Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Smoke came pouring through the downtown area Monday night as firefighters arrived to combat a blaze on Oak Street. The fire department was alerted to the fire at approximately 9:00 p.m. and rushed to the scene to quell the flames. Smoke bellowed from the roof of the vacant building and flames were visible in the front door as the lights of the firetrucks descended on the scene, according to eyewitness reports. Soon after the call went out, Officer Sterling Hitch of the Kimball Police Department...
A lawsuit filed against Kimball County Commissioner Tim Nolting requesting $50,000 in damages will be heard in Kimball County District Court June 3. Emerson “Fal” Calvert, who owns lots 8, 9 and 10 of Block 9, Orkney Addition to the village of Bushnell, commonly known as the old lumberyard, filed the suit alleging that Nolting, who also serves as Chairman of the Village of Bushnell Board of Trustees, had “abused his authority with continuous harassment and threats that have escalated beyond reasonable and beyond the scope of Mr. Nolti...
Kimball public schools have experienced low test scores in the past. School officials have seen the importance of getting those scores up higher, and over the most recent school year have been working hard to do so. The tests that students take through the years are the Dibels test which helps determine where students are in their learning and is primarily taken in the elementary school. The Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA), is a test taken by both the elementary and the high school...
Kimball High School graduation took place on May 17, 2014. Among the students who tossed their hats triumphantly into the air was Shelby Vogel, a fourth generation Kimball graduate. Shelby's great grandmother, Martha Mossberg graduated from Kimball County High School in 1936. Then there were only ten students in her graduating class. "We had classes like English, math, history, the normal classes, but we had sewing, and typing too," Mossberg said. While Mossberg attended Kimball County high...
The primary election came and went in Kimball, and now it’s time to prepare for the general election. Cathy Sibal, County Clerk, and the Clerk’s office will be busy preparing for what they hope will be a better turn out. Tuesday, May 13, was the primary election, and 622 voters went out to make their stance known. That is 622 out of 3,030 registered voters in Kimball. Such a small percentage of voters out can prove to be disheartening to the county clerk’s office, who spend so much of their time trying to prepare for the election. “We have to p...
Kristy Kay (Buddecke) Mazel, 49, of Lincoln, passed away May 12, 2014. Kristy's big heart touched many lives, not only in her home town of Kimball, but also to many people who knew and loved her in Lincoln where she spent most of her last years. She is survived by her parents; Ted Mazel and wife (Sharon) of Sterling, Colo., Patricia Buddecke and husband Leo of Kimball, Sisters Corinna Schmidt (Todd) of Sterling, Colo., Angela Gregory (Jerry) of Fruita, Colo., Penny Harms (Brian) of Kimball....
Jerome H. Wise Aug. 19, 1943 - May 11, 2014 Jerome H. Wise age 70, passed away at the Estes Park Medical Center May 11, 2014. He is Survived by his wife, Sharron K. of Estes Park, Son: Chad E. Wise (Jennifer) of Kimball, NE, Son: Scott A. Wise (Cecilia) of Omaha, NE, Daughter: Christine E. Brakhage of Cincinnati, OH, and 6 Grandchildren: Dillon Jacob Wise, Payton Nicole Wise, Breckin Jerome Wise, Vanessa Kae Wise, Ian Michael Wise, Ryan Brakhage, Brothers: Marion M. Wise (Vivian) & James L....
Kimball will have two Class C state qualifiers for the upcoming Nebraska Boys' State Golf Tournament in senior Henry Heeg and freshman Jordan Greenwood after both finished in the top ten medal group of the C-5 District Tournament held at the Kimball Four Winds Golf Course on Monday. Heeg will be making his fourth consecutive trip to the state tournament after blistering the Four Winds Course with a best ever competitive round of 36-33=69 to win the individual championship by 7 strokes over the...
After 15 years of coaching boys’ basketball at the Kimball High School, Bruce Tjosvold announced his resignation this past week. Tjosvold said it was mostly in part because of his full time, day job requirements with the Frito Lay Company that he made the decision that now was the time. Tjosvold started out as the boys’ freshman coach and served in that capacity for 6 years, then coached the junior varsity for 1 year, before taking over the varsity coaching position where he has served the past 8 years compiling the envious win-loss record of...
The Kimball High Track and Field Team will be sending 6 district qualifiers to the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships being held this weekend at Omaha Burke Stadium, including 5 girls and 1 boy, all in individual events. The triple jump proved to be the most successful event for the Longhorns at the District meet in Bayard as senior Shelby Vogel won the girls' event with an all time personal best of 33'9 1/2" to better her school record, and freshman Jaden Withrow also cranked out his...