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CLASS OF '73 50TH REUNION THIS FARMERS DAY
The KCHS Class of 1973 will gather Farmers Day weekend for its 50-year high school reunion. The 1973 graduating class had 92 members, with 45 set to attend the reunion, according to Sue Maxted. Fourteen graduates are deceased, and those buried in...
Kimball Welcomes Gov. Pillen
Gov. Jim Pillen addressed a group of Kimball County residents on Monday afternoon during a town hall meeting at KCTS headquarters. Pillen said he wants to be the governor of everyone in Nebraska, all...
County Approves Debated Budget
The Kimball County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to adopt the 2023-24 Kimball County Budget. In addition, the final 2023-24 Property Tax Request for $3,786,671 was approved and adopted. No members of the public...
New Hospital On Track For Dec. 22 Completion
Folks visiting for Farmers Day weekend will see a dramatically changed landscape on the old West Elementary School grounds. Construction of Kimball's new $43.6 million hospital there is on track for...
Banner 3rd In Panhandle Range Judging
Banner County students were among the highest ranking when students and instructors from 18 high schools met in Kimball County for the Area 1 (Panhandle) Range Judging on Sept. 19. Approximately 150 participants judged various grasses, plants, and...
Andie West, Nathan Clements Crowned At Homecoming
Good morning! At least one more beautiful week without a freeze, although it sure is getting cooler. Homecoming last weekend at Banner County High voted in Andie West as Queen and Nathan Clements as King, congratulations! And there is more sports...
Ready For Takeoff
The Remote Control Airshow on Sunday of Farmers Day weekend is set to happen, according to organizer Rick Kirby. The Kimball Kamakzee Club Flyers R/C Airshow is at the Kimball Airport at 10 a.m. The...
Gravel Work Proceeds On Missile Roads
Pine Bluffs Gravel and Excavating is doing a resurfacing project for the Minuteman Missile access roads. Heavy truck traffic is expected to continue south of Kimball, although the work will only take...
County Budget In Focus
The Kimball County Commissioners went into two executive sessions Tuesday, Sept. 19, regarding deployment of security personnel and devices and the purpose of discussing confidential employee and personnel matters. On Tuesday evening, the commissione...
Organizers Release Farmers Day Schedule
A full Farmers Day is in store for the Kimball area on the weekend of Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Highlighting the events will be the parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by the first-ever “Pie A City Guy” event at 2 p.m. at the downtown stage in...
150 FFA MEMBERS DESCEND UPON KIMBALL COUNTY
Banner County's Andie West participated in the Area 1 Range Judging Contest on Tuesday, when more than 150 FFA students from 14 different Panhandle schools visited Kimball County to participate in...
Here Comes Kimball's Concert Season
The Kimball Concert Association has announced the kickoff of its membership campaign for the 2023-24 concert season. The association has also released schedule of concerts for the season. Last year for the first time, the association made student...
Fall Is In The Air, Farmers Busy
Good morning this beautiful fall morning in Nebraska! Hope we have this kind of weather for the next 90 days, and then spring! Everyone is still pretty busy and farmers are still trying to get wheat planted while beans, corn and beet harvest is...
It's Morrill On Friday Night For Kimball Homecoming
The Kimball Longhorns look to rebound this Friday in a homecoming matchup with the visiting Morrill Lions in a D1 District 11 contest. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The Horns are working this week to make it...
GETTING TO KNOW KIMBALL COUNTY
Some of more than 150 visiting FFA members wind through Oliver Reservoir land Tuesday during the FFA Area 1 Range Judging Contest. A report on their visit is on Page A1....
Down & Out
Kimball's Titan II missile in Gotte Park is being removed. According to Annette Brower, city administrator, "The missile has deteriorated to the point that it is no longer considered being safe in a...
City Gears Up For Farmers Day
Kimball City Council approved a $ 1,000 Keno request on Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, to help fund the Farmers Day celebration. Josh Enevoldsen, Farmers Day treasurer, said it usually requires about $10,000 to put on Farmers Day. The request stated that...
Kimball Welcomes Honor Flight Veterans
Thirty Panhandle veterans – one from World War II, four from the Korean War, and the rest from the Vietnam War – stopped in Kimball on their way to fly into Baltimore and then tour the monuments i...
Kimball School Property Tax Rate Goes Down 13%
Kimball Public Schools Superintendent Trevor Anderson presented the 2023-24 budget information on Monday at the budget hearing. According to the presentation, the valuations in Kimball County are up 9.3% from last year but the Kimball Public Schools...
Homecoming Week For Wildcat Nation
Good morning! lots of rain and somewhat cooler. Kind of a mix of spring and fall. Nice football weather for the most part. This week – today Thursday, September 14th – there will be another pre-school program at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center ho...
LOCAL BEEF ON SCHOOL MENU
Local beef was on the menu last Wednesday for Kimball Jr/Sr. High School. Ninety hamburgers were grilled for students by Alvin Koski, and Superintendent Trevor Anderson also handled grilling duties....
HONEST ABE WOULD BE PROUD
Lincoln Highway painters Jessica Rocha, left, and Jaime Bright were back at it on Labor Day, laboring to highlight the historic old roadway that runs throught these parts with a fresh coat of red,...
Honor Flight Mission Has Kimball Stop
Korean, Vietnam and Desert Storm war veterans will be traveling through Kimball on Thursday, Sept. 7, en route to Washington to see their War Memorials. The 14th Honor Flight Mission delegation will be stopping by the High Point Visitors Center, a...
Farmers Day Craft Fair, Bake Sale & Salsa Contest At Library
September is here! For Kimball, this means Farmers Day is right around the corner. Farmers Day weekend is always filled with fun activities for the whole family. The library will have several...
Childs Gets 30 Days In Jail
Kenneth Childs began a 30-day jail sentence Aug. 30 on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest Jan. 19. Two other charges were dropped: criminal mischief and failure to appear or comply with citation. In a bench trial, Judge Randin Roland heard...