Wauneta News

Storms took a heavy toll across southwest Nebraska late last week, causing the loss of millions of dollars of growing and maturing crops north of Wauneta as well as widespread damage to property.

You know the Fourth of July is just around the corner in Wauneta when the fireworks display opens at the Chuck Vette garage.

One of Wauneta's most amazing of ladies, Leona Paustian, continues to inspire awe.

Whata TMs up with this weather? Thata TMs the question being asked across the region.

After the run-up in the cost of concrete and other construction materials over the past several years, members of the Wauneta Village Board have become accustomed to seeing astronomical numbers presented to them.

A A A a oeLess Stress, Please.a Everyone wants to know how to de-stress their life.A A A A Star PattersonA from Bartlett, Ill.

By Russ Pankonin The Imperial Republican A A A With franchise termination letters going to 1,200 General Motors dealers across the country recently, Harchelroad Motors, Inc., in Imperial and Wauneta will not be among those receiving one.

By a vote of 2-1 at their May 12 meeting, Chase County commissioners acted to remove Larry Carpenter from the board of trustees of the Chase County Community Hospital.A At last weeka s meeting, Eddie Nichols of Wauneta was approved by the commissioners to fill the vacancy.

Tuesday morninga s heavy rains and muddy conditions didna t keep folks away from signing up for a Walk Across Southwest Nebraskaa .

With soybeans leading the way, grains have posted significant pricing gains in recent weeks, rebounding to highs not seen since the countrya s economic meltdown last fall.

The Chase County Sheriffa s Department is investigating the theft of over $4,000 in cash and checks from the Good Times Bar in Wauneta last week.

A rip-roaring new fundraiser for the Chase County Fair is planned in the form of the Chase County Bullriding Challenge, coming up next week.

The bid letting process has begun, and if a satisfactory bid is received street project work will begin this summer on sections of Pawnee and South Arikaree.

Pet owners are being warmed to make sure their petsa TM rabies vaccinations are up to date after a skunk in rural Chase County tested positive for rabies.

Scores of Wauneta High School and Wauneta-Palisade alums will be "dressing to the nines" Saturday as the honored classes prepare for WP's annual Alumni Banquet.

A 25-year-old man was killed Sunday night when the 2000 Ford Expedition he was driving rolled on Old Highway 6 less than a mile north of Wauneta.

Spring thunderstorms moved into the region last week, leading the way for several days of cool damp weather as April gave way to May.

Base pay for entry level teachers at Wauneta-Palisade was increased by $200 to $27,200 for the coming school year.

A A A The Perkins County Sheriffa TMs Office made several arrests in a two-week period.

Since she was a child in the 1920s, Viola Nordhausen Krausnick of Wauneta has pieced together various colors and textures of fabric, stitching them lovingly in beautiful, yet useful, works of art.