Boys golf season on the back nine
Yuma High School’s boys golf team is nearing the end of its league tournaments. The Outlaws are at the Akron Invitational on Friday, and travel to the Wray Invitational on Monday. The league consists of Yuma, Akron, Arickaree, Burlington, Holyoke, Liberty, Limon, Fleming, Flagler, Stratton, Sedgwick County and Wray. TheContinue Reading
YCS on the road
The Yuma County Softball team was 4-7 heading into this past Tuesday’s game at Chase County in Imperial, Nebraska. YCS is at Valley on Saturday for a varsity/junior varsity double header. The team split four games at the Brush Tournament last Friday and Saturday. YCS opened tourney play Friday withContinue Reading
6-man, 1A volleyball report
Washington County rivals Otis and Arickaree will square off on the gridiron Friday night in Otis. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Otis enters the league game with a 2-0 record after last Friday’s 58-38 home win over the Weskan Coyotes, Kansas’ defending 6-man champion. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 6 inContinue Reading
Isabell Meier
It is our deepest sorrow to announce the passing of Isabell Joan Meier on September 3, 2025 at the age of 75. She passed away unexpected but peacefully in Greeley, Colorado while having many who love her by her side. She was born to Irene Rivas and Jessie Henry inContinue Reading
Roger Koenig 1938-2025
Roger Koenig was born November 19, 1938 in Beatrice, Nebraska, to Mabel (Wenzl) and Theodore H. Koenig, the fourth of seven children. He attended country grade school first through eighth grades near Plymouth, Nebraska and went to Beatrice High School ninth through eleventh grade. Then the family moved to YumaContinue Reading
Michael Facchinello 1963-2025
Michael Eugene Facchinello, 61, of Sterling, Colorado passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2025, in Greeley, Colorado. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 15, at Riverside Cemetery with Deacon Bernie Schwartze officiating. Michael was born October 3, 1963, in Sterling, Colorado to Eugene Primo Facchinello andContinue Reading
Shirley Schlechte 1936-2025
Shirley Marie Blanche Schlechte, age 89 of Akron, CO passed away on September 5, 2025 at the Harmony Home in Yuma, CO. Shirley was born in Yuma on January 25, 1936, the youngest daughter of Elmer and Dorothy Heater. The Heater family lived south of Otis on a farm. SheContinue Reading
Timothy Wayne Sprouse 1956-2025
Timothy Wayne Sprouse was born June 12, 1956 in Yuma, Colorado to James Herman Sprouse and Elzene Higgins Sprouse. He passed away August 21, 2025 at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins, Colorado at the age of 69 after a brief battle with cancer. He was baptized at theContinue Reading
Job opening at Appearance Edge
The Appearance of Edge is looking to hire a reliable glass installer who is dedicated and willing to work part time OR full time in our shop location in Wray, CO.Job requirements are an ability to lift heavy objects such as windshields, etc. and a desire to do a professionalContinue Reading
Susie’s Thank You
Thank you to the Yuma Ambulance service for their quickness and professionalism, the ER crew and the Therapy Department in my time of need. Susie SwehlaContinue Reading








