Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The 2019 Annual Kimball-Banner County Chamber of Commerce banquet took place this Monday, Jan. 14, with the featured presentation's topic expanding upon how the future missile base project could impact businesses in the community. Guest speaker Stephanie Meisner-Maggard of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce addressed a large audience of Kimball area residents and business representatives who nearly filled the Kimball Event Center to hear her message. She said the three active and current... Full story
The Kimball school board at its organizational meeting Monday night welcomed three newly elected school board members, saluted more than two dozen students for a job well done, and discussed plans to more efficiently handle summer lawn care. Sworn into office were re-elected Matthew Shoup and Lynn Vogel and new member Travis Cook, who before the meeting made the rounds throughout the boardroom welcoming all in attendance individually. The six-member board voted unanimously to elect Heather Norbe...
A line of communication is established between the city of Kimball and the owner of the building that houses the Shopko Hometown store expected to close by the end of February. Both parties share a goal: finding a new business tenant or tenants to fill the building at 1217 S. Highway 71. City Administrator Dan Dean told the City Council on Tuesday night that the city “continues to be in touch with the building owner.” The businessman, not affiliated with Shopko stores, is based in the Kansas City area. Dean said the owner expressed ope...
Garrett Pedersen, a 2018 Kimball High School graduate, has a newly achieved goal he aimed to achieve for many years. As of last week, he is officially a Marine, Pvt. Pedersen. "Honestly, I have always wanted to become a Marine since I was 15," he said. "The roughest and toughest branch of the military. I told myself I wanted to be a Marine." He was accepted in August 2018 and headed out to San Diego, Calif., just a few short months later on Oct. 15 for Basic Training/Bootcamp. Garrett completed...
A fire of suspicious nature on Friday night, Jan. 4, destroyed an automobile next to a carport on the north side of U.S. Highway 30 in Dix, the Dix Volunteer Fire Department reported. Dix firefighters said a Nebraska State Fire Marshall's Office investigator concluded that the blaze was not accidental or naturally occurring. The fire appeared to have started in the passenger area of the vehicle, identified as possibly an early 1990s Buick, and not near the engine or battery. The call came...
A stop sign violation led to methamphetamine charges involving 10 to 27 grams for two Scottsbluff residents. According to the arrest affidavit, on Dec. 27 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Nebraska State Trooper I. Jaramillo was stationary observing the stop sign at the intersection of Old Highway 71 and Highway 71 in Kimball County when a silver passenger vehicle violated the stop sign. There were two occupants in the vehicle. After initiating a routine traffic stop, Jaramillo contacted NSP Dispatch and was advised that the driver of the vehicle...
A Kimball man, Shane Serrano, has been scheduled for sentencing for terroristic threats made against Kimball police officers in July 2018. Judge Derek Weimer on Jan. 8 scheduled the sentencing in Kimball County District Court. The sentencing is scheduled for 11 a.m. Feb. 5. Serrano was arrested July 7, 2018, on charges including domestic assault, bond violation, terroristic threats, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace and driving under the influence. According to the arrest affidavit, Serrano made statements about killing KPD Officer...
Dennis Lee Cauley, 72, of Cheyenne, Wyo., passed away January 10, 2019, at Colorado Acute Long Term Hospital in Denver. He was born November 1, 1946, in Graceville, Minnesota, to Thomas and Dorothy Cauley. He was a farmer and an owner of Speedway Storage Units and Racetrack. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. He is survived by his children, Christine (Joel) Miller of Iowa, Mikhail (Olga) Mikhaylov of Cheyenne, and Alexander Cauley of Broomfield, CO; grandchildren, Eric, Drew and Audrey;...
Josephine "Jo" Bourlier, 90, of Kimball, died at her home in Kimball on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Kimball with Pastor Roger Gillming officiating. Burial will be in the Kimball Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Cantrell Funeral Home with the family present from 4:00 until 5:00 p.m. to greet friends. Friends may visit www.cantrellfh.com...
And the first Kimball baby born in 2019 is ... Rosalee Ann Osborn – all 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and 19.5 inches of her. Little Rosalee was born 7:56 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. The 2019 honoree's name has much family meaning. Rosalee's name is a combination of Rose from the middle name of her father's mother, Lee from the second half of her mother Megan's mother's name, and Ann from Megan's step-mother's middle name. For being the first local baby of the N...
A truck stopped in Kimball at the Beer and Loathing bar Friday, Jan. 11, to pick up donated shoes for Funds2Orgs. According to owner Heather Entingh, there were a total of 44 bags this time around – which totals nearly $250 in money raised to go toward the city's park fund. "We are going to keep doing something to raise money," she said. "We just aren't sure what it will be in the future, but we will be doing something."...
Jordan Cluff and Izaak Rohde highlighted Kimball's efforts at the Chase County Invitational Wrestling Tournament this past Saturday as both went 4 and 1 on the day and finished in second place. Cluff, wrestling at 113 pounds, registered 3 pins and 1 decision beforeå losing 9-4 to state ranked Nathaniel Murillo of Morrill in the championship match. Rohde also went 4-1 on the day and had 2 pins, a major decision of 13-5 along with his other win before losing by fall in the title match. Connor...
More off-season, All Region awards, offered up this past week by the Star-Herald as they announced their 2018 All-Region Track and Field Teams. In the girls division, Kimball had Hannah Biesecker in the long jump and Samantha Bemis in the triple jump on the First Team. Brady Kilgore made the boys First Team as the top 100 meter hurdler. Banner County High’s MaKenna Dahlgrin was First Team in the shotput and Second Team in the discus. Trinity Langley of Potter-Dix was Second Team in the girls high jump. Kimball senior Brady Kilgore would not b...
The Kimball boys lost to Bridgeport 47-24 in first round play in the SPVA Conference Tournament on Monday night, dropping them into the losers bracket while No. 2 seed Bridgeport advanced into the winners bracket. Kimball, the No. 7 seed, won the first half leading 10-2 at the quarter break and 13-11 at half time, but in an almost exact replay of their meeting this past Friday evening, it was all Bulldogs in the second half as they outscored the Longhorns 22-6 in third quarter play and 36-11 in...
Kimball Wrestling Club, Tri-State Grapplers and the Banner County MatCats were at it again last weekend before a huge crowd in Scottsbluff at the Battle in the Bluffs Wrestling Tournament. Kimball finished sixth in team scores with 248 points, Tri-State Grapplers finished in 16th place with 136 points, and the Banner County MatCats finished 18th with 76 points. Kimball Wrestling Club individual results: • Pre K-K 47-50 division: Nash Burback placed fourth and scored 16 team points. • 1st... Full story
The Potter-Dix Coyotes continue to struggle on offense, but Coach Ryan Mumm is starting to see some improvements as the season continues. Potter-Dix played the Leyton Warriors last Friday, Jan. 11, and came up short in the away game, 58-15. Anthony Tovar led the scoring category for the Coyotes with seven points, followed by Izaak Glanz with four, Grant Hickman with three and Niko Koon with one point. Glanz led the rebounding category for the Coyotes pulling down eight, followed by Brandon Mendoza with seven, Hickman and Koon with five, Tavor,...
It was a two-loss weekend for the Kimball High girls with both defeats coming on the road. On Friday night, they fell to Bridgeport, 55-45, and on Saturday they went down, 41-28, at Gordon-Rushville. With the losses, the Lady Longhorns saw their season record dip under the .500 mark at 5-6. BRIDGEPORT 55, KIMBALL 45 Give a lot of credit to Bridgeport sophomore guard Sydney Nein as she connected from long range for the Lady Bulldogs, ending up with six treys and 22 points. She netted three of tho...