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Wheat farmers in Nebraska should be prepared to scout their fields for rust diseases, which have already been reported in several states to the south and are likely to spread northward. Wheat in Nebraska is affected by three primary rust diseases – stem, leaf, and stripe rust. All share some fundamental characteristics, including being favored by wet, humid conditions. They also normally arrive in Nebraska from the south on wind currents that move up through the Great Plains in the spring. Therefore we can use reports on the status of rust d...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Black Hills Health Care System (BHHCS) and the Veterans Upward Bound program at Western Nebraska Community College will host a Veterans Stand Down event on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The focus of Veterans Stand Down is to reach out to Veterans by connecting them to benefits, information, and on-the-spot services. Services that will be provided are food, clothing, community housing referrals, medical treatment, readjustment counseling, dental screenings, free haircuts, employment, and spiritual services to...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has selected Regional West Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Regional West Medical Center is one of four hospitals in Nebraska to receive the distinction and the only one in Western Nebraska. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies...
It is with great pride that Wheat Belt presents the Touchstone Energy Scholastic and Athletic Winners for 2016. These are students chosen by educators and coaches not because they are necessarily the highest point scorer, fastest runner, or received the highest scholastic point average, but because in their success as a student and student athlete, they showed exceptional character. They are students who exemplify the Touchstone Energy Partners principles; values of integrity, accountability, teamwork and commitment to excellence....
Thirty from the Sidney wrestling club headed to state last weekend. The club had 30 wrestlers qualify at the Nebraska USA District 1 State Qualifier at the beginning of the month. The state tournament was held March 18-19 in Grand Island. As a team SWC finished 9th with 247 team points. NEUSA State - 2016 Results for Sidney Wrestling Club Division Name Place PreK-K 35-37 Bently Havorka 6th place PreK-K 36-38 Rylan Swope 6th place PreK-K 41-42 Aspyne Houser 7th place PreK-K 58-62 Cayson Boltjes...
The City of Sidney is taking steps toward improved community health. At the March 22 City Council meeting, a newly formed Active Living Advisory Committee shared action plan strategies with the mayor and city staff on potential policies about walking, biking, trails and infrastructure to make it easier for residents to be active. “For the past six months, the advisory committee has been working to advise the city on decisions that could improve the overall health and quality of life of our community,” said Jessica Davies, wellness coordinator o...
Information, inspiration, and advice are on tap at the Women in Agriculture Conference: Improving Agriculture, Improving Lives, scheduled for Friday, April 8 at Sidney. The event will run from 8:15 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Country Inn & Suites, 664 Chase Blvd., Sidney. The conference is intended for women who are involved in day-to-day farm and ranch business decisions; who want to learn more about farm and ranch management; who are landowners; or who want to broaden their knowledge of agribusiness. Topics include: • Take Charge of Your H...
Regional West Health Services has appointed Tadd Greenfield as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the health system. Mr. Greenfield will assume administrative responsibilities for the health system and medical center on April 25. Greenfield has many years of health care experience, most recently serving as the Chief Clinical Officer for Great Plains Health in North Platte. He has also worked with Banner Health and Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Missouri....
A boating safety course will be held at the Western Nebraska Community College campus in Sidney on Thursday, April 7, according to Scott Eveland, Boating Safety Officer for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. According to Eveland, the Nebraska Boating Safety course is required of all power boat operators born after Dec. 31, 1985, which includes operators of personal watercraft and all other motorboats. The minimum age to operate a motorboat in Nebraska is 14. The course covers everything from equipment requirements to safe boat operation an...
The South Platte NRD will be offering scholarships to the Adventure Camp about the Environment (ACE) camp and Range camp, both to be held at the State 4-H camp in Halsey, Nebraska this coming June. The ACE camp will be held June 12 – 15. The camp is for students who will have just completed 6th, 7th or 8th grade. While at the camp students will learn from experts in the fields of Forestry, Energy, Wetlands, Soils, Range, Water and Wildlife. The students will also have the opportunity to participate in archery, zipline, tanking, and tubing at t...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Friday, March 25, in observance of Good Friday. All city departments will be closed, including the landfill and the library. The Dial-a-ride Bus and Stage Line Bus will not be running. The Solid Waste Department will be collecting Friday’s trash on Thursday and Thursday’s trash on Wednesday....
The Peetz Hilltoppers group had a great turnout for its annual Easter egg hunt held Saturday, March 19th, at the Peetz School. Pictured are children who participated in this year's hunt. The Hilltoppers would like to thank the following businesses, organizations and people who donated to make it a successful hunt for the kids: the Peetz Telephone Company; the Town of Peetz; the Peetz Lions Club; the Peetz Co-op; the Peetz Volunteer Fire Department; Peetz United Methodist Church; I.S.A.E....
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol took seven impaired drivers off the road during special enforcement efforts conducted in conjunction with the St. Patrick’s Day holiday. The special enforcements, which included high visibility patrols and DUI selectives, March 17-19, were conducted thanks in part to overtime funding provided by a $9,600 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety (NOHS). “We want to thank everyone who helped to keep road ways safe through voluntary compliance and utilizing a designated driver,” said Field Servi...
This scholarship is in memory of Karman “JoJo” Reichman, a 2013 graduate of Creek Valley High School. The Karman Reichman Memorial Scholarship, established 2016, is to be awarded each year to a graduating Creek Valley High School senior. The deadline for this scholarship is April 20, 2016. Scholarship Requirements: • Current Creek Valley Senior attending a post-secondary school. • Preference will be given to applicant with strong personal character. • Involved in school and community extracurricular activities. Graduating seniors may acquire a...
Creek Valley had several students place at the Chadron State College High School Indoor Track and Field Meet held Saturday. Pictured left to right are Austin Soucie (2nd place in 800-meter run), Cooper Reichman (3rd place in 3200-meter run), Garrett Sawyer (8th place in pole vault), Jessie Straber (2nd place in high jump), Jordyn Koenen (3rd place in high jump), Chloe Mitlehner (9th place in high jump), Payje Misegads (4th place in pole vault and 6th place in triple jump) and Sami Schmid (9th...
NET Television is Nebraska’s home for collegiate baseball with seven matchups airing this spring on NET. The first game of “Nebraska Baseball” will air at 2 p.m. CT, Saturday, April 2, on NET live from Hawks Field in Lincoln when the Nebraska Cornhuskers take on Big Ten rival Illinois. NET Sports will also feature “Nebraska Baseball” at 2 p.m. CT, Saturday, April 9, on NET against Northwestern, also live from Hawks Field in Lincoln. On Tuesday, April 26, NET will air “Nebraska vs. Creighton” at 6:30 p.m. CT. The matchup between the two intra...
In the Creek Valley High School Superintendent's Honor Roll for the third quarter, 13 students made the list. Pictured left to right are Noemi Marin, Jordyn Koenen, Nash Leef, Chandra Smith, Payje Misegadis, Michael Rahe, Samantha Schmidt, Jessie Straber, Cooper Reichman, Keith Everitt, Mackenzie Backus and Austin Rowley. Not pictured is Pierce Leef....
More than 20 Creek Valley High School student were named to the Principal's Honor Roll for the third quarter. To make the honor roll, student must maintain a grade-point average (GPA) between 89.5 and 94.4 percent. Pictured, left to right starting from the front row, are Trey McFee, Joellyn Straber, Tamara Ukena, Liz Green, Joey McConnell, Kira Westman, Kayla Sisco, Raven Batchelor, Hannah Blackwelder, Katie Burch, Kelli Sisco, Kali Priest, Chloe Mitlehne, Ethan Batchelor, Samuel Jandl, Tanner...
Sidney athletes won 11 events, the most of any school, at the Chadron State College High School Indoor Track and Field Meet held Saturday. But with approximately 500 athletes, and more than 800 entries, in the competition, there were winners from eight different schools. Two seniors were double winners among the girls. For the second straight year, Bayard senior Jessi Smith won both the 55-meter hurdles and the 800 meters. Calbi Ausmann of Newcastle, Wyo., also won two events, the 400 and 1600. Both have been gold medal winners at their state...
Greg McDaniel and Mitch Brown made it look easy in the first weekend of the Kimball Hospital Foundation 9-pin no-tap bowling tournament. The two Kimball men each scored multiple 300 games Friday and Saturday and will have a share of $1,000 in prize money from the first weekend of the tournament. McDaniel, the talented new owner of the Kim Bowl, rolled 300 games in five of six attempts. He scored a perfect 300-300-300 in the men’s league division and a near-perfect 300-287-300 in doubles play. Brown scored 236-300-300 in doubles play, joining K...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 4.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.07 per gallon yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.98 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 33.2 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 39.7 cents per g...
Potter-Dix Jr./Sr. High School placed first in team total points and had several students qualify for the state speech contest at the D2-6 district meet held in Potter last week. State qualifiers were sophomore Audrey Juelfs (1st place in Oral Interpretation of Poetry and Duet Acting) with freshman Brooke Moench (1st place in Duet Acting and 3rd place in Oral Interpretation of Poetry), junior Levi Kasten (1st place in Entertainment Speaking), junior John Herboldsheimer (2nd place in Humorous...
A grant-writing workshop designed to help potential applicants understand, develop, and submit federal grant applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program will be offered March 31 in Sidney as part of a collaboration between federal, state, and regional partners. March 28 is the registration deadline for the Sidney meeting, which will take place at Western Nebraska Community College, 371 College Drive, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. There is no cost, but pre-registration is required by contacting Karen DeBoer...
March 21-25 is Nebraska Severe Weather Awareness Week. This is the time to review your plans and be sure that you are “Weather-Ready.” Being prepared can help you and your family stay connected in an emergency. Tips to be “Weather-Ready”: • Know Your Risk: Tornadoes, large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, floods and lightning can be deadly for the unprepared. Knowing the weather related risks is the first step in becoming Weather-Ready. • Take Action: Be ready, make a plan. Know what to do if there is a tornado, if lightning becomes a hazard...
