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Two students from Sidney were among the more than 1,000 students at Wayne State College who were named to the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the fall 2015 semester. Sean Neal and Xina Balandran were each named to the dean’s list. Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale for the semester....
The following person appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Feb. 5 before the Honorable Randin R. Roland. Alfred D. Okonigbo, 27, of Dover, Del., pleaded guilty to third degree assault, which is a Class I misdemeanor. He was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and ordered to pay court costs. The following people appeared in Cheyenne County District Court on Feb. 9 before the Honorable Derek Weimer: Timothy Spires, 45, of Potter, appeared for arraignment on a charge of second degree assault, DUI-serious bodily injury and child abuse,... Full story
The Panhandle No-Till Partnership Winter Conference will be held Feb. 23-24 at the Gering Civic Center. This annual event provides the opportunity to listen to experts in the field of soil health on a variety of topics. Speaking this year are Dr. Wayne Beck, Neonila Martyniuk and Paul Jasa. Each will speak on management of soil and resources. Also speaking are Ray Ward of Ward Labs on soil testing, Lance Gunderson on understanding laboratory tests, Cody Creech on dryland crop research and Karla Jenkins on Field Peas and Livestock. Finishing up...
Cabela’s Incorporated announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon that Scott K. Williams has been appointed president, effective immediately. He will continue to report to Tommy Millner, the company’s chief executive officer, according to the release. Williams, previously the company’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer, will take on additional responsibility for U.S. retail operations and all operations in Canada. “Scott has made a tremendous contribution to Cabela’s over the past five years, and his wealth of commercia...
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors hosted a ribbon cutting Monday morning for the grand opening of Applebee's....
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.74 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.74 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 39 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 15.6 cents per gallon l...
Sidney Regional Medical Center recently received recognition for its work to combat diabetes. The American Diabetes Association awarded SRMC with the prestigious Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program. SRMC received the award on Dec. 28, 2015. The SRMC diabetes education program was originally recognized in December 2011. The ADA believes that this program offers high-quality education that is an essential component of effective diabetes treatment. The ADA’s Education Recognition C...
Peetz 7th grader Owen Kurz, right, won the Northeast Colorado Regional Spelling Bee in Brush, Colo., on Feb. 4. Kurz, the son of Brian and Sheri Kurz of Sidney, also tied for the best score spelling 27 of 30 words correctly in the regional written qualifier test. His classmate Gus Cowan, left, also of Sidney, will also will advance with Kurz to the Denver Post's 76th Annual Colorado State Spelling Bee on March 12. There were eight total Peetz students who qualified for the regional spelling...
The area's newest Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar will open at 625 Cabela Drive in Sidney at 11 a.m. on Monday. The restaurant is privately owned and operated by RMH Franchise, based out of Lincoln. "Applebee's provides a local place where people can connect and enjoy great meals at reasonable prices," said Paul Hefner, director of operations for the Nebraska region. "We offer delicious menu items at a great value including juicy burgers, wood fired grilled steaks, a 2 for $20 section,...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services received reports of two cases of travel-related Zika virus. These are the first cases in the state. One is in Douglas County and the other is in Sarpy County, and both people are females in their 20s who recently traveled to Zika-affected countries. Neither one was hospitalized. Zika virus is spread to people primarily through the bite of a mosquito. Although the virus usually causes mild illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have also been reports of...
MEDFORD, Mass. – A Chappell resident was recently named to the fall 2015 semester dean’s list at Tufts University. Abigail McFee of Chappell, a member of the class of 2017, earned the honor for the fall 2015 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater....
Although snow abounds in Sidney this week, the city's aquatic center is on track to be completed on time in late May. On Dec. 9, construction crews applied concrete for the new 2,100 square foot leisure pool as part of the Sidney Outdoor Aquatic Center Project. The total cost of the new state-of-the-art outdoor swimming pool/aquatic center is approximately $5.4 million. The application of the concrete that was applied on Dec. 9 is a product and process called Shotcrete. Concrete is mixed to a...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.79 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.80 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 17.6 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 11.2 cents per gallon l...
Daniel Bashtovoi, a sixth grader at West Elementary School in Sidney, won the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee on Thursday. Bashtovoi competed against the top-six spellers from schools throughout the county. The competition was open to all students in fourth through eighth grades. He will next compete at the Midwest Spelling Bee in Omaha on March 12. A victory there would send him to the national championships in Washington, D.C....
The TeamMates mentoring program of Sidney held its annual appreciation dinner for its mentors at Buffalo Point earlier this month, at which time the group presented Security First Bank and Security First Insurance with its "Friends of TeamMates" award. The award was given for their continuous support over the years, such as the annual tailgate party held every fall, along with various other projects. Tracy Miller and Clem Schumacher accepted the awards. Suzanne Hince, the executive director for...
Augustus Cowan of Sidney won the Peetz Plateau School District's annual spelling bee on Friday. Caroline Lindahl also of Sidney, took second place in the contest. Virginia Splichal, spelling bee coordinator, commended each of the contestants for qualifying for Friday's spelling bee. "What makes your presence here more special, is that yours is often referred to as the auto generation due to technological advances in every day life," she said. Qualifiers from the fourth through eighth grades...
For The sun-telegraph The Sidney Rotary Club is now accepting applications for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp. The camp is available to students who are currently sophomores or juniors or of that age group. The Co-ed RYLA Camp will be held July 17-22. Known as Great Plains RYLA and sponsored by Rotary District 5630 for over two decades, attendees stay at the Halsey 4-H camp for six days. The Sidney Rotary Club will underwrite the selected applicants’ tuition, room and board, and provide transportation. While there, they will meet m...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.83 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.82 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Areas nearby Nebraska and their current gas price climate: Lincoln - $1.94 per gallon, down 9.3 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.03 per gallon. South Dakota - $1.83 per gallon, dow...
After receiving 20 applications from 18 states and an in-depth review of a dozen semi-finalists, City of Sidney officials are set to interview three finalists for the city manager position in late January. The three finalists are: Cheryl Beatty, assistant city manager and finance director of Junction City, Kan.; Dan Dean, former town manager of Mead, Colo.; and Ed Sadler, city manager of Webster City, Iowa. The finalists have been selected from a well-qualified group of applicants and each has s...
AMES, Iowa – A Sidney resident has was honored academically at Iowa State University. Scott Robert Kelsey, an agricultural systems technology major, was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at ISU. More than 8,370 ISU undergraduates have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list. Students named to the dean’s list must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work....
SEWARD – Concordia University, Nebraska named 260 students to its honors list for the fall 2015 semester, which includees sophomore Carly Rushman of Gurley. The top 25 percent of undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours on the traditional A-F grading scale, receive no failing grades in the semester and earn a semester GPA of at least 3.5 qualify for the honors list. Concordia University, founded in 1894, is located in Seward and serves more than 2,600 students. The university offers more than 70 undergraduate, graduate a...
CRETE – A Chappell resident was named to the dean’s list at Doane College for the fall 2015 semester. Hannah Schievelbein, a Creek Valley High School graduate, was one of 243 students named to the dean’s list. Students must achieve a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and hold 12 graded hours to qualify for this academic distinction. Schievelbein is a freshman at the school. Doane College Doane is the oldest private liberal arts and sciences college in Nebraska, and has campuses in Crete, Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha...
Sidney's Kaden Vowers, center, was earned the outstanding wrestler award at last week's tournament at Chase County. He went unbeaten in the 113 weight class with five wins in the tournament. Pictured, from left, are: Cody Frankum, Vowers and coach Beau McConnell....
Brad Fraass, Cheyenne County executive director for the Farm Service Agency, reminded foreign investors who buy, sell or hold a direct or indirect interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act to report their holdings and transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the responsibility for collecting this information to the Farm Service Agency. According to Fraass, foreign investors buying or selling land must...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.88 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.90 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Areas nearby Nebraska and their current gas price climate: Lincoln - $2.02 per gallon, down 2.9 cents per gallon from last week’s $2.05 per gallon. South Dakota - $1.82 per gal...
