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Archive For March 2011

Evelyn M. Adams
March 31st, 2011
Evelyn M. Adams, age 93 of Potter, NE passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011 at the Memorial Health Center Extended Care in Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thur...


FVC Expansion
March 31st, 2011
Frenchman Valley Co-op is expanding storage capabilities and increasing the size of their dump pit. They expect a new storage building to be operational before the upcoming whea...


Potter residents turn out to discuss grocery store
March 31st, 2011
The crowd is slow trickling in at the Potter American Legion Hall as residents of Potter prepare to hear about the fate of their grocery store. Attendees of the meeting take a m...


Archie H. Huffman
March 24th, 2011
Archie H. Huffman, 88 – Surrounded by family members Archie Henry Huffman of Banner County passed away Saturday March 19, 2011, at Regional West Hospital in Scottsbluff.  Funeral servic...


John J. Culek
March 24th, 2011
John J. Culek, 94, of Cheyenne and formerly of Pine Bluffs, died in Cheyenne on Thursday, March 17, 2011.  Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 a...


Hair salons collecting food
March 24th, 2011
Area hair salons have united to assist the Kimball County Food Pantry restock their shelves. According to local hair dresser Susie Abramson, local hair dressers will become drop...


Rail spur project rolling
March 24th, 2011
The Kimball rail spur project may be going stronger once again according to a report given by James Schnell at the regular Community Development Agency meeting following the City Council m...


Dorothy Jarrett (Ballasst)(Lockwood)
March 17th, 2011
Dorothy Jarrett (Ballast) (Lockwood) 94, of Fort Collins, Colo., formerly of Denver, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2011. She is survived by her children, Brenda Delaney...


Kimball Falls To Milford 57-51 In State Tourney Play
March 17th, 2011
The Kimball High boys showed they were a state calibre team taking Milford to the final seconds before losing 57-51 in first round play of the Class C-1 State Tournament. Milford ended up...


Chamber hosts cyberbullying program
March 17th, 2011
What can start as innocent banter on a social network site can quickly become dangerous. Nebraska State Trooper Chuck Elley says at a Panhandle high school this very situation...


Ordinance 670 passes
March 17th, 2011
Registering as a contractor in the City of Kimball is now a requirement with the passing of Ordinance 670. This is the first step to becoming a certified community with the abil...


Patrick A. Dunegan
March 10th, 2011
Patrick A. Dunegan, 73, of Kimball, died at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, on Thursday, March 3, 2011.  Cremation has been held in Loveland.  Masonic graveside services w...


Dorothy Helen Thomson Griess
March 10th, 2011
Dorothy Helen Thomson Griess, 88, Lincoln, went home to be with the Lord, Jesus Christ Thursday (3-3-11). Born (6-9-22) to Edwin T. and Anna Marie (Seeman) Baldwin. Survived by...


Ronald L. James
March 10th, 2011
Ronald L. James, 71, of Dix, died at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2011 at St....


William “Billy” Hinton
March 10th, 2011
William “Billy” Hinton, 69, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Monday, March 7, 2011.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the Cantre...


Bernard F. Culek
March 10th, 2011
Bernard F. Culek, Jr., 56, died at his home in Kimball, on Friday, March 4, 2011.  Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in...


State Tournament Time Tonight For Kimball Boys
March 10th, 2011
The last time a Kimball High boy’s basketball team took the court in a Nebraska State Basketball Tournament role was 1999, but the Longhorns will go at it again tonight (Thursday) at Per...


Vinyl records sales see growth
March 10th, 2011
As much of the music industry sees declining or flattening sales, there is one medium bucking the trend. In 2010 vinyl records saw an increase in sales by 14 percen...


Commissioners discuss raceway in Kimball County
March 10th, 2011
About a dozen people attended the regular county commissioners meeting, Tuesday, Mar. 1 in support of the High Point Motor Speedway (HPMS) proposal. HPMS project manager, Dick C...


City looking into HPMS
March 10th, 2011
Steps are being taken to follow up on the High Point Motor Speedway through the city council, Mayor James Schnell said, at the regular meeting on Wednesday, March 2. Schnell adv...


Headed to Lincoln!
March 3rd, 2011
  The Kimball High boys defeated Hershey in the Cl-6 District Tournament Monday evening to advance to the 2011 Nebraska Boy’s State Tournament coming up March 10-11-12 in Lincoln.


Patty Jane (Goodwine) Spreuer
March 3rd, 2011
Spreuer, Patty Jane (Goodwine) 87, of Peoria, Arizona passed away on February 15, 2011. Patty was born on June 5, 1923 to Frank Goodwine and Grace (Poff) Goodwine of Hereford, Colorado. Sh...


David Kuhlman
March 3rd, 2011
David Kuhlman, 92 of Kimball died peacefully at his home, on Monday, February 21, 2011.  Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 25, 2011 at St. John’s Lutheran...


Vonis E. Bourret
March 3rd, 2011
Vonis E. Bourret, 96, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.  Mass of Christian burial will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at St. Joseph...


Robert C. Bahl
March 3rd, 2011
Robert C. Bahl, age 70 passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at the Harvard Rest Haven, in Harvard, NE. Graveside Inurnment will be held at 3:00 P.M., Thursday, March 3, 2011 in...


Joint meeting draws public support for proposed raceway in Kimball
March 3rd, 2011
High Point Motor Speedway (HPMS) project manager Dick Cutshaw asked the city council and county commissioners to hear from the public regarding the proposed drag strip, and presented the p...


13 arrested in drug bust
March 3rd, 2011
A joint enforcement effort between the Nebraska State Patrol and Kimball County Sheriff’s office along with assistance from the WING Drug Task Force, Kimball Police department and Cheyen...


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