Someday need to come home with a win Someday, we have to come back from Wray with a football win. Honestly, I love Powell Field. It is my favorite football venue in the region. Plus, it has great lighting for taking photos. (I promise, if I win the lottery, IContinue Reading
Another game at Powell Field that looked promising ended in bitter defeat, last Friday night for the Yuma High School football team. However, the Indians get one more chance to end this most unusual of 2020 seasons on a positive note. It took some scrambling earlier this week, but theContinue Reading
The Stratton/Liberty Knighted Eagles are the second-seed for the 6-man playoffs despite not playing a game in quite awhile. The Knighted Eagles open the postseason Saturday at 1 p.m. at Liberty, hosting seventh-seed Briggsdale. The Falcons qualified for the postseason by finally getting in their fourth game last Saturday, beatingContinue Reading
Top-ranked Limon played only four regular-season games, missing its final two against Wray and Holyoke due to several COVID-19 cases in the Limon schools. However, the Badgers return to in-person school just in time this week to get in some practices and open the playoffs on Saturday. And they stillContinue Reading
Connie Rae (Twiss) Corman was born on December 11, 1944 in Wray, Colorado. She was the second of five children born to Howard B. and Mary Faye (Funk) Twiss. Connie left this world on November 10th, 2020 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. Connie was raised on theContinue Reading
Born January 19, 1925, Jean Chrismer was the second of three children born to rancher and rodeo-enthusiast Wilbur J. Chrismer and his wife Della Mae (Nabb). Their home was on Cedar Street in Yuma, Colorado, just a block south of her grandmother and two blocks south of the municipal parkContinue Reading
William “Bill” Dale Duncan, 87, passed away on November 12, 2020. He was born in Akron, CO on October 31, 1933 to Harry and Edna (Horn) Duncan. He spent his whole life in Akron with the exception of the 2 years he spent in the service. As a kid, BillContinue Reading
Larry L. Korf was born on January 13, 1939 to George and Bessie (Zwirn) Korf of Yuma, Colorado. He passed away on November 14, 2020 in Sterling, Colorado at the age of 81. Larry was born and raised in Yuma, Colorado. He farmed for many years with his father, George.Continue Reading
Birds might be harder to find but there likely will be plenty of hunters in the area this weekend for the opener of the 2020-21 Pheasant Season. Division of Parks and Wildlife Officer Josh Melby said he expects a large turnout, judging from participation in other recent hunting seasons. “We’reContinue Reading
Vanessa Vaile had quite a surprise when she looked outside last Thursday morning. There was a coyote lying on her porch at the High Plains Manor. Vaile took some pictures and called animal control. It was then decided to call in the Colorado Division of Wildlife. Officer Josh Melby arrivedContinue Reading