Virginia Ann Twedell 1934-2021
Virginia Ann Twedell passed away peacefully on December 26, 2021, in the home of her eldest daughter, Debbie Wise, where she received loving care and additional support from Hospice of the Valley. She was able to celebrate Christmas with many of her family members and had looked forward to herContinue Reading
Mildred Marie Korf 1928-2021
Mildred Marie Korf passed from her earthly home and entered her heavenly kingdom on December 26, 2021. On November 21, 1928, a cold winter’s day, Marie was born to Miles Norman Clark and Mary Carrie Eberline Clark as the last of seven children. Lora Felderman, a close family friend, neighbor,Continue Reading
Alice Munoz Castillo 1956-2021
Alice Munoz Castillo was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on June 11, 1956 to Martin Torres Munoz and Juanita Hernandez Munoz. She was the first of 8 children they had. She graduated from Gering High School and entered the work force to help her family. She got married to Daniel CastilloContinue Reading
Council covers ground in last meeting of ’21
The Yuma City Council held its last meeting of 2021, last week in the Council Chambers at Yuma City Hall. All seven members were in attendance — Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayor Pro-tem Marc Shay, and council members Marylu Smith-Dischner, Tim McClung, Dan Baucke, Daniel Ebersole, and Terri Frame. The councilContinue Reading
YC to start year with inflated budget
Yuma County’s 2022 budget will be nearly $4 million more than in 2021, but it is not the case of spending more of the local taxpayers’ hard-earned money. The county’s 2022 budget received final approval recently the Yuma County Commissioners. The total budget is set at $26.36 million, compared toContinue Reading
Yuma County leaders voice concerns with DA
(Editor’s Note: Presented below is from the minutes of last week’s meeting of the Yuma County Board of Commissioners. The Pioneer has added some of its own wording.) The Yuma County Commissioners and local law enforcement met with 13th Judicial District Attorney Travis Sides to discuss the 2022 budget requestContinue Reading
Yuma boys display contender potential
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team is one long-range shot away from having a perfect Christmas. As it stands, the Indians still are in great shape for the holiday break, going 5-1 in December — their lone loss coming in a double-overtime loss to Eaton on a last-second 3-pointer lastContinue Reading
Yuma girls show promise in December
It will be a very Merry Christmas for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians gave themselves a nice present with an encouraging December, during which they went 4-2 against stiff competition. The schedule does not get any easier when the season resumes in 2022, but head coachContinue Reading
Yuma boys wrestlers short handed in December
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team has been short-handed in December, but should be rearing to go when the season resumes in 2022. “Hopefully after Christmas we’ll be close to a full team,” head coach Kyle Newton said. Injuries and sickness, and some other factors, have limited the number ofContinue Reading
Yuma girl wrestlers had strong December
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team closed out December with a solid showing at the Jimmy John’s NCCT on the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley. Yuma finished 17th in the 40-team field with 40 points. Chatfield won the team title with 136 points, while Loveland had 105, DiscoveryContinue Reading