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A realigned Yuma City Council was sworn in and seated during the council’s regular meeting last week. Ron Swehla stepped down after a total of 14 years on the council in two different stretches, the last six as mayor. Sworn in to new terms were councilmen Dan Baucke, Zach DiazContinue Reading

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Yuma High School’s track and field athletes will be sticking close to home again this weekend. The Outlaws are at the Haxtun Relays on Friday, then will run in the Akron Tom Meyer Invitational on Saturday, after competing in the Wray Dick Evans Invitational last Thursday. “Over all we haveContinue Reading

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Yuma High School’s baseball team needs to stay on the correct side of the ledger to maintain a chance of possibly hosting a Class 2A regional next month. The Outlaws are 6-4 heading into Friday’s rescheduled game at Akron, followed by a home game Saturday against rival Wray. They thenContinue Reading

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Yuma High School’s girls golf team hosted the Yuma Invitational on Monday at Indian Hills Golf Course. The Outlaws had a great day for golf Monday. There were 11 teams, 73 golfers, a full field.  Yuma’s varsity squad was led by Jailyn Mekelburg, who just missed out on a topContinue Reading

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The Arickaree track and field athletes had some point-scoring efforts last Thursday at the Wray Dick Evans Invitational. Austin Wright won the discus with a distance of 138-foot-9. Zarron Skubal was seventh in the triple jump with a distance of 37-2.5. On the girls side, McKenna Jesse cleared 4-2 toContinue Reading

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Dan Klinzmann, a loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend passed away peacefully at home on the 10th of April 2024. Dan was born on the 27th of April 1955 in Haxtun, Colorado to Adolf & Florence Klinzmann and was raised on the family dairy farm outside of Yuma, Colorado.Continue Reading

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Bernard Wesley Wall was born to Jesta M. (Tingley) Wall and Wesley “Bud” Wall in Yuma, Colorado on October 3rd, 1940. He passed away on April 1st, 2024 at 83 years old. Bernard attended Yuma High School and graduated in 1958. A few years later Bernard met the love ofContinue Reading

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Barbara Leona Powell passed away March 31, 2024, at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron, Colorado. She was 84 years old. Barbara was born on March 11, 1940, in Yuma, Colorado to Harold and Gertrude (Hodgkins) Aagesen. She was the third of four children. Barbara attended Pleasant Hill SchoolContinue Reading

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Eunice Nadine (Campbell) Richardson was born on December 20, 1929 to Henry Burton Campbell and Eva Eliza (Pittman) Campbell in Yuma, Colorado. She passed away on April 9, 2024 in Westminster, Colorado at the age of 94. Nadine went to the Otis Schools and graduated in 1947. She married MartinContinue Reading

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William Gene (Bill) Bellows, passed away on March 3, 2024 at his home in Kirk, Colorado.  Bill was born September 20, 1939, in Livingston, Montana to parents Lucile Wood Bellows and John C Bellows. Graduating from high school in Livingston in 1959, he embarked on a journey marked by resilience,Continue Reading