Rebecca Darlene Grogan 1947– 2020 Rebecca Darlene Grogan was born June 9, 1947 and passed away on June 27, 2020. A Memorial Service will take place on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Otis, Colorado. Baucke Funeral Home is in charge ofContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1 Board of Education meetings definitely are not getting any less complicated during the COVID-19 era. Several delicate subjects were addressed during the Yuma-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting at district headquarters, Monday evening — which included a group of teens rolling by on the sidewalk, knockingContinue Reading
City staffers are spending a considerable amount of time sanitizing so public facilities such as the parks and the swimming pools can be open. The pool opened last Monday, June 15, but was closed Tuesday and Wednesday that a staff member — who did not work that Monday — hadContinue Reading
On June, 21, 2020 at about 3:15 am, members of the Yuma Fire Department, Yuma Ambulance Service, and the Yuma Police Department were called to 419 North Buffalo Street for a report of a structure fire. Upon arriving on scene officers found the car port and the house at 419Continue Reading
After a lengthy meeting of the Yuma County Fairboard, the future of the Yuma County Fair is a little clearer. It was obvious by the attendance and conversations at this meeting that keeping our fair as normal as possible was forefront in everyone’s minds, but as we all know, normalContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1’s $32 million renovation/expansion project continues to move forward incrementally. An update was given during the Yuma-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night at district headquarters in downtown Yuma. David Kurz of Neenan Archistruction participated via telephone, while Chad Rayl of owner’s representative Project One wasContinue Reading
Yuma High School began morning workouts for its student/athletes — keeping groups small and going at different times — earlier this month. YHS then introduced team activities in the evening last week. YHS Athletic Director Michael Dischner said the district received some updated guidelines from the Yuma County COVID Taskforce.Continue Reading
Assignments for returning coaches for the 2020-21 school year were approved by the Yuma School District-1 Board of Education, Monday night during its regular monthly meeting. The list was split into district employees and non-district employees who coach. We will just break it down into sports, beginning the fall. YumaContinue Reading
The Yuma pool staffer who was tested for COVID-19 on Monday after showing symptoms, did not work at the pool that day. The test result came back negative Wednesday, and the city announced the pool would reopen Thursday, June 18. The pool opened for the first time this year onContinue Reading
The crew from Concrete Specialties out of Sterling has been hard at it for the past week or so installing a new water main along the 100 and 200 blocks of S. Albany St. It appears the job will be done in short order, but the crew will be backContinue Reading