Property tax notices turning heads in Yuma
Property tax statements for 2020 came out in the mail during the past week, and many in the Yuma area noticed quite an increase from 2019. The first inclination was that the Yuma-1 $16 million bond issue passed last November was the cause. While it did indeed increase property taxContinue Reading
Yuma-1 school project taking shape
Yuma School District-1 Board of Education received a progress update during its regular monthly board meeting, Monday night at the district office. Superintendent Dianna Chrisman told the board she was “floored with the progress so far.” Chad Rayl of owner’s representative Project One added that to date the project isContinue Reading
CREP reopened as RRWCD tries to retire wells for Republican River agreement
Submitted by Deb Daniel RRWCD General Manager The USDA recently published the 2018 Farm Bill Environmental Assessment. It states that the 2018 Farm Bill provides the Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, the discretion to permit dryland agricultural uses on land enrolled under a Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) agreement. InContinue Reading
Yuma wrestlers host triangular today
A busy and successful January continues for the Yuma High School boys wrestling team. The Indians had another great tournament run last Saturday, finishing second in the team standings at the Wiggins Invitational. They now get to wrestle on the home mat today, January 23, as they host a triangularContinue Reading
Yuma boys sitting pretty in LPAA race
Things are looking good at the moment for the Yuma boys basketball in the league race. However, coming is the nonleague stretch against the Nebraska teams. The Indians improved to 8-1 overall, 2-0 in the Lower Platte Activities Association, with a league win at rival Wray last Friday, followed byContinue Reading
Yuma girls keep battling
There is still a lot of basketball left for the Yuma High School girls team to reach their peak. “We’re a young team, still learning how to play together,” head coach Bob Rahm said. “We’ve got the talent, we just need to put it together at the right time.” TheContinue Reading
1A basketball report
Stratton/Liberty Basketball Boys The Stratton/Liberty Knighted Eagles started the week off great. They travelled to Arickaree to play the Indian Mustangs on Thursday January 16th. It was a well-played game for SL except for the third quarter when they only scored one point! But they came back and made upContinue Reading
Tom’s World — Be consistent: Saving American lives
For 10 years subsequent to my children graduating from high school, I was a basketball official in eastern Colorado and western Kansas. I enjoyed the experience and would probably still be doing it were it not for an unfortunate accident that witnessed me pulling a fishing lure into my eye.Continue Reading
Howard Lee Myers 1931-2019
Howard Lee Myers was born May 24, 1931 in Yuma, Colorado to Fred Austin and Josie Olive (Davis) Myers. He passed away December 29,2019 in Greeley, Colorado. Howard was the 6th child of the family. At a mere 3 ½ pounds, Howard’s crib was the dresser drawer. His mom bathedContinue Reading
Helen Brown 1924-2020
Helen Marie (Deterts) Brown was born on January 21, 1924 to Eert and Geskee (Stekker) Deterts in Vernon, Colorado. Helen attended school at the Vernon Lutheran School and graduated in 1942. She married Robert E. Brown in December of 1946 in Denver, Co and together had two daughters, Sharon KayContinue Reading