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The Holyoke Sluggers posted a 2-2 record at the Sterling baseball tournament for ages 12 and under Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2.
Holyoke, comprised of 10-11-year-olds, fell to the Sterling Tigers in Friday’s match 4-3. The game was back and forth with ...
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Anyone interested in becoming a volleyball official should make note of important dates coming up.
All officials must go to a regional clinic and one study session before the season starts and one study session after the season starts. First- to third-ye...
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Soprano Dani Brandt was selected for New Ways Singers after auditioning for the two-week choir tour with Nebraska Christian College.
After rehearsing for a few days at the college in Papillion, Neb., the group of around 40 high school vocalists will hit ...
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Of the 1,528 people hospitalized during the 2012-13 flu season, about 40 percent were people age 65 and older, according to data collected by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
“We know seniors don’t benefit as much as we would lik...
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Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Tuesday, June 11 at 8 p.m. in HJHS Room #218.
The superintendent’s report will include a preliminary budget presentation, presentation of Policies ECA/ECAB-R and GBED, the random drug testing s...
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Challengers 4-H Club
Challengers 4-H Club meeting was held at Philips County Event Center in the Biesemeier Room April 14. President Molly Brandt called the meeting to order. There were 29 members and 19 parents present.
Josie Herman read the minutes of...
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Jeremy Walmsley was involved in a motor vehicle accident May 20 south of Ovid. He sustained multiple injuries and was flown to Regional West Medical Center where he was in the ICU.
On May 24, he was flown to Swedish Hospital in Denver, and June 3 he was ...
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This year’s Ash Hollow Pageant tells the story of the Oregon-California Trail in the 1860s, the final years of the trail. The pageant is Friday-Saturday, June 14-15 at Ash Hollow State Historical Park near Lewellen, Neb., and features an outdoor perform...
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I took a trip with my sister, mother and nephew to the Holyoke Cemetery Monday morning, May 27 to decorate the graves of our friends and relatives and was shocked with what I saw. The grass was uncut (about four inches tall), there were large patches of d...
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Take a hike with 4-H’s Outdoor Adventures project
School’s out and summer is right around the corner. Many families enjoy overnight camping trips throughout summer vacation.
4-H recognizes the importance of this enjoyable tradition and created a 4-H...
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Is anything OK?
I’m a hot and cold kinda guy. I can be soaring with eagles one minute and pecking dirt with the chickens the next. One minute I’m on top of the world, and the next minute it’s coming to an end.
I just knew that when the clocks str...
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Colorado faces sawfly problemsIf you see swarms of half-inch-long flying insects in or near wheat fields in northeastern Colorado, you may be seeing wheat-stem sawflies. This insect has been swarming in wheat fields for the past week in selective fields i...
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Five Years AgoJune 5, 2008
Fairfield Covenant Church celebrated its 120th anniversary on Sunday, May 25. As an added bonus in the day’s festivities, historical markers for the Fairfield store and school were dedicated.
Jeremy Loutensock of Holyoke was...
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By accepting the general manager position at Jack’s Bean Co. at the end of April, Tom Harmon is returning his family to a place they once called home.
Both he and his wife, Kay, were born and raised in Imperial, Neb., so Harmon is no stranger to northe...
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Kevin Van Trump of The Van Trump Report will be speaking in Holyoke Tuesday, June 11 at the Phillips County Event Center as part of Farm Direction’s Ag Appreciation Day, which will be from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., including a barbecue lunch by R&B Catering.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency administrator Juan M. Garcia reminded producers that they have until Friday, June 7 to apply for assistance for 2011 crop losses under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program.
The pr...
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Livestock owners, managers and landowners are invited to attend an informative Ranchers Field Day Tuesday, June 11.
Those attending field day will meet at Dwight and Nancy Rockwell’s headquarters west of Wray. Registration, coffee and rolls will begin ...
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Today’s column is brought to you by the letter M. Or rather, two M’s.
Whether you like plain, peanut, peanut butter, dark, crispy or pretzel, M&M candies have found their way into the hearts of Americans. (Personally, I’d give my right arm for ...
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It is that time of year when the need arises for horticulture site visits! Due to last season’s extreme drought, there have been an overwhelming number of questions and/or concerns throughout the area.
Golden Plains Area Horticulture Program Associate ...
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Conservation Stewardship Program will provide about $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres enrollment this year.
Although applications are accepted all year, farmers, ranchers and fo...
