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Gov. Dave Heineman recently previewed the schedule for the 2010 Governor’s Ag Conference, being held Wednesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 4 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney, located at 110 Second Ave.
The theme for the 22nd annual ...
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Nebraska Farm Bureau President Keith Olsen urged the legislature to repeal the water checkoff on corn and sorghum in testimony on Jan. 29 in support of LB 689.
Speaking to the Natural Resources Committee, Olsen said Farm Bureau has two primary concer...
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By Carolyn Lee
The Imperial Republican
The first Kodiak turbo-prop plane to be owned by New Tribes Mission Aviation was displayed in Grant Jan. 9. The visit was a tribute to the fact that New Tribes had a pilot training facility in Grant, established...
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By Jan Rahn
Managing Editor
Three non-incumbents have filed as candidates in the upcoming 2010 General Election in November.
The most recent non-incumbent filings include Matt Waitley for Perkins County Commissioner in District 2 and Jill Pelster who...
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A strange weather phenomenon passed through the area last Friday night. Hail that began during the middle of the evening covered the ground, accompanied by thunder and lightning that got the attention of local residents. The pea-sized hail melted by ...
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By Jan Rahn
Managing Editor
To create ease for farmers, marketing consultant Mark Allen is opening a new office along East Highway 23 in Grant.
Eagle Trading & Consulting Corporation will assist farmers with risk management and commodity tradin...
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By Lori Pankonin
The Imperial Republican
Area Rotary Clubs have joined the effort to provide shelter and comfort in the Haiti crisis through the ShelterBox program. As of this week, 2000 boxes have landed in Haiti with more scheduled to arrive.
Each ...
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Senator urges irrigators to get proactive on bills
By Russ Pankonin
The Imperial Republican
Areas of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District where groundwater declines have occurred would be in the cross hairs of a bill introduced last...
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Concentration camp stories and the whole World War II Holocaust concept are devastating and painfully heart wrenching, to say the least.
During the holidays, I enjoyed that age-old movie, “Sound of Music.” Brooke, our oldest daughter, had each an...
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The 21st annual Excellence in Early Childhood Conference will be Saturday, Feb. 20 at the Chadron State College Student Center.
The theme for the conference is “United We Stand for Children… Doing What We Love.”
The one-day event this year...
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In a proactive move to try to meet the demand for family physicians in rural Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska at Kearney have established the Kearney Health Opportunities Program (KHOP).
“With 32 pe...
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As January comes to a close let’s not let our New Year’s resolutions dwindle. I don’t know many people who can realistically say they did not resolve to live a healthier lifestyle and lose weight. So how do we meet that challenge.
There are alw...
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By Ashleigh Noyes
Tribune Staff
This particular time of year is extremely busy for most students attending Perkins County High School. While seniors are more concerned with basketball, wrestling, speech and other activities there is one issue of major ...
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The Voice of Democracy Contest that is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars involves writing and recording an essay on a given theme. This year’s theme was “Does America Still Have Heroes?”
The English teacher from Wallace High School...
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Wallace kindergarteners Ainsley Strawder, daughter of Cody and Heather Strawder of Wallace, and Denay Pelster, daughter of Matt and Kassie Pelster of Elsie, celebrated their sixth birthdays together in December.
They had a party with their friends,...
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NORTH PLATTE (AP) — The North Platte office of the National Weather Service has been honored for its forecasts and warnings about a blizzard last April in western Nebraska.
John Stoppkotte, meteorologist and the office’s operations officer, told KN...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System outpatient clinic in North Platte welcomes Dr. Gary Vandewege as its new physician.
Dr. Vandewege replaces Dr. Susan Schuckert, who is leaving the VA health care system to star...
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Dr. Jennifer Ochsner was recently hired as the breast imaging radiologist in a new Vancouver, Wash., breast care center. The clinic expects some 15,000 women to come through the center in its first year of operation. Nationally, one in eight women will b...
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Flu season is far from over, and nasty viruses have the potential to pick up the pace and invade homes, schools and child cares.
“A second dose of H1N1 flu vaccine is recommended for children under 10,” said Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical O...
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The Wallace Teen Center, The Cats’ Den, recently hit the milestone of making the final building loan payment.
In 2006, the teen center organized to purchase the building, a main street fixture since the 1930s.
The board of directors will be hos...
