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Evening entertainment returns for the annual Corn Festival celebration slated for the last Saturday in September in downtown Haxtun. This year's event will feature performances by Shooter Jaxx and The Emmett Bower Band. Gates open on Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. with music starting at 7 p.m. Shooter Jaxx will kick things off in downtown Haxtun on Saturday evening. The group, who formed in 2018, debuted their first album, Cabin Fever, in the spring of 2019. The Shooter Jaxx group offers a unique fusion of...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local PD, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required quarterly registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso County. As part of...
The Haxtun Town Council considered a third economic incentive application for the year in a Monday night, Aug. 6 meeting. In the absence of Mayor Mike Ensminger, Mayor Pro Tem Lori Lundgren presided over the short, 30-minute meeting. The Council considered an economic incentive policy application from Every Bloomin’ Thing, a business located in the heart of downtown Haxtun. Local florist Rebecca Ensminger recently completed extensive construction on the outside of the building to include a new door, windows and siding and is also awaiting a n...
The July meeting of the Haxtun Hospital Board of Directors brought on a slew of staff reports from those on the organization’s administrative team. The meeting, which lasted just under two hours, featured information from Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace, Chief Financial Officer Joleen Stroyek, Chief Nursing Officer Lea White, Chief Community Relations Officer Julia Biesemeier and Chief Operations Officer Andrew Gonzales. In her statistics summary to board members, Stroyek said the in-patient average daily census came in at .7 or 22 total p...
Steve and Nora Hofmeister have been selected to serve as the 2023 Haxtun Corn Festival Grand Marshals. The Haxtun Chamber of Commerce recently announced the Grand Marshal selection along with this year's theme. Grand marshal and theme selections are chosen by the Corn Festival committee. The theme for the 2023 Corn Festival is "Where Neighbors become Family." The Hofmeisters have been a pillar of the Haxtun community for over three decades. Steve and Nora started Hofmeister Insurance Agency in...
The Haxtun Board of Education took care of a number of housekeeping items just ahead of a new school year during a mid-July board meeting. Members also heard staff reports of facility updates over the summer in preparation for students return this fall. The July 18 meeting opened in the high school band room with approval of the consent agenda and staff reports. In her information to the Board of Education, Superintendent Marsha Cody told members the District is still seeking individuals for a number of positions for the 2023-24 school year...
The 2023 Phillips County Fair honors local Veterans with the theme," Red, White and Blue, Veteran's, We Honor You." How fitting is it that the couple that will be honored as this year's Grand Marshals were a part of the United States military before returning to the Haxtun area to settle down and raise a family - and have since remained active in the American Legion and Women's Auxiliary. Phil and LaVonne Hart are this year's honored guests at the Phillips County Fair and while they have been ac...
Seven months after her initial court appearance on 17 charges including criminal impersonation, forgery and identity theft, Julie Thayer reached a plea deal with the 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. On Tuesday, July 18, Thayer pled guilty to one count of identity theft and an added count of second degree forgery. She was sentenced to 30 months probation. In late December 2022, Thayer was charged with three counts of identity theft, 12 counts of forgery and two counts of criminal impersonation; all charges stemming from her time as Dire...
The Haxtun Town Council acted on a second Economic Incentive Policy application for the year during a recent, Monday evening July 3 meeting. In addition to reviewing and voting on an incentive application from Meraki Salon and Spa, council members also voted on a change order for swimming pool construction and approved the 2022 financial audit. The July meeting opened with the approval of the 2022 audit as it was presented by Scott Szabo with Lauer, Szabo and Associates during a June 19 work session. Report findings came back as they typically...
The start to the 2023-24 school year is just around the corner and as summer winds down, Haxtun Schools is hosting registration for students of all ages. Registration for the coming year is open and available on Alma, the District’s student information website. The District also recently released updated school supply lists for 2023-24. “It is important to review the information that we have in our student information system every year to update phone numbers, doctors, allergies, meds, emergency contacts, update permissions, etc.,” said Miche...
The 36th annual Old-Fashioned Saturday Night promises to be bigger and better than ever before. Many new events will be featured in Haxtun on Saturday, July 15 as part the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. The weekends activities kick off on Friday with an Old-Fashioned Steak Cookoff. The Steak Cookoff Association event will have competitions that run into Saturday and pay out for top steaks cooked by kids and adults along with a division for appetizers. This new event to the weekend is organized by Jared and Jacob Anderson and will...
Haxtun Health has hired a new Physician Assistant who is slated to begin seeing patients full time this fall. Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace announced the hiring of Morgen Budde, PA, in a Monday evening, June 26 meeting in the upstairs meeting room of the Extended Care Unit. At the start of the meeting, the Haxtun Health Board of Directors recognized Pastor Jeri Soens for her years of service to the Board. Soens resigned from her position on the Board this spring. Since then, others have joined or been appointed to the Board filling all...
A mid-June meeting, while only just over an hour long, packed in a full agenda for the Haxtun Board of Education. Members of the local school board meet on Tuesday, June 20 in the high school board meeting and in doing so, appointed a new board member to fill a seat left vacant by Audree Edwards, opted to move forward with a BEST grant application process, including a bond request at the next regular election, and adopted the 2023-24 budget. The June meeting opened with the appointment of Ross Edwards to the Haxtun Board of Education. Edwards...
A Tuesday evening, June 15 meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education brought on the discussion of the food service program, approval of the 2023-24 budget and approval of several quotes from area companies to replace boilers and the scoreboard at the football field. As summer break nears the mid-way mark, board members in Fleming are gearing up for the upcoming school year with approval of new staff members and amendments to administration’s contracts. The June meeting opened with a report from Stephanie Monroe regarding the food service p...
The 2023 Phillips County Fair is just around the corner. The event is slated for July 25-30 in Holyoke at the PC Fairgrounds. The local Fair Board recently released this year’s Fair book which are now available in businesses in Haxtun and Holyoke. Look for the red, white and blue colored cover at many local businesses. Haxtun's Phil and LaVonne Hart will be honored as Grand Marshals of this year's week-long event this summer. The theme for the Fair will be, "Red, White and Blue - Veterans We Honor You!" The 2023 fair book details this y...
Spread throughout the large room of the Haxtun Community Center to practicing social distancing, members of the Haxtun Town Council voted to approve a resolution to continue a previous emergency declaration of local disaster declared by Mayor Todd Workman on March 31. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Workman acted on the last day of March to declare a state of local emergency for the Town of Haxtun. That move by the Town’s mayor was only good for seven days, so during their April 6 meeting, council members moved to extended that declara...
Many have noticed movement in the main street clinic project in downtown Haxtun over the past few weeks. Construction crews have begun phase two of the project after Haxtun Health Board of Directors approved a final contract with Skarco Construction in early May. Phase two of the project includes construction of the interior space of the building. At the time of the discussion and ultimate approval of the contract with Skarco for the second phase of the clinic project, just two board members held seats on the Haxtun Health Board of Directors...
Fleming Schools will have a cross country team when school resumes next fall. The Frenchman Board of Education in Fleming approving adding the sport in a late-May meeting. In addition to approving cross country, the Board selected an organization to develop a District Master Plan. According to Superintendent Steve McCracken, the cross country team will begin in the fall of 2023. Plans are to use the current track uniforms, making the cost of adding the new sport minimal. Leslie Kaiser will head up the team as Coach. “She is an avid runner w...
The 2022-23 sports seasons have come to an end for the Haxtun Fightin' Bulldogs and to celebrate this year's accomplishments athletes, parents and community members gathered for the annual athletic banquet last week. This year's celebration included a special presentation for Rich Gerk. Gerk plans to retire from the many hats he's worn at Haxtun but specifically as coach and athletic director. Gerk began his teaching career covering a maternity leave in Merino in the spring of 1992 and in 1993 h...
The Haxtun Police Department registered a sex offender in city limits last week. Eliyahu Nachman Maarav, age 36, is registered in the 500 block of Fairview Avenue. Maarav was convicted of possession of child pornography in April 2017 in Baltimore County, Md. He is required to register as a sex offender annually....
Two pitchers and the Bulldogs catcher received All-Conference honors at the conclusion of the 2023 season. Haxtun came out on top as the 1A State Baseball Champions with an over 23-2 record. Seniors Michael Gerk, the team's catcher, and pitchers, senior Jerron Turney and junior Kaiden Schelling were named to the All-Conference list by a vote of head coaches from the Lower Platte League. Gerk, a four-sport athlete for the Bulldogs, registered a .368 batting average this season. He had a .442 on...
There is an empty seat on the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members accepted a resignation from Audree Edwards in a Tuesday evening, May 16 meeting due to employment changes that no longer allow her to serve on the local school board. The Board now has 60 days to appoint someone to fill her seat until elections this November. At that time, five of the seven seats that make up the local board will be up for election. The May board meeting opened with the approval of Edwards’ resignation from the school board. She was later approved as the D...
Julie Thayer appeared in front of District Court Judge Justin Haenlein via WebEx technology on Tuesday, May 16. The 41-year-old is facing charges of identity theft, forgery and criminal impersonation stemming from circumstances when she served as the director of local daycare facility. Thayer was initially charged with the crimes and made her first appearance in December 2022. Since then, her case has been held over or continued for various reasons. In the most recent hearing, Thayer appeared on a big screen via tele-conference technology in...
The Haxtun Police Department re-registered a sex offender living within Haxtun's city limits. Steven Michael Saign lives in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to the local PD, Saign is a dual resident, meaning he is registered at two locations; one on North Wallace Avenue and a another on County Road 7 in Phillips County. This is his required annual registration. Saign was convicted of sex assault on a child and sex assault on a child, age 15-18, by someone in a position of trust on Nov. 29, 2012 in El Paso County. As part of his...
There was lightning, thunder and lots of rain but nothing could put a damper on the Bulldogs' quest for a State Championship baseball title last week. This year's squad, under the direction of Head Coach Trent Ham, made history as the team clinched Haxtun High School's first ever State Baseball Championship on Friday afternoon at All-Star Park in Lakewood. The road to the Championship wasn't easy as the Bulldogs battled not only the elements but also a tough Akron team in the first round of...
