Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Highway Road Superintendent Randy Bymer summarized the effects the recent blizzard had on Kimball County roads. He started his report with the phrase, "We're pushing snow," then explained that one plow is down while there is trouble with another one, but they are busting through drifts as high as 13 feet in certain areas of the county. On Tuesday, crews were still widening out roads in the wake of the blizzard. Real troubled spots are generally a result of trees planted years ago south of Dix, south of Kimball and near County Road 46. A disaste...
Known throughout the Kimball area for her cooking and baking, Judie Martin reflects that she started cooking "out of necessity." In 1974 when they, her husband Bob and herself, bought the A&W in Kimball, Judie said she wasn't very interested in cooking but began making the hamburgers at the A&W on west Highway 30. Judie explained that things were off to a good start because Boeing was still in Kimball – "We thought we had a goldmine" – but when Boeing began to leave, reality set in and Jud...
And now Round 2. Following last week’s ferocious blizzard has come this week’s deep freeze. Temperatures were forecast on Tuesday to plummet from the mid-30s to minus 21 on Wednesday and on Thursday range from minus 7 to minus 15. Coupled with severe gusts and life-threatening wind chills of 50 to 65 below zero, the National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a Wind Chill Warning for noon Wednesday to 11 a.m. Friday for Kimball and nearby areas. NWS warned people that wind chills of this magnitude can cause frostbite in less than 5 minutes if...
Good morning! This snow storm that we were hit with this final couple of weeks in 2022 sure put a stop to everything. I mean everything everywhere. We were completely snowed in from Tuesday morning through Saturday afternoon. Thanks to a good and helpful neighbor, we were finally able to get out late through the pasture. My driveway was full of snow the full length and width with drifts as high as the trees, and I have some pretty tall trees. Thankfully again, the county came to make a path...
When an airplane skeleton was recently unearthed at the old Castronics facility on the east side of Kimball, many individuals speculated on how it came to be buried there. The plane, considered a Vultee BT-13 Valiant, was built and used in the second phase of pilot training during World War II. After World War II, all of those planes were sold as surplus for a few hundred dollars. In 1951 the BT-13 sold for $700. The mid-training plane required the student pilot to master the two-way radio and...
The blizzard that clobbered Kimball and the Panhandle on Tuesday lived up to the hype. The relentless winter storm bashed the area with gusts up to 65 mph, wickedly swirling snow that caused whiteout conditions for hours on end. By the time the worst of the storm was forecast to end late Wednesday, perhaps 12-18 inches of snows was expected to accumulate. A Panhandle Alert was issued late Tuesday afternoon urging people to stay off icy, snowpacked roads that should be used by emergency vehicles...
Family Dollar/Dollar Tree appears to be moving forward with its Kimball Store #33191. On Tuesday night at the Kimball City Council meeting, Family Dollar applied for and received a Class B liquor license for beer. Family Dollar agent James Balli said the store will be like a "small grocery store". Balli stressed that Family Dollar will do training, have a scanner to check ages and have video surveillance. According to Balli their violation rate is .004%. Balli was the only speaker at the 12...
The trial for William Shane Serrano on five felony charges was set on Dec. 12 for March 13-16. According to the entries of record, jury selection will begin on March 13 at 8:30 a.m. The pretrial is scheduled for March 7 at 9 a.m. The charges include: • Count 1 – manslaughter. • Count 2 – attempted first-degree murder. • Count 3 – attempted terroristic threats. • Count 4 – attempted terroristic threats. • Count 5 – possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Until recently, Serrano was held in the Kimball County Jail, but no...
A reception for Kimball County employees Larry Engstrom, Linda Williams and Harry Gillway was held at the KCTS building on Friday. On Dec. 31, Linda Williams will be done working in the Kimball County Jail, and she said she is "looking forward to it, but a little nervous." After 37 years she said her retirement plans include "doing things she has never had time to do." Her retirement will start with cleaning closets and drawers, walking and riding her stationary bike more, and more importantly v...
Holiday Heroes, formerly Shop With a Cop, celebrated its 12th year of providing a special Christmas for area children. Participating in the event were the Kimball Volunteer Fire Department, KVFD Ladies Auxiliary, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Nebraska State Patrol, Red Knights, Kimball Police Department and the Kimball County Sheriff's Office. Festivities included the breakfast at the Kimball Fire Hall and kids getting the chance to shop at Dollar General. Donations to the cause, once again, made it...
In the top photo, John Morrison takes his oath of office as mayor while City Council members Christy Warner and Creg Pike look on. Bottom photo, former Mayor Keith Prunty, rear center, makes the rounds in the crowded meeting room....
Breakfast with Santa at the Banner County School on Saturday included wagon rides, craft projects for kids, Santa and a pancake feed. Rick Henderson and his crew, along with Hollywood and Coal, spent the morning giving wagon rides....
Well good morning. Here is hoping that you have fared well over this past week with all of the cold. We are fast approaching the Christmas season and one of the current projects is a toy/clothes drive for the family of Dylan Charvat, who died in an accident at the Sugar Factory Terminal on November 8th. To help, please call 308-631-4627 or email [email protected] or 308-225-1594 or [email protected] for sizes and genders for the kids and their mom. Today, the 15th, is the last day, so please don’t delay! Also on the 15th, there will be a B...
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...