YHS wrestlers at Wray tonight
The Yuma High School boys wrestling team is enjoying a strong finish to the 2021 regular season. The Indians picked up three more dual wins late last week. Now they have a huge dual tonight, February 25, at Yuma County-rival Wray. The two-time defending 2A state champions currently are rankedContinue Reading
Death Notice
Mary Alice (Crossland) Pearson 1941– 2021 Mary Alice (Crossland) Pearson was born July 18, 1941, and passed away February 16, 2021. A Funeral Service will be on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Baucke Funeral Home in Yuma, Colorado. Interment following lunch at the Haxtun Cemetery inContinue Reading
Yuma wrestlers dominate in final home match
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team definitely went out in style Friday night in The Pit. The Indians rolled Dolores Huerta Prep 50-9 in their last home match of the 2021 season. They are in Greeley today for duals against University and Platte Valley, and have a huge dual atContinue Reading
3-point barrage propels Tribe to sixth straight win
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team cruised to its sixth straight victory, 87-45 over Akron Thursday night in The Pit. The Indians scored 61 points in the first half while improving to 6-0 in Lower Platte Activities Association play, 6-3 overall, heading into Saturday afternoon’s nonleague game at Burlington. AkronContinue Reading
Yuma girls earn second win
It did not come easy, of course, but the Yuma High School girls basketball team earned its second victory of season, beating Akron 45-43 Thursday night in The Pit. The Indians now are 2-7 overall, 2-4 in Lower Platte Activities Association play heading into Saturday afternoon’s nonleague game at Burlington.Continue Reading
Deep freeze finally leaves
The deep freeze that enveloped the area for more than a week was so cold, that it actually felt kind of warm this past Tuesday when the high was just 21 degrees. Many area ranchers are calving, with the newborns in peril if not sheltered from frozen weather in shortContinue Reading
Additions to Yuma-1 project
The money situation is good, so some “add alternatives” are being included with Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. The Yuma-1 Board of Education approved the four additional upgrades during its regular monthly meeting Monday night, though the approval for the YHS Commons upgrade was only a preliminary thumbs-upContinue Reading
Victor Clair Hickman 1942-2021
Victor Clair Hickman was born to Victor and Anita Hickman on April 10, 1942 at the Ft. Morgan hospital and passed away at Yuma Life Care Center on January 22, 2021 at the age of 78. He attended the Hillrose schools and graduated from Hillrose High School in 1960. HeContinue Reading
Vera Marie Hahn 1930-2021
Vera Marie was born July 7, 1930, five miles south of Schram Colorado, to Charles Elmer Hall and Vera Mae Scott Hall. Marie passed away peacefully on February 9th, 2021. Marie was the eldest of three girls. Her sisters, Hazel and Fern, were born during The Great Depression and theContinue Reading
Lois Fae Davis Hemphill 1927-2021
Lois was born January 28, 1927 in Custer County, Nebraska. Her family moved to Broken Bow, Nebraska where she graduated from high school with honors. She went on to attend college in Norfolk. Her normal training at Norfolk Christian College suggested she might become a teacher, but after the firstContinue Reading