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Broncos getting ready for marathon stretch in winter sports season

Broncos getting ready for marathon stretch in winter sports season

Wauneta-Palisade athletes, coaches and fans are getting ready to kick it into overdrive as the basketball and wrestling seasons hit a marathon stretch. Above, Bronco fans show their team spirit as the...

Bronco boys hoping to extend 7-game streak at RPAC tourney

Bronco boys hoping to extend 7-game streak at RPAC tourney

By Dave Vrbas The Wauneta Breeze   The Bronco boys are hitting their stride, and at the most opportune point in the season. Riding on a seven-game winning streak and touting a 10-2 overall...

CCJH sweeps Bronco hoops teams

Chase County went 0-4 at home last week, ruining both Wauneta-Palisade girls teams’ undefeated records and handing the boys’ teams another loss. In the girls B team game, Chase County squeaked out...

Five speakers place at Chase Co. speech meet

Five Bronco speech team members placed in the first speech meet of the season in Imperial at Chase County on Saturday. Brett Klima took fourth with his informative speech and Amanda Johnston was fifth...

Broncos hold 8-2 record after marathon week of four wins

By Dave Vrbas The Wauneta Breeze   The Bronco boys averaged nearly 60 points while limiting their opponents to an average of just 27 during their past four games, rolling to a Cambridge Invite championship...

Four-game struggle ends in redemption for Lady Broncos

Wrestlers honored Friday night, earn team fourth at DCS

Junior high basketballers set to hit the court again this Thursday

Huskers dominate Arizona in Holiday Bowl

Bronco boys break even at Brady to take third place

Cody Fanning named Doane College’s Top Defensive Scout

Bronco girls claim Brady Holiday Tourney title

Simpson, Ramirez take gold at Cambridge meet

Hayes Center boys win battle of unbeatens

Lady Broncos pick up first two wins to go 2-3 overall

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Losses, triumphs inspire local women to come to aid of Haitian orphans

By Dave Vrbas The Wauneta Breeze   When Barbie Long’s alarm clock woke her on Saturday morning, she’d been asleep barely three hours. A nurse at Community Hospital in McCook, Long worked overnight...

Flurry of election filings come in as deadlines near

By Jan Schultz The Imperial Republican   It’s less than two weeks until the deadline for incumbent elected office-holders to file, the reason why the Chase County Clerk’s Office had a flurry...

Randy Jordan files as candidate for Chase County Sheriff

By Dave Vrbas The Wauneta Breeze   Randy Jordan has officially thrown his hat into the ring, running against former boss Tim Sutherland for his position as Chase County Sheriff. Jordan, 25,...

This Week's Briefs: Choir concert, spelling bees, art shows, open house

RPAC choir clinic and concert set for Monday Wauneta-Palisade choir members will participate in the RPAC-West Vocal Clinic and concert next week in Hayes Center. The clinic and concert are planned...

Legislature one-third of the way through short session

Telephone conference report on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to Imperial, Grant, and Palisade   By Jan Rahn Grant Tribune-Sentinel   By the end of this week, the Legislature will be done with one third of...

Sharing with Wauneta: Real friends share. . . .

Local efforts to assist Haiti’s earthquake victims gain support

Windy working conditions

Christensen: Two proposed water bills threaten basin irrigators

Wauneta’s first flour mill

Dr. Kasselman signs contract to return to Chase County in 2011

This Week's Briefs: Filing deadlines, Music student honors, Nebraska's unemployment numbers

Bids to be let on Emergency Services building

Sharing with Wauneta: Muddy roads and time for holes. . .

Primary focus of Wauneta's 2010 street plan is keeping streets in good condition

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School Board meeting change

The Wauneta-Palisade School Board meeting planned for Monday, Feb. 8, has been moved to Wednesday, Feb. 10. The meeting will be held at the Palisade Attendance Library beginning at 5 p.m. MT/6 p.m. CT...

‘The Home Place’ by Wright Morris chosen for 2010 One Book One Nebraska

One Book One Nebraska 2010 invites citizens across the state to read “The Home Place,” by Wright Morris, a native of Central City, Nebraska. This “photo-text” is an account in first-person narrative...

Broncos getting ready for marathon stretch in winter sports season

Wauneta-Palisade athletes, coaches and fans are getting ready to kick it into overdrive as the basketball and wrestling seasons hit a marathon stretch. Above, Bronco fans show their team spirit as the...

An after-the-holidays holiday concert

School board to look further into locker room remodeling

By Dave Vrbas The Wauneta Breeze   Sometimes if you don’t spend some money, you could end up losing more than you save. Faced with locker rooms in dire need of repair and upgrades, as well as...

BRONCO BEAT: Catch the spirit!

BRONCO BEAT: Workshop fun experience for WP choir students

BRONCO BEAT: Chemistry trip

BRONCO BEAT: Experiencing art at WP

New principal is now officially in the house

BRONCO BEAT: Honor Society inducts five new members

BRONCO BEAT: FCS and foods

BRONCO BEAT: The elementary monster mash

German exchange student brings unique humor, culture to WP

WP Report Card shows progress, weaknesses

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Republican River group won’t take position on LB 1057 water task force

By Russ Pankonin The Imperial Republican   With a pair of 3-3 votes, members of the Republican River Management Districts Association (RRMDA) opted not to take any position on LB 1057, which would...

Top ten reasons to join 4-H in February

By Kimberly Cook, Extension Educator 4-H is more than a club; it is a way of life. 4-H is the largest non-formal youth education organization in the United States, with more than 7 million youth between...

Windbreaks important for livestock protection

Livestock on open grassland protected from the wind require less feed and may be less susceptible to health problems when sheltered behind a four to six row tree windbreak, according to Jim Brandle, professor...

Nebraska's ethanol industry starts to see some rebound and growth

By Russ Pankonin The Imperial Republican   Prospects for Nebraska’s ethanol industry look good going forward, according to Todd Sneller, administrator of the Nebraska Ethanol Board. The industry...

Chase County Clinic providing info via Web-based Patient Portal

By Randy Vlasin Chase County Community Hospital Foundation   Chase County Clinic recently added a service that will allow patients to check certain medical information via a secure Web-based system...

Pesticide Safety Education scheduled

Chase County 4-H/FFA Beef Weigh-In set

Frank Padilla joins American Gelbvieh Association staff

Catlemen to discuss outlook, issues

Podcasting workshops to help promote byways

Beef production workshops planned

2010 Burn School dates and locations announced

Third Annual Cattlemen’s Day scheduled at GSL

Now available online: Red Carpet Service

Organic Weed Control with Flaming Research and Results discussed Jan. 9