News from neighbors
Yuma’s Shopko among those closing
YUMA PIONEER, Feb. 14 — It had appeared Yuma’s Shopko had been spared from the liquidation list when the company first announced its financial restructuring and the closing of some locations last month.
However, the bad news came down last week — the Yuma store was listed in Phase 5 of Shopko’s liquidation of 70 percent of its stores.
Its estimated last day of operation is May 5. The signs are already up announcing the pending closure.
The company currently operates about 360 stores in more than two dozen states. The list of closures would cut that to fewer than 110 stores.
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Wauneta-made flour helps win national award
WAUNETA BREEZE, Feb. 14 — A Wauneta, Nebraska, business has played a role in a McCook, Nebraska, business winning a prestigious national award.
Wauneta Roller Mills supplies much of the flour used by Sehnert’s Bakery & Bieroc Café in McCook, which was named one of this year’s America’s Classics Winners by the New York-based James Beard Foundation.
“It’s pretty nice that we deliver them flour about once a week — about a ton every week or so,” said Roller Mills co-owner Ashley Einspahr.
On its webpage announcing the awards, the foundation said: “The bieroc is as essential to the fabric of Nebraska as is Husker football. A savory yeasted pastry, its legacy reaches back to German-speaking Russians who immigrated to the state in the 19th century. Sehnert’s, in the southwest Nebraska town of McCook, makes a definitive version.
“The Sehnert family has been baking in the United States since 1897. Walt and Jean Sehnert opened the McCook bakery in 1957, and fourth-generation baker Matt Sehnert and his wife, Shelly, have operated the business since 1991. They provide a place to gather for everyday meals and special events; for live music; and, of course, for the signature bierocs filled with seasoned ground beef and cabbage or sauerkraut.”
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