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Nebraska Highway Patrol is considering Sidney Airport as a possible new base of operations. Ron Meyer, Airport Authority member, reported to Sidney City Council Tuesday the Highway Patrol is looking to relocate from Ogallala. “They’re looking for hangar space,” Meyer said. “They want an area to operate out of. They have a plane here.” He added, “There is some shake-up with the Highway Patrol right now at the state level.” Nebraska State Patrol Headquarters confirmed Sidney had been consider...
GERING - Americans For Prosperity honored Sen. Steve Erdman as a "Champion of Prosperity" Wednesday. "This year there were 22 votes that we scored and 17 senators from the state earned the designation of Champion of Prosperity, which means you scored 90 percent or above on our scorecard," Matt Litt, AFP-Nebraska state director, said. "Sen. Erdman scored 95 percent." Erdman described receiving the award as an honor. "Those people recognize people who fight for the taxpayer and for less...
Owen Kurz, Boy Scout Troop 90, approached the Sidney City Council Tuesday about repairing and rehabilitating Camp Fuller Boy Scout Camp. The youth camp, named for land-owner Hubert R. Fuller, is located two miles west of Sidney. "Camp Fuller was given in trust to the office of the mayor of the City of Sidney for the use and benefit of the Boy Scouts of America, Campfire Girls, and other character-building groups for the boys and girls of Sidney," Kurz said. Kurz requested $500 in funds for the...
Union Pacific's Nebraska150 Express visited Sidney Saturday, bringing with it Gov. Pete Ricketts and several guests. Ricketts's Whistle-stop Tour first visited Ogallala, then continued to Gering. Mayor Joe Arterburn described the visit as an "honor" for the city. "Sidney's long colorful history is closely linked to the Union Pacific railroad, which brought industry and people of all walks of life, just as it did for so many towns that sprang up along its tracks," he said. "We are proud of our...
Born & Raised Design Co. has expanded to a workshop in downtown Sidney. Originally a hobby shared by twin sisters Ashley Fehringer and Lacey Russell, Born & Raised has since become a thriving enterprise. "We make interior design, home furnishing stuff, mostly signs, but we're starting to do some furniture," Fehringer said. "My sister and I do it together, and she also does interior design. A little bit of everything." The business started April 2016, Fehringer said. "It's starting to take off,"...
A $2,000 reward is now being offered for information about the person responsible for producing graffiti on city property in Legion Park. The reward was increased by city officials after more graffiti was found Tuesday at the Fort Sidney Road walking trail tunnel and flood drop wall. SPD Chief Joe Aikens said such vandalism will not be tolerated. "It's disrespectful and we need to find out who's doing it," Aikens said. To provide information, contact Sidney Police Department at 254-5515 or...
Night of Hope Foundation’s Walk For Cancer is Aug. 11 in Legion Park. The nonprofit organization, founded in 2002, benefits Sidney’s Dorwart Cancer Care Center. “Instead of doing Relay for Life and the funds going to a national level, they founded Night of Hope as a way of helping our local cancer patients with financial assistance,” Brenda Noel, Foundation president, said. The assistance provided by Night of Hope helps to relieve the stresses endured by cancer patients and their familie...
Rural Nebraska needs more lawyers. Visiting Sidney Wednesday, Judge Joseph Bataillon, Nebraska Bar Association, Richard E. Moberly, University of Nebraska Lincoln College of Law dean, and Ronald Volkmer, Creighton University law professor, promoted legal education and efforts to inspire lawyers to serve in rural areas. “What we’re trying to do, as three organizations, is talk about access to justice,” Bataillon said. Of Nebraska’s 93 counties, 11 have zero attorneys and 19 of them have between...
Sidney officials are offering a $500 reward for information about the person responsible for producing graffiti on city property at Legion Park in late June. The graffiti, located in the Fort Sidney Road walking trail tunnel and on the park's flood wall drop structure, has since been painted over. "We're still wanting the people that are responsible for causing the vandalism to the property," SPD Chief Joe Aikens said. "The city is offering a $500 reward for information leading to their arrest....
The Sinful Sidney Sesquicentennial event will close 10th Avenue and Jackson Street Aug. 18 and Aug. 19. Illinois Street from 19th Avenue to the Quad Graphics parking lot will be closed Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. for a 5K Walk/Run through 1 p.m. for a parade. This means 13th Avenue will be closed. A final planning meeting was held Tuesday at Sidney City Hall. The event’s organizers, Cheyenne County Area Chamber of Commerce, are using city resources to provide electricity and crowd safety for the d...
Sidney Elks Lodge is hosting its first ever golf tournament. The fundraiser on Aug. 12 is open to the public, Scott Nienhueser, event organizer, said. “We’re trying to raise funds to help kids and veterans,” he said. “We had a year where we had a lot of repairs and had to come up with more ideas.” The tournament will be a four-man scramble, Nienhueser said. “We’ll have flag prizes and probably a cash prize for the winners,” he said, “then will have a prime rib dinner after at the Elks Lodge....
Holy Trinity Lutheran’s school supply drive ends this week. Parents can still sign up students to receive school supplies through the end of the week. “Through our fundraising, we are able to buy a full list of school supplies for kids,” Timm Lindeman, Table of Grace director, said. “If they sign up and give us the grade they’re in, the teacher they’ve got, we can cross-reference that with the school supply lists that have been put out by the school.” Through the Table of Grace mobile food p...
Tracy Herbert, of Fort Worth, Texas, is creating awareness of type 1 diabetes by bicycling from San Francisco to New York along historic Highway 30. Herbert arrived in Sidney Tuesday, taking a break before endeavoring on another 80- to 100-mile leg of her trip, which started in June. Herbert prides herself on being a grandmother who has lived with diabetes for more than 40 years. "When I was diagnosed, I was told I'd live for 20 years, I'd die with horrible complications, and never be able to...
An ordinance for a land trade between City of Sidney and Cabela’s had a first reading Tuesday at the City Council’s regular meeting. The trade will allow the city and South Platte Natural Resources District to move forward on the Joint East Sidney Watershed Authority project, which aims to relieve flooding along Fort Sidney Road. Roughly 1.4 acres of land are being traded. “This has been in the works for a while,” Ed Sadler, city manager, said. The water retention area, at the soccer fields...
USDA rural development grants remain at risk of being slashed from the federal budget, with the agency facing more than $1.1 billion in cuts proposed by the White House. University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension in Sidney uses such grants to help support community businesses and infrastructure and even provide needed public services. “Many of our communities don’t have the funding to be able to provide those kinds of services, particularly in rural Nebraska,” Connie Hancock, UNL extension educa...
The 2017 Cheyenne County Fair concluded Saturday and it was a success for the area's 4-H youths, Cynthia Gill, extension educator, said. "Despite the hot temperatures, I think the youths who participated learned a lot and had a good time," Gill said. This year's highlights include a fashion show, entrepreneurship expo and livestock shows. "We had about 300 youths participate in this year's fair," Gill said. "It's down slightly from last year but with all that's going on in the community we expec...
Brayden Butts, age 6, suffers from neurofibromatosis. To brighten this time of difficulty for Brayden and his family, Nebraska Make-A-Wish Foundation is granting Brayden's wish to "go to Mickey Mouse's house." A send-off party was held at Sidney Elks Lodge Monday for the Butts family, with more than 20 family members attending. Brayden and his family will be going to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and stay at Give Kids the World Village. The family was connected to Make-A-Wish via referral,...
Sidney’s TeamMates program is holding a fundraiser Aug. 4. The program connects Sidney’s at-risk youth with needed mentors. “There’s about 10,000 matches across Nebraska, Iowa and a little bit of Kansas,” Brad Sherman, TeamMates chairperson, said. “Almost every school system in Nebraska has the program in it.” Mentors are asked for a commitment of three years, Sherman said, and meet with their youths for at least one hour a week. Ideally, mentors are paired wth youths from the start of fift...
The cherry red truck with a Spider-Man logo and covered with Blue Bunny decals is Sidney's new ice cream delivery service, Brain Freeze. Owner Rich Hansen has been out in Sidney neighborhoods since June. "We purchased (the truck) in February, here in town, and we spent about three months getting it back up and running," he said. Brain Freeze is a Blue Bunny franchisee. Where most ice cream trucks carry 15 to 18 items, Hansen said, he carries 72 items. "People tend to stand around the truck...
Sidney's Ylani Cole is representing Cheyenne County in the 2018 Mrs. Nebraska Pageant in April. A native of Klerksdorp, South Africa, Cole has lived in Sidney since 2012 and serves as a change management lead at Cabela's. Living in Pretoria, South Africa's capital city, brought Cole to Sidney. "I was a safari coordinator there and that's how I met my husband," she said. "He worked for Cabela's Outdoor Adventures." Pageantry has always been an important part of Cole's life. "Back home, it is a...
Cheyenne County Fair and Rodeo had its first 4-H events over the weekend at Cheyenne County Fairgrounds. Activities officially opened fair week this week with the 4-H Fashion Show on Thursday. Friday, swine carcass pigs were loaded up early and transported to Ovid, Colorado, where owners were able to watch measuring and judging of carcasses at Ovid Meats. Live animal contests began Saturday with the 4-H and Open Class Small Animal Show and the Dog Show. While not part of fair week, 4-H Shooting...
Steve Mattoon, of Sidney law firm Matzke & Mattoon, has been named President of the Nebraska Bar Association for 2019. Mattoon will serve as designee-elect starting in October. “It’s something I’ve had in the back of my mind for some time,” he said. “I have two associates who are really taking over the practice. The kids are out of school and all working. It’s good timing for me.” An active member of the Nebraska Bar Association, Mattoon has served in the House of Delegates for more than 20...
Sean Ewert, 49, of Sidney, faces 50 years and a minimum sentence of five years on a charge of possession of methamphetamine, a class 1C felony. Ewert was arrested June 30 as part of a WING taskforce bust at Sidney Post Office. At Ewert's preliminary hearing Thursday in Cheyenne County Court, Judge Randin R. Roland found there was sufficient evidence for arraignment. Jim Bush, Sidney Police Department investigator, testified that he met with other officers the morning of June 30 to execute a sear...
Cabela’s shareholders Tuesday voted overwhelmingly for the sale to BassPro. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, approximately 78 percent of the outstanding shares of common stock voted in favor of the proposal. Roughly 54 million voted in favor of the merger, with only 154,853 against and 233,896 abstaining. A vote was also held on merger-related compensation for executive officers. The non-binding advisory vote approved compensation “that may be paid or become pay...
City Council members Tuesday congratulated BassPro for the purchase of Cabela’s that morning. Council member Roger Gallaway said he looks forward to working with BassPro in the future. “I look forward to the energy and innovation they continue to bring to the outdoor recreation industry, and being part of our community, as well,” he said. Mayor Joe Arteburn offered similar sentiments. “The city has no insight into what’s going on with the sale of Cabela’s, or with BassPro,” Arterburn sai...
