Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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County Road 32, next to the Kimball Walking Path and Dog Park, was the sight of a dumping incident. City employees had the trash scooped up by mid-morning Monday. The trash included names and addresses from such places as Holyoke, Colorado and Pendleton, Oregon. Included in the trash drop off were prescription bottles and apology notes for calling the "cops." Illegal littering in Nebraska is a Class III misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 fine and six months in jail....
Good morning, Spring has been in the air and slowly fading, but we will take all we can get! Last week was the Dinner Theater & One Act Play, delicious meal and awesome job by the students! Thanks for a great evening and to the coaches. Well, this week we had the Veterans Program and breakfast, and another thank you to all involved in that, and now we are going into the week with Thanksgiving on the horizon. Tomorrow, November 17th, the wrestling team will be headed to Morrill for competition matches that begin at 9 a.m. And beginning on that d...
The Banner County School Elementary Choir assembles to sing during the Veterans Day program Monday, Nov. 13, at the school gymnasium. The school's students and staff worked together on the ceremony to "show our profound support for our nation's service men and women." The keynote speaker was Banner County School Board President Dr. Ronald E. Johnson, a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam War....
Banner County officials are accepting applications to serve the remainder of the term of Commissioner Robert Gifford, who announced his resignation. A decision on the appointment is expected by Dec. 15. The appointee will serve the remainder of Gifford’s term that expires Jan. 5, 2025. Letters of application should be submitted to Banner County Clerk Katie West, 206 State St., Harrisburg, NE 69345, by noon Dec. 1. Applicants should provide a letter of application, resume, and the address of their residence. Personal interviews for the p...
Construction workers pour concrete Monday, Nov. 6, to build the helipad at Highway 30 and Webster Street for the new Kimball Health Services hospital. The most recent announcement is that construction work is headed for December completion, and the healthcare facility will open in January....
Kimball County Sheriff Dave Hottell updated the county commissioners Tuesday on business in his office. Hottell said that he and a couple of deputies traveled to the Super Max prison in Colorado to pick up Vencil Leo Ash III. Ash completed his federal prison term, and the Kimball County Sheriff’s Office transferred him to the Nebraska State Prison to serve his life sentence for the murder of Ryan Guiton in Kimball County. Ash was found guilty in two separate trials in Kimball County for the murder of Ryan Guitron in 2003. Ash was found g...
On Monday, Leota Kant, 86, of Kimball remained in the Lincoln County Jail with a $200,000 bond after last week's Tuesday evening shooting incident. By midday Tuesday, a week after the shooting, Kant was in the process of bonding out. Her bond was 10% of $200,000. Kant is charged with attempted murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony, and discharge of a weapon in city limits. Kant was scheduled to appear in Kimball County Court on Nov. 8 for a preliminary hearing. The incident occurred on...
Main Street Market hosted a wild and intense Supermarket Sweep on Friday, the brainchild of Kimball Jr/Sr High School Principal Danielle Reader to benefit the Kimball Food Pantry. Thirty-two students from Kimball Jr./High School raced, ran, searched and scoured the shelves for the 61 items on the shopping list. Reader explained that "Throughout the years, our school community, comprising both staff and students, has dedicated itself to various endeavors aimed at gathering essential food items...
Many of today’s benefits for veterans – including the 293 served in Kimball County – can be traced back to the passage of the G.I. Bill of 1944. With the realization that World War II was coming to a close, politicians and government officials were fearful of the return of over 16 million American men and women who had been serving during World War II. The returning veterans would be unemployed and this could result in another depression and bring on worldwide economic instability reminiscent of the 1930s. So the 1944 G. I. Bill offered aid f...
Several issues that merit corrective action were addressed in a letter to the Village of Dix Board Chairwoman Linda Rasmussen from the Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts. The letter was dated Oct. 24. The audit for the village determined that "Despite withholding the federal taxes from employees' compensation, the village clerk has neither remitted those amounts to the IRS nor filed the quarterly Form 941s." The audit report explained that the clerk at the time apparently stopped making...
The U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is holding town hall meetings on Nov. 6 in Sidney and 8 in Kimball. The intent of these meetings is to inform local residents and landowners about real estate acquisitions planned in their areas and to provide an opportunity to ask questions of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers negotiators. The Air Force has determined the locations for the initial temporary construction easements and new perpetual easements for utility corridors. To prepare for construction, the Air Force...
The Kimball Police Department reported a traffic accident at approximately 11:52 a.m. Tuesday. Emergency responders were dispatched to the intersection of 3rd Street and Chestnut for an accident involving a car and a pedestrian. The injured pedestrian was transported to the Kimball hospital to receive medical aid, then according to individuals present the pedestrian was transported to Regional West in Scottsbluff for monitoring. The driver of the vehicle was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian. Their identities were not...
Kimball residents were warned to avoid the area of a reported shooting Tuesday evening in which a victim was transported by ambulance to Kimball Health Services. The incident occurred in the 3400 block of Highway 30 in eastern Kimball, according to an emergency alert texted out at 5:39 p.m. The emergency system also alerted residents by phone and a shooting was mentioned on the scanner, so word of the situation spread quickly. The alert followed Kimball police and Kimball County sheriff's...
Good morning! Finally had that hard freeze, now let’s have spring, haha. Just getting started. Well, here we are in November. Veterans Day and Thanksgiving are soon to be days of celebration. As a heads-up, the Veterans Day celebration at the school will be on Wednesday, November 8. Currently and through November 20th, there is an exhibit at the Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering titled “Voices and Votes.” It is based on a major exhibit that is at the Smithsonian National Museum. Today is preschool story time at the Lied library in Scott...
The Eagles hosted a free-will breakfast on Sunday to benefit Melissa and Keith Jones. Melissa is recovering from Guillan Barre syndrome and Keith received a kidney transplant just a few weeks ago. Working the Eagles breakfast were Stephanie Shoup, Matt Shoup, Darrell Snyder, Carson Sisk, Kalli Shoup, Jim Shoup, Gabe Ingram and Aaron Abraham. More than $5,000 was reported raised for the Jones family....
Trick-or-Treaters and some older folks who love them make their way through Kimball on Tuesday for the annual Halloween tradition of local businesses and community members. The corner of 2nd and Walnut streets, where these folks are walking, was a busy place....
Main Street Market held a company wide Pink Out event on Friday, Oct. 27, but the Kimball market went all out for the breast cancer awareness event. Some Deli employees sported pink tutus. Main Street Market "Pink Out" supporters were, back row: Holli Leivas, Taylor Durbin, Mark Rainwater, Heather Wright and Ashley Sisk, Amanda Rainwater. Kneeling: Brook Kiefer, Sierra Doyle and Virginia Peters....
The Kimball City Council approved new playground equipment for Gotte Park at its monthly meeting on Oct. 17. The representative from Cummingham Recreation presented a proposal to update the Gotte Park playground equipment. The company offered a matching funds grant as an incentive to purchase prior to Oct. 27. The cost of the basic structure with the grant included is $40,000, but the city will pay an additional $73,000, which will consist of installation, sensory chair, a rocket ship, and...
The recent apprehension and prosecution of a Miami, Florida, man has brought fraudulent activity to the forefront in Kimball. Suspect Abraham Espinoza traveled to Kimball from Florida to retrieve tens of thousands of dollars from a victim of a computer scam. Here are four signs from the Federal Trade Commission on how to avoid a scam: • Scammers pretend to be from an organization you know. They act to contact you on behalf of the government, Social Security, the IRS, or Medicare. They might also pretend to be from a business such as a u...
A miracle happened in Kimball. Do you remember the girl who was seriously injured in the car accident with her mother who died in the wreck? Her name is Isabelle, and she came to see us and thank all the people who donated and bought raffle tickets that American Legion Western Post #292 sold to benefit her. Izzy still has a long way to go on her path to recovery. However, she is making progress. Her guardians now are Jed and Stephanie Dixon, and they are from Colorado. Isabelle, the Dixons, and...
Good morning Banner County, friends near and far. Here is hoping you are having a great fall season and enjoying this beautiful weather. We will be finding less and less of that real soon, as beet harvest continues. We are sending our condolences to the family of George Jerred, who passed away recently and until a few years ago was a lifelong resident of Banner County. We would like to express sympathy also to the family of Jan Rundell, who has also passed away, another family connected to Banner County for many generations. Just as a...
Ringo, a most observant dog, checks out the view Saturday from atop a pickup as Trevor Parson's crew moves farm machinery south on Highway 71 in Banner County. Trevor said Ringo "kinda just started lounging up there when the back of the pickup got full." According to Trevor, Ringo has acquired confidence on the top of the pickup, but he returns to the bed of the pickup when cruising speeds reach more than 20 mph....
Keith Jones said he can't stop smiling since receiving his kidney about a week ago. He feels so blessed and is so thankful for the donor. "I feel wonderful," he said. Keith's new kidney is from a live donor and, according to Keith and his doctors, it is "a very good kidney." The donor is younger than him and in excellent health. At the end of August, the Joneses returned to Kimball after Keith's wife, Melissa, had been hospitalized with guillain barre syndrome. Keith received a phone call with...
The officers of the Kimball FFA addressed the county commissioners Tuesday in reference to applying for the National Chapter Award. According to the officers, the award was created to recognize FFA chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the the FFA organization. This includes recognizing improving chapter operations, emphasizes growing leaders, building communities and strengthening agriculture. The students' goal is to apply for the National Chapter Award. They must...
Scam suspect Abraham Espinoza of Miami, Florida, was bound over from Kimball County Court to District Court on Friday morning after a preliminary hearing. Judge Randin Roland said that "based on the totality," a crime was committed. Espinoza faces three charges and will be arraigned in District Court on Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. The charges include theft-deception more than $5,000, conspiracy to commit a Class 2 felony, and abuse of a vulnerable adult. When Espinoza couldn't get Zoom to work for the...