Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Sheriff Dave Hottell met with the Kimball County Commissioners to report on the first quarter 2024. He reported that 911 calls have decreased from 442 to 284 this quarter, although service calls for the sheriff’s office have increased from 370 in the first quarter of 2023 to 504 this quarter. Arrests increased from 38 in the first quarter of last year to 44 in the first quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, VIN inspections have almost tripled from 450 in the first quarter of last year to 1,230 in the first quarter of this year. Hottell introduced his s...
Margaret E. Case, 102, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Vonnie Brown presiding. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. Friends may also visit www.cantrellfh.com to view her tribute wall and leave condolences and stories for the family. Memorials may be given in her name to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or M... Full story
For the past two years the Kimball FFA Food Science team has been disappointed, but the disappointment disappeared this year as they brought home the state championship. The team consists of seniors Grace Anderson, Carlee Murdoch, Hayden Sours and Julia Winstrom. Julia expressed their two-year disappointment with, "The past two years, we have come up short on this championship. We worked hard and gave it our all last year, and unfortunately, we came up short by 7 points. It was heartbreaking."...
Chance Johnson, 10, son of Tiffany and Ryan Johnson of Kimball, competed at the Nebraska USA State meet in Grand Island on March 13. He placed sixth with a record of 4-3 in the 10 and under grouping to bring home a medal. Chance wrestled folkstyle in the 105-pound division. Afterward he stood at the awards podium, hands on hips, and looking at the camera when this photo was taken. He's second from the right....
Kimball track teams will be in Mitchell on Saturday, April 13, to compete in the WTC. The past week the teams saw action at the Mitchell Invitation and the Tri-State Meet at Creek Valley in Chappel. Mitchell Invite Competing against 15 schools, the Kimball boys and girls track teams went to the Mitchell Invitational and proved successful. Finishing 10th or above in the mens varsity results were Noe Trevino, 9th in the 100 Meters, Braxton Miller, and 4th in the 1,600 Meters. Taking 8th in the 3,200 Meters was Conrad Kaminski, and Braylon Miller...
Kimball’s Kyler Lusche finished second at the Sidney Invite on April 3 with a four over par 76. He was the only Longhorn to finish in the top 10. The Kimball team placed seventh with a 116. Scottsbluff’s Tommy Dredla shot a 72 and nabbed first place. Lusche shot an 80, followed by Connor Deboodt with an 89. Landon Norberg was at 97, Branson Kiefer 102 and Ryker Behrend 128. Lusche's 80 made him the 10th place medal finisher....
Leota Kant, 86, was arraigned in Kimball District Court on Tuesday morning on the offense of attempt of a class 1/1A/1/B/1/C/1/D felony and use of a firearm to commit a felony. Both Kant and her attorney, Stuart Dornan, appeared by Zoom for the proceedings. Kant’s attorney entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity for her, stating that she was evaluated on Nov 29, 2023, and it was determined that she suffers from dementia. Due to her vulnerability, Ms. Kant is safely housed in an assisted living facility at this time. Special p...
Former Kimball Chief of Police Andrew Bremer faces a May 7 arraignment. It stems from a citation issued to him on Jan. 31 from the Nebraska State Patrol citing four counts of official misconduct. Each of the charges has a maximum of six months imprisonment or a $1,000 fine or both, and there is no minimum. The complaint from Kimball County special prosecuting attorney Mirah J. Nickel cites that the incidents happened between September 16, 2022, and April 24, 2023. The charges center on “directing, encouraging, or instructing a trainee to act a...
More than 20 area kids hunted for the 30 dozen hard boiled colored eggs at the Bushnell park on Saturday. The Bushnell Lions Club and the Bushnell Volunteer Fire Department sponsored the hunt. The 30 dozen eggs were dyed with the help of the Kimball County Manor residents....
An estimated 300 children hunted eggs in Gotte Park on Saturday. The New Hope Assembly of God Church organized the annual event and it was hosted by the church's youth group. The excitement continued after the hunt; more than 60 prizes were given away, including bikes and baby toys....
On April 1, the Kimball Police were dispatched to a residence on the 500 block of Walnut Street in Kimball for a disturbance call. The investigation led to evidence of child abuse, and an arrest was made. Garret Goodwin, 25, was arrested and taken into custody and charged with one count of felony child abuse and one county of misdemeanor child abuse. In other Kimball police matters, Chief Jose Ruiz discussed some upcoming plans for the department. He said the plans reflect his goals of maintaining professionalism, building relationships within...
The Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement recognized Aaron Berger, right, a Nebraska Extension beef systems educator in Kimball, among the honorees and new members during its annual banquet March 22 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Berger, shown receiving a certificate from IANR Vice Chancellor Mike Boehm, is nationally recognized for his expertise in Ranching for Profitability, particularly in calculating the unit cost of production....
Darlene "Dar" Janice Gardner, of Kimball, died in Aurora, Colorado on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Funeral services will be held at the Kimball High School Auditorium on Saturday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. with burial at Kimball Cemetery to follow. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com to view her Tribute Wall and leave condolences and share stories with the family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to Laura Hinton to be distributed between First English Lutheran Church,... Full story
Longhorns sophomore pole vaulter Trevor Fuss clears 13 feet, 10 inches, at the March 28 Bayard C/D track meet, his personal best that broke the meet record set in 1993 and the Kimball record thatBob Gerner set back in the 1970s. Kimball competed in the Creek Valley meet on April 2 and next goes to the April 4 invite....
Kimball football already is on the scoreboard for the 2024 season and it’s only spring. Keith Staehr Field will be getting a new look with the new scoreboard shown above, which will measure about 28 feet wide by 13.5 feet tall. A donation from FirsTier Bank made it possible. And there’s more spring football news for the home team. Longhorn Football Signing Night is set for April 9 at the Kimball High School auditorium for players to commit to the 2024 varsity team....
Longhorns golfer Kyler Lusche, who qualified for State last year, takes a practice swing at Four Winds Golf Course next to Kimball coach Chuck Christiansen. The Horns opened their season April 3 at the Sidney Invitational and have two more tournaments in the next week: April 9 at Mitchell and April 11 at Bridgeport....
Some of the new apartments for Clean Harbors Environmental Services employees have arrived and are waiting on the east side of Kimball for ground work to be completed at their final destination by Paul Reed Construction. These apartments will be located across the street from Kimball County Manor. Clean Harbors is involved with multiple developments in Kimball to accommodate employees being hired to meet its expansion needs....
Mountain lion sightings have recently been reported in parts of Banner County and the northern part of the town of Sidney. With calving season in full bloom, the mountain lions are a concern for area ranchers. Sidney Police Chief Joe Aikens confirmed the mountain lion sighting in Sidney and cautioned people to be aware and keep an eye on small pets. Sam Wilson, a carnivore biologist for Nebraska Game and Parks said that mountain lion sightings increased gradually over the past 30 years as...
At the special Kimball City Council meeting on March 19, county resident Roger Kaczmarek spoke to the council about the city billing the monthly landfill fee to county residents. According to state statutes, county residents are charged a monthly landfill fee because dumping and burning is illegal. The Kimball Landfill is a city facility, but previously Kimball County had billed and collected the landfill fees from residents and then remitted a check to the city for those fees. In an...
On Tuesday morning, word came from KCTS Administrator Christy Warner that $212,000 of reimbursements had come through from the state to help KTCS meet its financial obligations. At the most recent Kimball County Commissioners meeting, Warner requested a loan of $210,000 to continue operating KCTS because reimbursements from the Nebraska Department of Transportation had been delayed. As of Tuesday, Warner said that KCTS will still receive a $15,000 transfer from the county to continue operating. In an effort to obtain more information about the...
Now here are some good eggs – the people and the plastic eggs. Volunteers, above, stuff candy in 4,000 eggs for the Easter Egg hunt planned for 11 a.m. to noon this Saturday, March 30, at Gotte Park. The New Hope Assembly of God Youth Group is hosting the annual event. If you're still in the mood for more egg hunting after this, the Bushnell Fire Department and Lions Club will get their annual Easter egg hunt going at 2 p.m. March 30 in the village's Hammond Park....
Good morning! Man, has the month of March flown by or what? This week goes out the door with Easter this Sunday, and I think it is out like a lamb with about 60 degrees predicted with clouds. So we know the real reason for the season, but we are also aware of several Easter egg hunts surrounding our area. We will get to those here shortly, but first today is March 28th and there is high school track at Bayard, the Honor Society Induction at the school at 5 p.m., and the JAG students in Lincoln for Legistative Day. Lakota Language Classes will a...
Kimball FFA's new plasma cutter recently arrived by truck. The $40,000 piece of equipment for the FFA ag shop will be set up and an instructor will help members get started using the piece of equipment. Plasma cutters are used in many metal fabrication shops. They slice through sheets of metal and can be used to manufacture such metal objects as gates and signs and much more....
The Kimball High civics class and Potter-Dix senior class, at right, gathered in the Kimball district courtroom for County Government Day on March 26. After introductions, welcoming and folding of the flag, Jasmine Gawith played taps. The full day of learning about the county covered the following offices: county attorney, county court clerk, clerk of district court, county sheriff, assessor, clerk and treasurer. Later in the day, the students learned about KCTS....
After a two-day trial in Kimball County district court, a California man was found guilty on four felony charges. His bond continues, and he will be sentenced on May 7 at 2:30 p.m. In just under two hours, the jury of five women and seven men found Andrew Mendoza guilty of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, no drug tax stamp, and carrying a concealed weapon. The charges stemmed from a speeding incident on I-80 on Nov. 2, 2021, a case that didn’t reach t...