Archive For October 2011
Junior E. Roberts
October 28th, 2011
Junior E. Roberts, 83, of rural Eddyville, Nebraska, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska.
He was born December 4, 1927,...
Mnsgr Carl T. Hayden
October 28th, 2011
Monsignor Carl T. Hayden, 90, of Gering died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Heritage Estates in Gering.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Joseph’s Church in Kimball on...
Just About Right On
October 28th, 2011
There should be a jackelope’s head mounted somewhere in D & B Cafe. After all, the little Dix restaurant posts a bright red and white sign on the bathroom door, urging men to perfect...
Editorial: Pointing The Finger
October 28th, 2011
According to a recent Associated Press-GfK poll, close to 90 percent of American voters are frustrated with the nation’s political discourse and 58 percent rate themselves as furious wit...
Haun Pre-Trial Hearing Set
October 28th, 2011
According to the Scotts Bluff District Court in Gering, the pre-trial hearing for Haun is scheduled for October 28, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the District courtroom with Judge Edward D. Steenbur...
Girls Cross Country Team Qualifies For State
October 21st, 2011
Kimball’s cross country runners seem almost apologetic about their season.
“I wasn’t quite feeling it,” said Hailey Keller of her performance at the district meet last w...
Greenwood Rushes For 225 Yards In Win Over Cozad
October 21st, 2011
Deadlocked at 15-15 after a half of football in which visiting Cozad returned an interception for six, racked up 192 yards on the ground and benefitted from eight Kimball penalties, Longho...
Student Of The Month: Annie McCloud
October 21st, 2011
Congratulations to Kimball High School’s Student of the Month for September, Annie McCloud. Annie has been in National Honor Society for four years. She has maintained a 4.0 grade point...
Editorial: Take Responsibility
October 21st, 2011
Scott Haun is free on bail after allegedly touching a teenage boy in an inappropriate manner and performing a sexual act. An affidavit received from the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Dep...
Crews, Volunteers Wrap Up Restoration Of Potter Sundry's 1917 Tin Ceil...
October 21st, 2011
“I’m scared to go down there,” said Pam Beavers, referring to her own business, Potter Sundry.
For the past two weeks, crews have been inside the popular shop, stripping o...
Counterfeit Bills Surface In Kimball
October 21st, 2011
Kimball Police are investigating reports of counterfeit currency passed through several local businesses. Although government data places the number of fake bills in circulation at any giv...
Haun Out On Bail
October 21st, 2011
Kimball City Councilman Scott Haun, 48, was arrested and held in the Scotts Bluff County jail last week on charges of first degree sexual assault of a child between the ages of 12 and 16,...
Hager Finishes State Golf Tournament Tied For 18th
October 14th, 2011
If not for the trees on number 10 at Quail Run golf course in Columbus, Brooke Hager may have threatened for a top ten spot at the state class C tournament. But 18th on the leaderboard out...
Game Of The Century...Almost
October 14th, 2011
Potter-Dix was unstoppable. Creek Valley--well, their offense was just about the opposite, gaining only 70 yards all night.
When the dust at Combs Field settled and the lights s...
From The Editor: The Mark Of Cain
October 14th, 2011
President Barack Obama introduces a jobs bill. Republicans point out its flaws while Democrats tout the necessity for action. The left calls for higher taxes on the wealthy. The right resp...
Kimball Police Receives Grant For Mobile Radar Units
October 14th, 2011
The Kimball Police Department received a highway safety grant to purchase two mobile radar units. Fred Zwonechek, an administrator with the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety made the annou...
City Orders Two Properties To Clean Up Or Demolish
October 14th, 2011
Deteriorating buildings and properties in disarray were topics of discussion during the October 5 Kimball City Council meeting.
City Building Inspector John Heidemann was on han...
Kimball Parents And Booster Club Launch Webcasts Of Football, Volleyba...
October 14th, 2011
Half an hour before kickoff at Gothenburg and already the tiny visitor’s press box was crowded with media, statisticians and students charged with recording game tapes for Kimball’s co...
Johnson Rules The Air As Potter-Dix Downs Banner County
October 7th, 2011
“We were able to throw on them quite effectively,” said Dale Frerichs of Potter-Dix in a bit of classic coach’s understatement.
All Coyotes quarterback Luke Johnson manage...
Brooke Hager Earns Trip To State Golf Tournament
October 7th, 2011
Consistency and composure manifested themselves Monday in the form of Brooke Hager. The Kimball High sophomore qualified for the state golf tournament by finishing fourth in districts at...
Too Many Indians
October 7th, 2011
Some equations are almost incontrovertible, at least in football terms. For instance, Ogallala entered Friday night’s game against the Longhorns ranked third in the state according to ev...
From The Editor: Math And Science Are Fine, But What About History?
October 7th, 2011
For the past few decades we’ve been told by those on high that American students are losing the critical math and science test score battle.
Probably true. But our response ha...
Editorial: An End Or A Beginning?
October 7th, 2011
The official grand opening of the bypass is momentous, though that word does not always imply something positive.
On the surface, the four lane around Kimball takes traffic—an...
Kimball Man Injured In One Vehicle Accident
October 7th, 2011
A one vehicle accident approximately one mile east of Kimball sent two people to the hospital, according to a report filed by Nebraska State Patrol trooper Travis Ahrendt.
The a...
Goranson Named Ambulance Services Director
October 7th, 2011
The Kimball Ambulance Service, now under county management, has a new director who will oversee its operations.
Carla Goranson, who grew up in Kimball, was unanimously chosen by...
