YHS cross country will have seven meets in 2023
Yuma High School’s cross country runners will have seven regular season meets over the course to two months in the 2023 season. The teams open the season fairly early, competing in the Windsor Invitational on August 19. The regular season ends October 13 at Strasburg. Regional and state meets willContinue Reading
Marvin Leo Carlock 1950-2023
Marvin Leo Carlock Jr. was born June 8, 1950 in Benkeleman, Nebraska to Marvin and Harriet(Long) Carlock. He was the youngest of 5 children, joining siblings Stanley, Cheryl, Sandy and Linda. Marv attended school in Haigler, Nebraska and graduated from the Haigler High School in 1968. He went on toContinue Reading
Edith Marie Meis 1927-2023
Edith Marie Meis was born on September 13, 1927 to Anna Bueltell Meis and Conrad F. Meis. She was the youngest of 4 brothers and a sister. She passed July 6, 2023 at the Harmony Home Edith attended school in Yuma. She delivered mail for over 40 years retiring inContinue Reading
NE Yuma County hit twice hard by hail
A large swath of northeast Yuma County has been devastated by two major hail storms over the course of about 10 days. The first storm visited during the evening of Wednesday, June 28, hours before a violent storm rolled through Yuma in the early morning of June 29. The hailContinue Reading
County jail remains in limbo
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office presented a plan for reopening the county jail at the last Yuma County Board of Commissioners meeting. Sheriff Todd Combs has stated it is his last attempt at presenting a reopening plan. The commissioners decided at the meeting to table the jail situation until November,Continue Reading
Yuma police arrested two
Yuma police made two arrests last Thursday, July 6, following an investigation after impounding a vehicle. Yuma officers contacted a vehicle they observed with fake license plates out of Nebraska. The driver was cited for fictitious plates and released, along with a male and female passenger. The vehicle was thenContinue Reading
Yuma volleyball faces challenging schedule again in 2023
Yuma High School’s volleyball season will get rolling before the end of August. Yuma will open the 2023 season at home on Saturday, August 26, against the Sidney Red Raiders. The former Indians will open Lower Platte play at home September 14 against Akron. The Lower Platte will present itsContinue Reading
Clinton Dale Hansen 1934-2023
Clinton Dale Hansen was born in Yuma, Colorado on December 28, 1934 to Peter Christian and Mildred (Aydelott) Hansen. He passed away at his home in Greeley, Colorado July 4, 2023. He married Rosalyn Kay Wilson October 28, 1956. She proceeded him in death in 1994. Two children were bornContinue Reading
Richard (Dick) Herzing 1942-2023
Richard (Dick) Herzing was born on July 16, 1942 to Edith and John Herzing in Bronx, N.Y. He passed away on June 27, 2023. Growing up, Dick spent many hours playing ball in the courtyards. His brother Greg said that Dick was the biggest kid in the group and nobodyContinue Reading
Millie W. Bracelin 1933-2023
Millie W. Bracelin was born on February 7, 1933 to Hazel (Meier) and Jesse Coffman in Eckley Colorado. On June 25th, 2023, while surrounded by her husband Myron, her children Terry, Tonna and Pati, her 2 youngest grandsons Michael and Kobe Krehmeyer, she gracefully took the hand of Jesus andContinue Reading