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The city found itself in a difficult lie on Wednesday and the long planned golf course project appeared to stall. After lengthy planning with city officials and Project One, Staples Golf Design only received one contractor bid for municipal course improvements, set to start this fall. Both Staples Golf and the city council deemed this bid unsatisfactory. The city contracted Staples Golf to design, plan and coordinate the irrigation project at Hillside Golf Course. This project includes an... Full story
Harvest is in full swing and at the Scoular elevator trucks have been rolling in steadily. But this season has a distinct character. “It's been a different type of year with the late rains that we had,” reported Scoular Merchandiser Logan Snyder. “There is a lot of wet stuff out there right now.” As every farmer knows, weather is a big factor in determining when to harvest, as well as the quality of a crop. While trucks loaded with grain arrive at Scoular's elevator day and night, Snyder...
Cuffed at the hands and ankles, Dale Robertson was escorted into the Cheyenne County District Court by a deputy. Dressed in orange he sat quietly at the table, waiting for Judge Derek Weimer to enter the room. His lawyer, William Madelung, said in an aside that Robertson's life had been “tainted with drug abuse.” Judge Wiemer sentenced the defendant to two to four years in jail, with a possible chance for probation after one year. This sentence runs consecutively with a term of one year in the county jail. Robertson was charged with sel... Full story
Summer is half gone, wheat harvest is here and I have still not found the time to ride my bicycle. Because there is so much to do on a daily basis, I wake up around 5 a.m.--generally--and sit outside in the cool air, sipping my cup of tea. The other morning it was the right sky to see the sunrise, my first in Nebraska. The right sky? Yes, the right sky—when you see all the colors imparted into the clouds. But there has to be just the right amount of billowy clouds. The cool deep blue sky with little puffy spots catching the opening rays of t... Full story
