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Young visitors decorated Easter eggs at the Golden Living Center on Friday as residents looked on and offered advice. During the event, an alarm brought the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department to the scene. There was no cause for alarm, although the hunt was delayed while firefighters ensured everyone's safety....
A typical tornado has windspeeds of about 100 miles per hour, and a diameter of 100 yards wide. On the evening of May 4, 2007, however, a massive tornado with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and diameter of 1.7 miles-wider than the town itself-smashed headlong into Greensburg in Kiowa County, Kansas. The wind speed and damage it caused garnered this tornado an EF5 rating, which is the highest possible rating a tornado can receive. Eleven people died and 60 were injured in the Greensburg...
Margaret Lienemann of the Ladies Chamber (right) presents a check in the amount of $303.12 to Julie Berner (center) for the Leyton Post Prom Committee at Rauner & Associates P.C. on Friday. Rauner & Associates, represented by Lisa Carter (left), is one of the many businesses which participate in Dress Down Days. The funds will cover the cost of food, games and prizes for the students....
Doug Peterson, candidate for attorney general, spent some time in Sidney on Friday during his campaign turn through the Panhandle. As a former assistant attorney general, former deputy county attorney, and having spent 24 years in a private practice as a lawyer, he feels he has the experience necessary to serve in office. "I have twice the number of years of experience of the other candidates for this position," he said at a meet and greet in Dude's Steakhouse on Friday. "I think that's what dis...
Brian Hahle of Pleasant Valley Fish Farm hauls up a net of trout as Travis Westover, Senior Merchandising Manager at Cabela's, acclimates the fish to the water in Legion Park Pond. This is the first stocking of the pond for the season....
Police Chief B. J. Wilkinson presented a Feasibility Study for city council members Tuesday to again demonstrate the need for a larger, more centrally-located facility to accommodate the growing needs of Sidney’s police department. The study, conducted by Carlson West Povondra Architects, Baker & Associates and Voorhis & Associates, sought to evaluate the current physical conditions of the Police Department facility and to determine the department’s space needs. It concluded that neither the current facility nor its location are adequate to...
Art from Potter-Dix students is on display at the Sidney Public Library this week. A painting by junior, Josh Jenkins....
Shelli Peterson with Peterson Welding out of Oshkosh shows Lawrence Schneider how to work the radio in the welding truck at the Southern Panhandle Sophomore Career Conference on Monday. Peterson Welding was one of 43 presenters at the annual event at WNCC, attended by 204 participants from eight area schools....
The Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce has been in operation since 1967, providing network opportunities, training, community-based events, and it advocates on behalf of business interests. In short, the Chamber of Commerce seeks to create an environment which encourages local businesses to thrive. Glenna Phelps-Aurich has been the President/CEO of the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce since 2011. Originally from Peetz, CO., she has also lived in Missouri and worked with the Chamber in Scottsbluff,...
Friends and family gathered around Carol Olson in her home on Thursday as Blain Schilreff, founder of the non-profit organization Pay It Forward the American Way, displays a photo of the lodge at Mt. Rushmore where Olsen and family will stay on her dream vacation. Schilreff founded the organization on October 19, 2013 "to make dreams come true for those less fortunate," and has helped to raise about $28,000 since its founding....
