Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Construction of the new Kimball hospital has necessitated the closing of the block of Webster Street from 3rd to 4th streets to meet needs of trucks, equipment and laborers. Word was not immediately available about how long the block would be closed....
Two individuals considered armed and dangerous that attempted to burglarize Woody's Liquor and broke into about 20 vehicles on Madison and Monroe Streets in Kimball were apprehended in Arapahoe County, Colo., on Thursday. Arapahoe County is southeast of Denver and includes Littleton, Englewood, Cherry Hills, Greenwood Village, and parts of Aurora and Centennial. The suspects are being held in Colorado. Charges against them have been filed in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. The individuals, one...
Kimball County Commissioner-elect Elyse Schlake Lukassen attended the December 6 meeting and will be sworn in along with the other elected officials on January 5, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. in the District Courtroom. The Kimball County Board of Commissioners reorganizational meeting was set for 9:30 am. With Chairman Larry Engstrom unable to attend the meeting due to illness, Vice Chairman Carl Stander stepped into the role as chairman for the meeting. When outgoing Sheriff Harry Gillway gave his last...
On Monday, the final preparations were made. On Tuesday, the Kimball hospital began a new era. The hospital conducted the first ever knee and hip replacement surgeries in Kimball. The two patients are from Burns, Wyoming, and Kimball. The replacement surgery started about 10 a.m. Dr. Jeffrey MacMillian, who is new to Kimball Health Services, explained that the surgical team is much like an orchestra, with the Microport representative as the conductor and he, the doctor, is the soloist. Chloe...
Good morning, and a chilly one it is! Here in the Burg that is an appropriate comment for sure. Years ago one of our county residents put Christmas decorations up on the county shop building, I miss that. Several folks do decorate though and that is great. The school is gearing up for the holidays starting this Saturday, December 10th with Breakfast with Santa beginning at 8:30 a.m. Plus breakfast and Santa there will be picture opportunities, treats, wagon rides, and more. Then on Tuesday the 13th of December the Entrepreneur Extravaganza...
The City of Kimball Mayor-elect John Morrison will take the mayoral reins on Dec. 6 at the next City Council meeting. Morrison said, "I want to see Kimball prosper, and it is going to take everyone that wants to help in town to do it. I can't do it by myself. It will take many, many people working together to get us to where we need to go." He confided in the Observer interview that he is excited about the opportunity but is a bit overwhelmed. He is in the process of gathering ideas and...
In an ongoing investigation into a rash of storage unit thefts, Kimball police would like to identify a male suspect caught on a security camera. Police told the Observer that the individual drove a silver Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab with Wyoming plates. According to police, on Thanksgiving Day at approximately 4:30 p.m., the man was caught on security cameras at Freedom Storage and Blue Sky Storage in Kimball. These were the most recent scenes of the storage unit break-ins. Police Chief Andy...
The Kimball City Council met in a special session at the council chambers on Monday, Nov. 21, to continue the discussion on subdivision Ordinance #812. The Planning Commission recommended the ordinance, and it was approved by the council in a 4-0 vote. Council suspended the three readings of Ordinance #812. The ordinance made changes to rules and regulations for new subdivisions. In other business, Alica Downey from the Kimball County Sheriff’s Office explained that the cost per unit for the Mobile Dispatch license was $400, so a total of $...
The Longhorn Booster Club got into the Christmas spirit during Kimball's Christmas parade last Saturday with its float, as the Longhorn mascot read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to some little Longhorns. See other parade photo, Page B7....
PRCA Lady-in-Waiting Karleigh Lukassen, forefront, and PRCA Queen Emily Whitney light up their horses for the Christmas parade last Saturday in downtown Kimball. See other parade photos on Pages A1 and B7....
Good morning Banner County. Here is hoping that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, survived Black Friday, and are ready for some much colder weather. Leftovers are always a plus. I don't do Black Friday, and I don't believe that I will ever be ready for cold weather no matter what season. So now we are getting ready for Christmas, guess I am OK with that. There were three Christmas parades this past weekend, and I missed them all. The plan was to go to one on Friday, but the plan was derailed....
A joint search warrant from Kimball and Sidney police was issued on a residence in Sidney. On Nov. 8, the Kimball Police were dispatched to 608 South Washington in Kimball. The victim reported the theft of a drone and accessories, including remote control, three battery packs, two Micro SD cards, and a wall charger with a value of approximately $1,000. The drone had the required FAA sticker with identification numbers. The victim also advised police that the drone had not gone active, but the air tag gave a location, which was 819 Linden...
Kimball City Council’s vote to approve Ordinance #812 – which includes amendments to the city’s Subdivision Regulations Section of Chapter 11: Zoning Regulations – was delayed at the Nov. 15 council meeting because councilmen Matt Bright and Gabe Ingram said they were uncomfortable voting on the ordinance because they had not received sufficient time to read and digest the information. They received the amendments on Tuesday afternoon and were expected to vote on the amendments at the 6 p.m. meeting. A special meeting to further discuss...
On Nov. 15, the Kimball County Commissioners returned in the afternoon after the morning portion of their meeting for a session with the Kimball County Transit Service. An update from administrator Christy Warner reported that KCTS has had 175 phone calls about the DIA trips, known as the Red Line. KCTS has 40 rides currently booked for DIA. The board approved the advertising agreement form for the transit. Sponsorship levels begin at $5,000, which includes a logo on the website, $500 worth of checkpoint passes for distribution, social media...
The Presbyterian Church, soon to become Cornerstone Community Church, was the site of the Community Thanksgiving Praise Service sponsored by the Kimball Ministerial Association on Sunday, Nov. 20. All are invited to the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at First English Lutheran Church....
The second annual food pantry contest between the employees of Kimball Health Services and Kimball High School will benefit local families. Kimball Health Services won the previous year and the contest was repeated once again as Kimball Health Services whooped up on the teachers and staff. According to Stephanie Pedersen, Kimball Health Services asked their participating employees to bring one item a day for the length of the contest, which is 17 days. Once the items were delivered to the food...
"Ferals cats are responsible for most of the cats that end up in the shelters because most people get their domestic cats fixed. Feral cats do not and just reproduce by the gazillions. Knowing they are the problem, that's why so many cats are killed in shelters," co-founder Leslie Vogt of the Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals in Fort Collins explained. The program started because Vogt had been on a humane board but realized that they were not doing anything for feral cats, so when she termed...
After a weekend trip to Fort Collins, 25 Kimball cats and kittens have been returned to their colony. The cats were trapped on Saturday evening. Sunday is clinic day in Fort Collins, where they were spayed/neutered and vaccinated by four volunteer veterinarians and a host of other volunteers. Monday morning, the cats were returned to Kimball – all with volunteer labor. Trapping in Nebraska was a first for the Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals. Hannah Knox and Katie Evans, both volunteers, spen...
The Kimball School Board met in regular session on Nov. 15, and under discussion items, a notice of settlement claim was read regarding injuries that student Derek Kauffman sustained. The notice reads as follows: “Kimberly Kauffman and Steve Kauffman individually and on behalf Derek Kauffman asserted a claim for damages arising from injuries Derek Kauffman sustained from an accident that occurred on April 22, 2021, while Derek Kauffman was a student at Kimball Public Schools and a settlement was reached. A full release of liability has been e...
The senior civics class and the Kimball community treated Kimball area veterans to a special Veterans Day. Master of Ceremonies Charolette Hargreaves and Emma Patterson introduced the participants to the Nov. 11 event in the high school auditorium. Mary Lynch, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders sang the Armed Forces Salute, followed by the New Dimension group singing "The Glory," and Jayden Paxton played "Taps." Keynote Speaker Tony Baker, a retired Army colonel who was deployed overseas...
According to the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, the site of 511 W. 3rd Street in Kimball passed a Tier 1 investigation. This appears to remove an environmental obstacle to the long delayed opening there of the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store. Owen Lasswell, a public information officer, told the Observer that “NDEE issued no further action letters, and the department’s investigation has been closed.” Meanwhile, Kimball store #13191 at 511 3rd Street shows no signs of obtaining inventory or opening at the moment. Efforts were...
Good morning, here is hoping that your week is going well. With Veterans Day behind us, we are looking toward Thanksgiving. But until then ....today, November 17th. there is a “Veteran’s Hiring Event” taking place from 1-3 p.m. at the Healthy Blue Office in Scottsbluff. This is located at 2621 5th Avenue and if you are in need of more information, e-mail [email protected]. The annual EWC Dog Wash will be held on the 17th also, between 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The students at the school involved will have a table set up in the north...
Here are the latest students of the month, for September, at Banner County School. Keira Bolander, a 10th-grader, is a member of One Act and the BCS band. At school, she likes to learn about history, forensic science, music, singing and English. Keira describes herself and quiet, polite and kind. Keira is grateful to be selected as Student of the Month. Quincy Boettcher, a fifth-grader, participates in YMCA Flag football and Banner County MatCats wrestling. His favorite subjects in school are...
In an unprecedented election in Banner County, write-in candidates determined the outcome of the election. Both incumbent Banner County commissioners lost their bid for re-election to write-in candidates Robin Darnall and Laif Anderson. Anderson had 254 votes and Darnall had 221, while Commissioners Sandberg and Post had 113 and 108, respectively. All totals are unofficial until the canvassing board meets. County Assessor Bernice Huffman lost to Kacy Krakow, 80-292. County Clerk Lisa Cross lost her position to Katie West, 138-230. Recently...
Temporary construction easements, new permanent easements for utility corridors, and fee acquisitions for towers sites were the topics of discussion when Lt. Col. Eric Green from the U.S. Air Force was before the Kimball County Commissioners at their regular meeting on Nov. 15. In January, landowners should be aware that the Army Corps of Engineers will begin negotiations, appraisals and surveying for the missile project. Currently, the Air Force has a 16½ feet easement for utility lines, but they may need up to 100 feet for temporary...