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Steve Erdman of Bayard, the father of former Sen. Phil Erdman, has announced his candidacy for the 47th District legislative seat. His father was a state senator from 2001 to 2009 and is now vice president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation. Steve Erdman has been a farmer in Morrill County for more than 40 years. The 47th District is composed of 10 counties and borders Colorado and Wyoming. “I have been extremely encouraged and humbled by the strong support I received as I have visited with citizens of Nebraska’s 47th district about rep...
Seniors at Creek Valley High School will take a critical step in the college preparation process when they participate in a college application event on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the school. The event is part of a statewide Apply2College Campaign sponsored by EducationQuest Foundation. More than 150 high schools statewide are conducting Apply2College events this fall to help high school seniors apply to at least one college. During the event at Creek Valley, seniors will get hands-on help with college applications from guidance counselor Kathy...
The Sidney High School volleyball locked down a big win against district-rival Gering on Tuesday night at home. The Lady Raiders topped the Bulldogs in four sets, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17. Sidney improved to 12-14 overall and inched closer to securing the right to host the District B-8 tournament on Nov. 3. The school with the most wildcard points among the B-8 teams – Sidney, Alliance, Gering and Scottsbluff – hosts the event that comes with an automatic berth into the state tournament. Fre...
Leyton High School’s volleyball team posted a big win over rival Potter-Dix at the Banner County Triangular on Tuesday. The Lady Warriors, who had just lost to powerful Potter-Dix in the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament championship game over the weekend, got a bit of revenge with a 23-25, 25-13, 25-19 victory. Leyton’s record stands at 19-7, while the Lady Coyotes slipped to 22-3. “This was a great game of volleyball against a great team,” said Leyton head coach Jodi Craig. “I was very pleased with our level of performance in the fi...
Creek Valley’s volleyball team split its two matches at the Bayard Triangular. The Storm (10-11) lost to Mitchell 25-16, 25-8 and defeated Bayard 21-25, 26-24, 25-20. Mitchell also defeated Bayard to improve to 17-8. Bayard fell to 7-18. In the loss to Mitchell, Payje Misegadis recorded seven kills, 14 digs and a block. Teammate Joey Straber had 11 digs and Samantha Schmid contributed nine assists. Against Bayard, Misegadis had 13 kills and 16 digs and Straber had six kills and 18 digs. Andi Ortgies provided five kills and three blocks for t...
Wheat Belt Public Power District sponsored an ice cream social at the Golden Living Center home in Sidney on Monday. The stop was just one of many as part of the October celebration. Choosing to honor former customers and friends living in area nursing homes and assisted living centers with an ice cream social has been well received the last several years. Everyone was treated to cookies and sundaes with a choice of toppings....
Nineteen people were killed in traffic accidents on the state’s roadways during September, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Roads. There were 27 fatalities on the roads in September 2014. Last month, the 19 fatalities occurred in 18 crashes. In those accidents, 13 of the 14 vehicle occupants who died were not wearing safety belts. None of the fatalities occurred on interstate roads, with 10 happening on non-interstate highways and nine on local roads. Six of the fatalities occurred involved vehicles that overturned. F...
"How do you do that?" That is a phrase often heard by artists, as if creating something magical. But most artists have studied techniques and have done a lot of practicing to get to the place where they are today in their art. That's the approach taken by Cindi Egging, who was selected as the "Artist of the Mont" for October by the Cheyenne County Art Guild. Egging said she once thought of art as magical. As a young child, she remembers watching with awe and delight as an unseen person brought a...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.45 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.26 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 58.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 5.4 cents per gallon h...
The Potter-Dix High School volleyball team continued to show its dominance this season, rolling to the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament title on Saturday. The Lady Coyotes won three matches on the day and improved to 21-2 this season. Top-seeded Potter-Dix defeated rival and No. 2 seed Leyton (17-2) in straight sets 25-22, 25-11 in the championship match of the eight-team event. Junior Alexus Rozelle had 10 kills and four blocks for Potter-Dix in the title game, and teammate Regyn Hicks added seven kills and 15 digs. For Leyton,...
Garden County High School got off to a fast start as it stayed unbeaten this season with a 70-24 victory over Leyton on Friday night. Garden County scored 30 points in the opening quarter and added 18 more in the second to open up a 48-12 advantage by the intermission. Matt McCarthy returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown to get Garden County off to a fast start. McCarthy scored four first-quarter touchdowns and added a fifth score in the second period. His teammate Elliuot Epp added three TD runs to help the Eaglerds push their...
Jordan Nelson rushed for more than 200 yards and scored three touchdeowns to help boost the Peetz High School football team to a 45-21 victory over host Pawnee on Friday night. Nelson carried the ball 19 times for 210 yards and found the end zone three times. Teammate Cody Wilson caught four passes for 101 yards and scored one touchdown. Quarterback Wolf Wenneker had another efficient evening, connecting on 7 of 9 passes for 141 yards. Garrin Cox had a rushing touchdown and a scoring reception as well for the Bulldogs, who improved to 4-3....
Hemingford High School ripped off 41 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 66-0 victory on Friday night over winless Creek Valley. Hemingford, which improved to 6-1, added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to open a 60-0 by halftime. Hemingford scored all 10 of its TDs on the ground in the contest. Jonathan Mayer ran for four scores and Jameson Woods added a pair of TDs. Creek Valley quarterback Pierce Leef was 4 for 15 passing for 35 yards and one interception. Noah Dickerson caught two of those passes to account for for 27...
LINCOLN – Cheyenne County has received a membership dividend of $15,828 from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, the county's property, liability and workers' compensation coverage and risk management services provider. The dividend was part of a $1 million distribution shared by 79 Nebraska counties and six regional area agencies on aging during NIRMA's annual conference earlier this month in Kearney. With this latest distribution, Cheyenne County has now received a tota...
Panhandle Mental Health Center has been offering the Mental Health First Aid program in local western Nebraska communities since 2012. This free course to the community will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Chappell Fire Hall. Seating is limited so register now through the website: www.panhandlepartnership.com/training-academy. Additional Youth-MHFA courses will be offered in Scottsbluff in the spring of 2016, and courses for specific groups, organizations and businesses can be scheduled by contacting with Nichole Peralta or Phil Darley....
Both the boys' and girls' cross country teams at Sidney High School qualified for the Class C state tournament with stellar efforts at Thursday afternoon's district meet. Each squad's top-three finish automatically earned a spot in the Class C state meet next Friday, Oct. 23 held at the Kearney Country Club. In the district meet, the Red Raider boys finished second – just two points behind Mitchell. Four boys finished in the top 10 for Sidney and five crossed the line in the top 15. Mitch P...
Creek Valley High’s Collin Brott took 24th at the District D-6 cross country meet at Pheasant Run Golf Course. The Storm boys finished seventh and did not qualify for next week’s state meet. Bridgeport won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles. Cooper Reichman took 31st place and teammate Tanner Crass crossed the line in 35th. In the girls’ event, Noemi Marin – the only Storm runner to compete – finished 59th....
Payje Misegadis collected 17 kills and teammate Joey Straber added 14 kills to help the Creek Valley volleyball team defeat Peetz in a five-set marathon match on Thursday by scores of 25-19, 22-25, 11-25, 28-26, 17-15. The Storm improved to 8-8, while Peetz slipped to 2-14. Mikenna Curlee paced the Bulldogs with 29 kills and 27 digs. Straber also had 30 digs and three aces and teammate Samantha Schmid dished out 23 assists. Cami Thompson had 43 assists for Peetz....
Nebraska-based 21st Century Equipment was named one of its first Agrarian Ambassador sponsors of a new joint-agriculture advocacy venture called the American Doorstop Project. With 17 John Deere equipment dealerships in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, the 21st Century Equipment Corporate Support Center in Scottsbluff will serve as the centrally located national headquarters for the American Doorstop Project. The team will travel the U.S. to research, collect and preserve the stories that shaped the development of American Agriculture through...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Cheyenne VA Medical Center Director Cynthia McCormack has announced that she will retire from federal service on Oct. 31. She served 30 years within the Department of Veterans Affairs. McCormack assumed the position of director at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center in August 2010. She joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1985 and has served in a variety of clinical and management positions. McCormack also served in the Wyoming Air National Guard, and deployed during O...
The Sidney High School girls’ golf team finished third at the Class B state tournament on Tuesday at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. And, the Lady Raiders had an impressive three medalists – the top 15 individuals earn medals – along the way. Sidney, with a two-day team score of 733, was third – behind champion Omaha Duchesne (717) and Scottsbluff (727). Gretna (782) was a distant fourth in the 12-team field. It was Omaha Duchesne’s first state title in any sport in 13 years. Sidney’s Rachel Blauert shot rounds of 86-85–171 to finish in a t...
The Chadron High School volleyball team – fresh off its Western Conference Tournament title over the weekend – rolled to a straight-set victory Tuesday night against Sidney. The Eagles, who improved to 22-4, downed the Lady Raiders 25-16, 25-15, 25-7. It was Chadron’s eighth consecutive victory. For the Eagles, Chandler Hageman, Jadyn McCartney and Alex Nobiling combined for 39 kills. No individual statistics for Sidney were reported. The Lady Raiders fell to 11-14 and are back in action next Tuesday at home against Gering....
Creek Valley ran into a tough Paxton volleyball squad on Tuesday, falling in straight sets 25-15, 25-16, 25-15. The Storm dripped below .500 at 7-8, while Paxton improved to 17-3. Payje Misegadis and Joey Straber had five kills apiece for Creek Valley. Chadra Smith had a pair of aces, two blocks and 13 digs. Faith Michelman had a team-high four assists and teammates Madison McFee and Samantha Schmid registered 11 digs each. Creek Valley returns to action Thursday when it hosts Peetz....
The Leyton High volleyball team received strong efforts from several of its starters en route to a 25-19, 22-25, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Sedgwick (Colo.) County on Tuesday night. Leyton improved to 15-6 this season, while Sedgwick fell to 3-12. Diedra Waite led the way for the Lady Warriors with 11 kills, 22 digs and six blocks. Kristine Barnett added 10 kills and 25 digs. “We played a fairly solid match,” said Leyton head coach Jodi Craig. “We picked up our intensity in the third and fourth sets, which helped us execute succe...
Karl Elmshaeuser filed the appropriate paperwork needed to form a campaign committee to run for state legislature. Elmshaeuser is seeking election to the District 47 seat in the Nebraska Legislature. District 47 is made up of Arthur, Banner, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Keith, Morrill, Sioux and parts of Box Buttee counties. The seat will be open due to term limits. Elmshaeuser hand delivered the form to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission in Lincoln. Candidates are required to form a campaign committee once they have either...
