Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball Health Services officials and Andy Forney, vice president and public finance banker for D.A. Davidson & Co., met Tuesday with the Kimball County Commissioners at their regular bimonthly board meeting where they approved the issuance of limited tax bonds for the county not to exceed $6.5 million. These limited tax bonds are for the Kimball hospital development project. Once the hospital bonds sell, construction and repair crews will be on site to begin certain phases of the project. The completion date for the hospital is projected to...
Newborn – 11 Months 1 – Baylor Ingram 2 – Cora LaBeau 3 – Veronica Barker... Full story
1-Bailey Ann Baker 2-Bodie Diamond 3-Ely Wilke... Full story
1- Sawyer Hendrickson Culek (tie) 1-Bella Winters (tie) 2-Bristol Loeschke 3-Evelyn Merryfield... Full story
Kimball will be celebrating Farmers Day weekend from Sept. 24-26, and the theme describes Kimball to a tee – Small Town Roots and Cowboy Boots. Events that start the celebration include the Kimball Public Library Book Sale and Photography Display all day Friday and Saturday. The transit building will be showcasing quilts. The Plains Historical Society Quilt Show there will be Friday from 4 to 7:00 p.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday. At 6:30 p.m. there is a scheduled bike race for kids s... Full story
Area concerns for COVID-19 are rising as the state of Nebraska and Gov. Pete Rickets have announced the state COVID dashboard will be reinstated beginning this week. On Monday, the Unified Command confirmed 223 more cases of the virus in the Panhandle over the past seven days, including all ages. The northern Panhandle recorded 76 cases, Scotts Bluff area 119 cases, and the southern Panhandle 28, according to the Panhandle Public Health District. Kimball Health Services continues to conduct COVID testing Monday through Friday. Call...
At Kimball Public Library, you can check out a drill and drill bit set when you check out your next book. The "Library of Things" is open for business at the library, a non-traditional collection of library items that can be checked out for free with a current library card. The array of items includes baking pans, games, a sewing machine, a garden tiller, extension cord, ice cream maker, disc golf and pickelball sets, a paper shredder, other tools, outdoors items, cooking items and...
Good morning! I sincerely hope this week is fire-free. The fire that was in Scottsbluff County last week caused more damage and more smokey air for us to breathe. We are several miles away and yet Thursday evening from our deck we could see a huge orange glow that didn’t seem all that far away. Our thanks to our local firefighters that is for sure, plus many others. They sure have been busy this summer. This coming weekend will be a busy one, too. Here at home the annual Farmers Day celebration in Kimball will be held the 24-26. This year is t...
Have you ever wondered how the area fires receive their names? It is not alphabetical like hurricanes. According to Ron Leal, director of Region 21 Emergency Management, the naming of the fire is up to the incident commander. Leal said all larger wild land fires are named, usually named using the closest landmark. Although sometime they are named after a county road number, departments don’t like that because there could be another fire on that road. In Morrill County, the fire near Angora was called 118 because it started near county road 1...
Celebration of life for Craig Adels will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2021 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Randy Blakeman officiating. Craig Alan Adels, 68, passed away September 13, 2021, surrounded by his family at home in Gillette, WY. Craig was born February 17, 1953 in Kimball, Nebraska to Herman and Elizabeth “Liz” (Novak) Adels. He grew up farming with his father and brother. Craig graduated from Kimball High School in 1971 where he was active in football and wrestling. He worked the evening tower as a derrick hand whi... Full story
An excited 14-year-old Ella Kearney-Turner from Colorado rode in her first 25-mile bike race, the Antelope Stampede. Her brother finished first in the 25-mile race, and she finished just behind him on Saturday morning in Kimball. The 25-mile race was the most popular, with a few riders going 50 miles and two individuals riding 100 miles. Director Jon Heidemann and his wife, Anna-Lisa, had hoped for a few more riders, but they were happy to get the first annual Antelope Stampede in the books.... Full story
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Nebraska State High School Volleyball Championships. The Nebraska Schools Activities Association would like to commemorate this milestone by having the high schools honor and recognize former players and state champion teams at a home game. Kimball Public Schools plans to recognize its 1979 Class B State Champion volleyball team at the Oct. 7 home game against the Morrill Lions. All former Kimball volleyball players get in for free and members from the 1979 championship team will be recognized...
A strong start and a big second quarter by the Potter-Dix Coyotes was too much for the visiting Crawford Rams to overcome, and the Coyotes moved their record to 3-0 with a big 65-25 win Friday night in Crawford. Potter-Dix held off the Rams in the first quarter, opening a three point lead, then scored three touchdowns to open up a 34-17 lead going into the halftime intermission. Any chances of a Crawford comeback were dashed in the third quarter when the swarming Coyote defense shut down the...