fee because dumping and burning is illegal. The Kimball Landfill is a city facility, but previously Kimball County had billed and collected the landfill fees from residents and then remitted a check to the city for those fees. In an...
On Tuesday morning, word came from KCTS Administrator Christy Warner that $212,000 of reimbursements had come through from the state to help KTCS meet its financial obligations. At the most recent Kimball County Commissioners meeting, Warner requested a loan of $210,000 to continue operating KCTS because reimbursements from the Nebraska Department of Transportation had been delayed. As of Tuesday, Warner said that KCTS will still receive a $15,000 transfer from the county to continue operating. In an effort to obtain more information about the...
A great crowd of more than 200 people enjoyed the 35th annual Mile High Pheasants Forever banquet and additional activities March 23. According to organizers, they auctioned off multiple guns and prints, along with two fishing trips, and a youth shotgun that came with a youth turkey hunt. They also auctioned off a youth lifetime hunting permit. The Auto-Lok Industries gun of the year was hidden in one of 10 coolers that were raffled off. A gun or jewelry was the prize for the women's basket....
Now here are some good eggs – the people and the plastic eggs. Volunteers, above, stuff candy in 4,000 eggs for the Easter Egg hunt planned for 11 a.m. to noon this Saturday, March 30, at Gotte Park. The New Hope Assembly of God Youth Group is hosting the annual event. If you're still in the mood for more egg hunting after this, the Bushnell Fire Department and Lions Club will get their annual Easter egg hunt going at 2 p.m. March 30 in the village's Hammond Park....
Good morning! Man, has the month of March flown by or what? This week goes out the door with Easter this Sunday, and I think it is out like a lamb with about 60 degrees predicted with clouds. So we know the real reason for the season, but we are also aware of several Easter egg hunts surrounding our area. We will get to those here shortly, but first today is March 28th and there is high school track at Bayard, the Honor Society Induction at the school at 5 p.m., and the JAG students in Lincoln for Legistative Day. Lakota Language Classes will a...
Kimball FFA's new plasma cutter recently arrived by truck. The $40,000 piece of equipment for the FFA ag shop will be set up and an instructor will help members get started using the piece of equipment. Plasma cutters are used in many metal fabrication shops. They slice through sheets of metal and can be used to manufacture such metal objects as gates and signs and much more....
The Kimball High civics class and Potter-Dix senior class, at right, gathered in the Kimball district courtroom for County Government Day on March 26. After introductions, welcoming and folding of the flag, Jasmine Gawith played taps. The full day of learning about the county covered the following offices: county attorney, county court clerk, clerk of district court, county sheriff, assessor, clerk and treasurer. Later in the day, the students learned about KCTS....
After a two-day trial in Kimball County district court, a California man was found guilty on four felony charges. His bond continues, and he will be sentenced on May 7 at 2:30 p.m. In just under two hours, the jury of five women and seven men found Andrew Mendoza guilty of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, no drug tax stamp, and carrying a concealed weapon. The charges stemmed from a speeding incident on I-80 on Nov. 2, 2021, a case that didn’t reach t...
The Kimball Longhorns track teams head to the Bayard meet on March 28 after getting the 2024 season off to a good start with multiple strong efforts March 16 at the UNK B/C indoor meet and March 23 at the Morrill Early Bird meet. It's a busy week coming up for the Horns. After Bayard, they're off to meets at Creek Valley on April 2 and Mitchell on April 4. Kimball's junior high team also is in action, hosting a triangular with Pine Bluffs and Burns at 2:30 p.m. March 28 and heading to the...
Numbers are good for the Kimball High golf team as the new season nears with 14 golfers going out for the team. Coach Chuck Christiansen, at top left above, watches his golfers warm up last week at Four Winds Golf Course. The Longhorns open their 2024 campaign April 3 with the Sidney Invitational at Hillside Golf Course in Cheyenne County....
Kimball schools Superintendent Trevor Anderson has added the role of boys basketball coach to his responsibilities. Basketball and coaching are in his blood. His head coaching record at Battle Creek, a Division C2 school near Norfolk, was 86-52 over five seasons from 2013-14 to 2017-18. Before coming to Kimball four years ago, he coached multiple teams to conference/district titles and the state tournament. Basketball coaching success runs in the family. Anderson’s father, Mark, compiled a record of 214-90 as head coach at Randolph. That includ...