A large crowd ventured out to Phillips County Event Center Monday night, Jan. 23 for Phillips County’s fourth “Taste of Agriculture” event. The event showcased about 38 tables with everything ranging from crepes, shredded goat meat, ice cream, wine, salami and candy. Marianne Sullivan and ...
Holyoke Police Department will soon have a new vehicle added to its fleet. City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday, Jan. 17 to approve a purchase request from HPD to buy a 2012 Dodge Charger from Wolf Auto to be used as a police vehicle. The department will trade in the 2002 Jeep that is ...
Virgil Harms’ 50-year reign as mayor of Paoli made national news last week when the five-decade mayor was interviewed and featured in a brief segment on CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley Friday, Jan. 20. The day before the South Carolina primary election, the news show was full of politics. The...
“Grandma, I’m in jail. Could you please send me some money?!” A few Phillips County residents have heard this on the other end of their phones, not knowing it wasn’t really their grandchild. The Phillips County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) along with victims’ advocate office ask those who...
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It looked as if there were about 100 Nebraska Cornhusker fans roaming around Melissa Memorial Hospital Friday, Jan. 13. While Broncos jerseys and shirts could be found around town, staff at MMH threw on...
Melissa Memorial Hospital (MMH) will introduce a new Family Nurse Practitioner to the public Thursday, Feb. 2. Deaun Carpenter of Imperial, Neb. began working at MMH Monday, Jan. 23 and will begin seeing...
Firefighters control a blaze in a building located on the property of Loren and Patty Hendrix 16 miles south of Holyoke on Highway 385 Friday afternoon, Jan. 20. The Hendrixes were home when the fire...
The Sterling office of the Colorado State Patrol is currently seeking applicants for the 2012 Colorado State Patrol Youth Academy. The academy will be held in Golden June 10-16. The goal of the youth...
Phillips County 4-H Council On Jan. 22, the Phillips County 4-H Council met to discuss some very important things. Kody Timm gave a report on the leaders’ banquet that was held Jan. 5 to thank all...
Shoppers have certainly spotted that bright pink Box Tops for Education logo on cereal boxes, cookie containers and frozen pizza, but how many people actually clip out the coupons and take them to their...
For small educational facilities like Phillips County Family Education Services (PCFES), the sky’s the limit with programs like Labels for Education®. Trisha Herman of PCFES said they recently started...
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 Elementary Breakfast Monday, Jan. 30: Breakfast burrito or breakfast bar with cheese stick, fruit, milk, juice. Tuesday, Jan. 31: Pancake or muffin with yogurt, fruit, milk, juice....
Holyoke added one win and one loss to its stats following another tough week of basketball. Tuesday, Jan. 17 the Dragons traveled to Yuma and suffered a 56-63 loss. Friday, Jan. 20, the team traveled...
Four varsity Dragon wrestlers finished in the top four in the always-tough John Higgins Invitational Wrestling Tournament in Lexington, Neb. Saturday, Jan. 21. “Our varsity kids showed great improvement...
Yuma got the best of the Lady Dragons for the second time this season, with a strong 38-23 win for the Indians Tuesday, Jan. 17. “The Yuma loss was very disappointing to myself and our team,” said...
Holyoke’s boys’ JV basketball team had a tough week on the road as they fell in two consecutive games. They traveled to Yuma, Tuesday, Jan. 17 and lost 39-51. Friday, Jan. 20 they traveled to Wiggins...
Holyoke boys’ C basketball team came away with one win and one loss last week. The team traveled to Yuma Tuesday, Jan. 17 and fell 44-60. They grabbed a nice win Friday, Jan. 20 in Wiggins but the...
Janna Smith and Nicholas Ortner, both of Holyoke, recently wrapped up their Catch-a-Calf experience at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. The duo were lucky enough to catch a calf at last year’s...
Two pesticide applicator certification sessions will be held Thursday, Feb. 16. One will be held in Burlington while the other will be in Flagler. Currently, there are two groups of agricultural pesticide...
The 2012 Colorado state habitat meeting will be held in Holyoke Saturday, Feb. 4 at Phillips County Event Center. The meeting will have a host of great speakers giving seminars on a wide variety of subjects....
Holyoke Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual gala Monday, Feb. 6 at Phillips County Event Center. A social will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The program with awards and entertainment...
