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Considering the rate at which Raiders teammates Logan Lewis and Jake Heeren are improving their distance in the shot put, they may end up being each other's toughest competition before season's end. With Lewis trumping the field in the shot put, the Red Raiders scored 103.5 points to win the Ed Moore Invitational in Ogallala by a comfortable margin over Mitchell (82) and Cozad (79.5). Host Ogallala (69) finished fourth while Gothenburg (65) rounded out the top five. Coming into the Ed Moore...
Jami Flores has no difficulty clearing the bar in the pole vault where she medaled in third.... Full story
The case against a 53-year-old Cheyenne County woman accused of assisting her husband’s suicide will move forward in district court this week. Two deputies from the Cheyenne County sheriff’s office testified at a preliminary hearing in the case in Cheyenne County court Friday. Deann Kimble, of Sidney is charged with assisting suicide and concealing human skeletal remains, both class four felonies. The court found that the offenses for which the defendant is charged did occur and that there is probable cause that the defendant committed the...
Women are an integral part of farming and ranching operations in the panhandle. The 14th annual Women in Agriculture gathering, held at the Sidney Holiday Inn on Friday, set out to inform women about what's going on in agriculture today, in a comfortable setting. Karen DeBoer, educator at the Cheyenne County extension of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, which hosted the conference, estimated that there were around 60 women in attendance. "I think women are a really important asset in a farmin...
Gerald C. Olsen, 75 of rural Potter, passed away at his home, Friday morning, April 4, 2014. Graveside inurnment will be held at 11a.m., Thurs., April 10th in the Potter Cemetery, followed by a Celebration and Remembrance Service at noon at the Prairie West Church in Potter, with Rev. Betsy Galloway-Carew officiating. All are welcome to stay for the lunch to follow. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Wednesday to drop off condolences for the family and sign Gerald’s register book. A complete obituary will be published when a... Full story
Last week I talked about the loss of soil health in our traditional winter wheat/summer fallow cropping system that has been the predominant system used by producers over the past several decades. In terms of soil health this is probably the most detrimental crop production system. When I have listened to experts in the field of soil health talk at conferences over the past several years there are a few key components to restoring soil health. The soil needs residues on the soil surface to protect the soil from wind and water erosion. These...
Potter-Dix high jumper Regyn Hicks tied the meet record for Class D, clearing 5-02 at Saturday's Bayard C-D. A record mark is quite an achievement any time. But just placing in any event was a chore at Bayard, thanks to a crowded field of 19 teams. In some events more than 40 athletes vied for a podium position, forcing events to overlap and competitors to scramble from one discipline to another and back. Still, the Coyotes and Warriors performed well. Leyton's Kaitlyn Berner surpassed her...
