Merino News

The family of John "Ed" Wiebers of Fleming, is requesting a card shower in honor of his 80th birthday on Nov.

Don Wahl, 65, died Oct. 29, 2009, at his home near Akron after a six-month battle with lymphoma.

According to the county commissioners, there are back-up plans in place should Life Care Medical, Inc., go out of business suddenly.

A working list of changes and cancellations in the Sterling area due to a winter storm moving across the area: Sterling Regional MedCenter's volunteer jewelry sale scheduled for Thursday and Friday has been cancelled.

The 2009 Pink Out campaign was a rousing success as evidenced by those gathered on Wednesday night to finish this year's fundraising effort and campaign for the Northeast Colorado Cancer Resource Association.

Construction on the Merino High School renovation is moving along. The school board heard an update on construction at their regular meeting on Monday.

At 10:30 a.m., a deputy was dispatched to a welfare check in Merino. At 9:55 p.m., deputies responded to a noise complaint in the 300 block of West First Avenue in Iliff.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed westbound I-76 at the Atwood exit , which is about 10 miles west of Sterling, for emergency culvert repairs.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed westbound Interstate 76 at the Atwood exit , which is about 10 miles west of Sterling, for emergency culvert repairs.

These babies were born recently at Sterling Regional MedCenter: Xoe Adelle Delgado Curtiss Destinee and Julie Cesar Delgado of Akron are the parents of a girl, Xoe Adelle Delgado Curtiss, born Aug.

How will Logan Emergency Services Authority benefit me if I live outside Sterling? The question has been raised by Logan County residents who live outside of the city of Sterling, "How is the proposed Logan Emergency Services Authority going to benefit me when I already live in and already am taxed for service within my local fire district?" At the ...

Although many people may not have to see a doctor or require hospital care when they have the flu, there are those groups who are at increased risk for seasonal influenza-related complications, according to Dr.

Akron proved too much for the Lady Rams in a league match on Tuesday night. The girls were unable to come up with a single game win in the match, despite some great hitting.

At 8:04 a.m., a deputy was dispatched to the 100 block of Dunken Avenue in Peetz in reference to a theft.

Buffalo RE-4J School District did well on this year's Colorado Student Assessment Program .

Spectators watch as Kyler Massey competes in the four-wheeler rodeo mud bog race, an event held at the weekend Prairie Biker Rally in Brush.

Ethan Allan Fritzler, 18, was arrested for failure to appear. Sept. 6 Anthony William Chappell, 30, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant from the Fort Collins Police Department.

One case of H1N1 flu has been confirmed in the Merino School District according to Nathan Lytle, superintendent.

Families should have a 72-hour emergency kit like this one, which was put together by the Northeast Colorado Health Department, in case of a disaster.

Happy first birthday to Reb Danton Heller and congratulations to his parents, Devin and Tessa Heller of Sartoga, Wyo.