A renovated and improved Stalker Lake near Wray soon will reopen for fishing. After months of hard work, contractor JHL completed the work on the dam at Stalker this past week. They replaced the entire outlet structure and put a liner in the outlet pipe to prevent it from leakingContinue Reading
Yuma High School students competed in the virtual regional science fair late last week, and did very well. Pictured above are: Front (l-e) — Kinley Eyring, Shelby Blach, Fatima Duran and Alyson Gardner; back (l-r) — John Smith, Alan Paczkowski, Andre Baucke, Lars Sims and Blaze Brophy. Eyring won theContinue Reading
Braylynn Armstrong, Addasyn Struckmeyer, Torrance Cheshire, James Brandner, Miles Rutledge, and Will Noble gathered for a picture celebrating their knowledge bowl win in the BOCES sponsored tournament that took place with one virtual meet a month from November through February. For the four-meet total, Yuma led the group with aContinue Reading
On February 26, 2021 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Trent Bushner, Commissioner Robin Wiley, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were all present. The Commissioners approved a resolution declaring March 20, 2021 Yuma County Livestock Producers Day in recognition of the accomplishments and vitalContinue Reading
State aspirations will be on the line when the Yuma High School boys wrestling team competes in the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Akron High School. However, the Indians will be without two of their brethren as they have been put in quarantine and will missContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball players were at their traditional team lunch last Friday when the word came — the rest of their regular season would be canceled due to a confirmed COVID-19 case. Coach Dave Sheffield was just getting ready to go across the street to the meal whenContinue Reading
Making the playoffs still is a long shot, but at least the Yuma High School girls basketball team finally has been able to enjoy a winning streak. The Indians had their first 2-0 weekend of the season, knocking off Peyton 41-37 at home last Friday, then rallying for a 63-55Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team will be missing two of its crew when the Indians compete at regional at Coronado High School, Friday and Saturday. The Indians had a premature end to their regular season as they did not attend last Saturday’s quadrangular. School officials decided to not sendContinue Reading
The Otis High School boys basketball team is wrapping up this most unusual Season B on Saturday. The Bulldogs will play Prairie at home. They first were scheduled to play in Briggsdale, but the school announced Wednesday the game had been moved to Otis. They had two wins entering thisContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls JV basketball team got in only one game last weekend. After Friday’s game with Peyton was canceled, the Indians barely squeaked by Wiggins, 29-27, last Saturday afternoon on the Tigers’ homecourt. Caddis Robinson had five points and five rebounds, Hailey Eyring five points, Liddy Day fourContinue Reading