Peetz News

The latest battle is between Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, and Tara Trujillo, spokeswoman for U.S. Sen.

I think the newly opened electrical generator above Crook, near Peetz and Sidney, is a fine example of the future of energy.

The Holyoke-based Highline Electric Association has launched its first renewable energy project - a system that uses heat from a natural-gas compressor to generate electricity.

That's something Neil Browne knows all too well as he prepares for the Wind Energy Technician program at Northeastern Junior College to begin this fall.

From left, Lance Bolton, Kent Wright and Neil Browne announce the opening of an expanded transportation and energy department at the college.

Scattered showers and thunderstorm will move out of Colorado by Tuesday morning, but the state could be in for another round of severe weather on Tuesday afternoon.

Presenting the recommendation of the ambulance district committee at the Logan County Commissioners' work session Monday are, from left, Lavon Ritter, Kurt Vogel and Mike Schuppe.

Judy Fehringer is the new executive director for Eastern Colorado Services for the Developmentally Disabled.

Basalt Recreation and Basalt Police Department hosted the seventh annual Bike Rodeo on May 20 at Arbaney Park.

At 1:10 p.m., a deputy was dispatched to Peetz in reference to a driving complaint.

Growing up in Georgia and living along the east coast, I believed from childhood until my arrival in Colorado that tumbleweeds were actually props for old west movies, and likely existed only in that capacity.

After 31 years in education, Dean Koester, the superintendent of Peetz Plateau School District RE-5J, is retiring.

"Your teachers at your schools have singled you out above all others," said Russ Silvey, Worshipful Master of the Sterling Masonic Lodge.

The following babies recently joined area families: Kody Rylyan Herboldsheimer Lara and Ryan Herboldsheimer of Sidney, Neb., are the parents of a girl, Kody Rylyan Herboldsheimer, born 6 p.m., March 4, 2009, weighing 7 lbs.

Jason Haas and Lisa Schumacher announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The prospective groom is the son of Lonny and Barb Haas of Sterling.

Expect lingering flurries, 40 mph northerly wind gusts, and partly cloudy skies today.

Sterling Federal Credit Union President John Byczkowski, left, presents board secretary Howard Combs with a plaque for his years of service.

At 12:45 a.m., a deputy assisted Sterling police in the 100 block of Right of Way Road.

Some members of the NJC Students in Free Enterprise Team take their turn sorting through the plastic bottles that were collected across campus as part of a new a oegoing greena program.

The search for a new superintendent is one step closer to being complete. At Tuesday's meeting, Peetz school board heard an update on the superintendent search and finalized dates to interview candidates.