Bette Weickum passed away December 24, 2019, in Hospice Care at Harmony Home in Yuma, Colorado. Bette was born June 26, 1927 to Loyd “Bud” and Velma Gurss in a sod house south of Laird, Colorado. Bette attended rural schools in the area most often riding a trusty horse toContinue Reading
Niles was born March 15, 1942 and died on December 23, 2019 at the age of 77 after a short illness. Hw was the youngest of four children born to Maurice Clifford Stansfield and Ethel Beryl (Muirheid) Stansfield. He was raised on the family farm, located ten miles northwest ofContinue Reading
Harry Blecha was born to Joseph Frank and Mary (Dezort) Blecha on March 6, 1922 near Burchard, Nebraska. He was one of nine children, having three brothers and five sisters. He rode the train with his family to Platner, Colorado at age 3. The family moved to a ranch northContinue Reading
Roger Lee White was born May 28, 1954 in Corona, California to Dorothy Mae Brown and Rodney R. White. He peacefully passed away at home January 2, 2020 after a valiant battle with cancer. Roger lived most of his life in the Laird and Wray communities except a short periodContinue Reading
Mildred Wyona (Toots) Churchill was born on December 5th,1921 to Robert and Pearl Rogers in Yuma County. She passed away on December 23rd at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron. She was 98 years young. Toots was married to Vern Churchill on September 27, 1942. To this union, twoContinue Reading
The year 2019 was another great one for the local sports scene. Double state championships in basketball for the second straight year, incredible efforts in track and field, the baseball team making a run to the regional final, the football team finding its way to the playoffs for the firstContinue Reading
Nora Arnita Prescott passed away at the Washington County Nursing Home in Akron, Colorado on October 25, 2019 at the age of 101. She was born December 24, 1917 on a homestead, northwest of Yuma, to William and Elizabeth Klein Mekelburg. On February 14, 1937, she was united in marriageContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s football team finished third in the tough North Central Conference, and made the playoffs for the first time in six seasons. That success was reflected in the postseason awards and six Indians were named to the 2019 All-NCC Team by the conference’s coaches. League champion Limon, whichContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s volleyball team had three players selected to the 2019 All-Lower Platte Activities Association Team.League champion Merino had four selections, and Wiggins joined Yuma with three picks. Yuma All-LPAA Reagan Nolin — The senior had a great ending to her high school volleyball career, helping lead the IndiansContinue Reading
On the 20-year anniversary year of Liberty beating Idalia in an all-time classic 6-man championship game, the Stratton/Liberty Knighted Eagles and Fleming Wildcats played another one for the ages. Toby Kechter was one of the main players for Liberty in that memorable win in 1999, and now is the coachContinue Reading