We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Lloyd R. Monthey, 84, of Republican City, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at Mount Carmel – Keens Memorial in Kearney. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at Minden United Methodist Church... View Obituary & Service Information Monthey created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories A fire has broken out at the Satom waste incineration and heat recovery plant in Monthey in the lower Valais The fire department was deployed on a large scale and was able to bring the fire under control A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon at the Satom waste incineration and heat recovery plant in Monthey in the Lower Valais The fire department was deployed on a large scale and was able to bring the fire under control in the late afternoon told the Keystone-SDA news agency that the cause of the fire was not yet known Several warnings had been received from the population in the cantons of Valais and Vaud in the afternoon An entire sector was cordoned off to fight the fire The police are asking people to follow instructions and not to approach the site at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne WI to George and Lura (Killoran) Monthey.  she lived with her sister and brother-in-law It was there she fell in love with her brother-in-law’s brother Charles (Chuck) Bush Mary joined Chuck on his Army tour to Germany They rented 2 rooms in the house of an elderly German couple While in Germany they took advantage of the opportunity to travel throughout Europe and within a short time they became busy young parents with their first child Sandra when they discovered they were going to have twins Shortly after the twins were born Chuck was discharged from the Army and they moved back home to the Portage/Pardeeville Chuck got a job as Manager of the Sears Catalog store in Portage This began the journey of many relocations including; the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan Wyoming was always the main objective as hunting traveling and camping have always played a big part in their lives Mary enjoyed all of her outside employment They celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary this past August still holding hands and kissing each other often The retirement years were filled with hunting elk They continued traveling including the big RV trip to Alaska for most of the summer For years they spent the Wyoming winters in the RV on their lot in Texas near the Rio Grande Charles Bush; daughters Sandra Bush (Clarence Arnold) of Cheyenne and Deanna Sherby (Keith Vandermeir) of Carol Stream IL; 3 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday Andrew Catholic Church in Pardeeville with Father Joji Reddy presiding Interment will follow in the church cemetery Visitation will be held from 9 AM until the time of service at the church on Wednesday.  Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInHOLDREGE (KSNB) - A Harlan County woman has died following a two-vehicle crash Tuesday evening on the south side of Holdrege According to the Holdrege Police Department officers responded to an accident at 13th Street and Highway 183 around 6:30 p.m officers determined that a passenger car had proceeded from 13th St 183 in front of a pickup with a trailer when the collision occurred Police said the driver of the passenger car The driver of the pickup 70-year-old Garland Snow was transported to Phelps Memorial Health Center Click here to subscribe to our KSNB Local4 daily digest and breaking news alerts delivered straight to your email inbox Box Score National Under-17 Team in Team USA's 4-2 victory against Switzerland in a pre-tournament tilt on Wednesday afternoon at Monthey Arena Team USA will start the 2016 Under-17 Four Nations Tournament on Friday with a matchup with Slovakia at 8:15 a.m N.C.) tied the game with an unassisted goal at the 13:40 mark of the first period.  Giles gave team USA the lead at the 15:50 mark of the second period off a feed from Jonathan Gruden (Rochester Mass.) tallied the eventual game-winning goal with just a minute to play in the second period Giles picked up his second goal of the game at the 5:17 mark of the 3rd period Tyler Weiss picked up his second point in the game by feeding a pass to Giles Minn.) picked up the win for Team USA after allowing just two goals Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday that he would begin to disclose some of what he described as “hospitality,” which came in the form of superyacht sojourns It’s Thomas’ first statement since ProPublica published a blockbuster investigation Thursday revealing how the right-wing justice received largesse from a heavy hitting Republican donor without disclosing them That included a 9-day yachting trip across the Indonesian archipelago multiple trips to the donor’s private retreat in the Adirondacks and trips on the companion’s private jet took a similar line to Thomas in his responses to ProPublica: they fall under an exception for “hospitality,” meaning that disclosure was not required Thomas used the word “friend” four times in the first three sentences of his statement The Senate confirmed Thomas to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall in 1991. In 2004, the LA Times published an investigation revealing that Harlan Crow had bestowed lavish gifts on Thomas Thomas said in the statement however that he had received guidance early on from “my colleagues and others in the judiciary and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends who did not have business before the Court It’s not at all clear from the statement who provided the guidance Thomas stopped reporting the Crow gifts after the paper’s 2004 story follow new guidance issued by the federal judiciary Harlan and Kathy Crow are among our dearest friends and we have been friends for over twenty-five years we have joined them on a number of family trips during the more than quarter century we have known them I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary I have endeavored to follow that counsel throughout my tenure and have sought to comply with the disclosure guidelines as the committee of the Judicial Conference responsible for financial disclosure for the entire federal judiciary just this past month announced new guidance my intent to follow this guidance in the future Then-candidate Donald Trump and his Republican congressional allies fixated on the great “threat” of noncitizen voting in the 2024 campaigns… Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal… a North Carolina Appeals court panel ruled on Wednesday that a piece of legislation designed… hours of hearings and the unlawful expulsion of Venezuelan detainees ProPublica reported that Thomas had accepted luxury trips for more than two decades including travel on a superyacht and private jet from a prominent Republican donor without disclosing them If only other people who broke the law could say that We’ll know that he will follow the rules going forward Because he is so famously open about the things that he does [while nobody can guarantee the success of any effort Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' lavish lifestyle funded by Texas billionaire Harlan Crow new developments indicate that the judge is not the only Republican who received donations Why not since Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema are always up for sale to the highest bidder National Under-17 Team captured the 2012 Four Nations Tournament title in Monthey Sonny Milano was awarded the player of the game against Switzerland Four Nations Tournament title game action in Monthey (Glenwood) -- A suspect faces numerous charges following an incident in Mills County Sunday evening The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 54-year-old Pamela Jean Monthey of Glenwood was arrested for calling 911 in a non-emergency situation assault on a peace officer and 5th degree criminal mischief Monthey was released from the Mills County Jail after posting $1,300 bond Further information on the incident is unavailable at this time we attempt to be accurate in our reporting please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: KEARNEY — Three felony charges have been dismissed against a Kearney man accused of threatening to kill his pregnant wife after police learned the woman lied about the incident was charged in March in Buffalo County Court with using a weapon to commit a felony felony terroristic threats and felony domestic third-degree assault and with misdemeanors of criminal mischief and first-degree trespassing of Kearney accused him of chasing her around their apartment with a butcher knife threatening to kill her and punching her several times Kearney Police Department officers learned the incident was a hoax and instead cited Monthey for false reporting Judge Graten Beavers dismissed the charges against Cunningham in June Monthey pleaded guilty to false reporting and will be sentenced later this month She faces up to one year in jail and a fine kim.schmidt@kearneyhub.com Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account 02/07/2021 By Long ago ago hydroelectricity attracted energy intensive manufacturing to the canton of Valais much of it along the banks of the Rhône river synthetic fertiliser production and chemical manufacture boosted the local economy but have also left a legacy of pollution that continues to affect the river and ground water in the canton Pollution from these industries was poorly managed up until the end of 1970s when laws and practises changed much of the pollution from this era remains A recent RTS documentary reveals the scale of the problem These substances continue to escape from chemical dumpsites along the river banks of the river Rhône making their way into the river and ground water of which around 4,000 risk polluting ground water The canton of Valais is home 130 sites that require clean up including a number of large notable dumpsites which include a park in Monthey contaminated with chrome and mercury a waste dump in Sierre and a dumpsite the size of 40 football pitches in Gamsenried near Brig containing benzidine contaminated soil is being sent to special facilities for decontamination and air is being injected into the ground to promote the growth of pollution-eating bacteria soil tests at the former dumpsite revealed excess levels of chrome and mercury levels 10 times the tolerable limit Currently there is no clear plan for cleaning up the site The municipality is aiming to come up with a plan by 2022 The commune also has to deal with an even larger area of contamination where chemical manufacturers continue to operate that also affects ground water the municipality of Ollon across the river from Monthey drew its town water from ground water near the Rhône until it discovered the water contained levels of toxic substances above tolerable limits the commune received CHF 5 million in compensation from the chemical industry a small sum compared to the CHF 35 million cost of replacing the town’s water supply with water from higher altitudes A key challenge is establishing responsibility and reaching agreement on who will pay for the clean up It can be difficult to establish proof of events that took place long ago Another site near Sierre contains toxic fluorine and arsenic from aluminium production in the 60s is now on the hook for much of the cost of clean up and says the cost will bankrupt his company Further up the valley is the huge waste dump at Gamsenried near Brig Benzidine is toxic at very low levels of concentration and passes easily through the skin The substance is associated with increased risk of bladder and pancreatic cancers Efforts have been made to contain the substance however it sometimes escapes into the ground water contaminated water was pumped from the ground and released into the river without authorisation during the construction of river diversion according to a former head of the environmental agency in Valais Some have criticised chemical companies for knowingly ignoring the problem The benzidine problem has been known for a decade But chemical companies preferred to bury the fact Another says that the dangers of the chemical were probably not fully understood at the time Forter argues that large chemical companies have become wealthy off the back of a history of pollution and can easily afford the costs of clean up The waste dump at Gamsenried would cost between CHF 1 and 1.5 billion to clean the industry view isn’t aligned with Forter’s Switzerland has become wealthy in large part from its success in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors Companies that started manufacturing ordinary products like dyes and fertiliser have innovated their way to becoming global giants in the chemical and drug sectors arguably hasn’t followed the same trajectory As the ongoing political battle around who is responsible and who will have to pay continues it seems that only minimal efforts and budgets are likely to be applied to the clean up of past waste More on this:RTS report (in French) – Take a 5 minute French test now For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter Filed Under: Environment, Health Tagged With: , , So they need to pass a law to increase the tax on companies/products to pay for the clean up Shocked to read this… in Switzerland?? 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