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The Cheyenne County commissioners discussed how to fit raises for elected county officials into an increasingly tight budget at Monday’s meeting. The commissioners agreed on a base pay of $55,000 per year starting in 2015 with a 3 percent cost of living increase for the following three years. This decision was based on recommendations from the Nebraska Association of County Officials. Additionally, NACO advised that the county attorney and county sheriff should receive 150 percent and 120 percent respectively of the base pay, to which the c...
Break In The second costly tool theft in a month's span took place in Sidney last weekend. Sometime over the weekend, thousands of dollars worth of tools were stolen from the Lodgepole Creek Apartment complex work site on Fort Sidney Road. This equipment was stored in large trailers at the construction site. "When employees arrived at work Monday, they had nothing to work with," said Sidney Police Chief B.J. Wilkinson. The police are currently running down a few leads related to the investigation, he added. Equipment stolen from the site...
Delbert E. Namuth, 70 of Lodgepole, passed away at his home Tues., Jan. 7, 2014. Funeral services are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Delbert’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
Raymond Henry Petersen 1933 to 2014 Raymond Henry Petersen passed to Heaven at the age of 80 on Sat., Jan. 4, 2014 at Heritage Estates in Gering. A memorial service will be held on Wed., Jan. 8, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Gering Memorial Chapel with Pastor Ed Hunzeker officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Nebraska Army National Guard. Burial will be held at a later date in Rushville, Neb. Memorials may be given to the family. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.geringchapel.com.... Full story
When you start out in your career, you’re probably not thinking much about retirement. At this point, your picture of a “retirement lifestyle” may be, at best, hazy, hidden as it is behind a veil of experiences you’ve yet to encounter. But as you move through the years, your view of retirement comes into clearer and closer focus — and this vision will have a big impact on your savings and investment strategies. Consequently, to create and implement those strategies effectively, you’ll need to define your retirement vision by identifying...
All boys and girls ages 9-14 are invited to participate in the Sidney Knights of Columbus Council #1861 Annual Free Throw Contest. The competition will be held on Sun. Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Sidney Middle School gym. Entry forms are available from physical education teachers in all area school. Forms can also be filled out at the middle school gym on the day of the competition.... Full story
Lane Godfrey, in white, tries to make the inbounds pass of Josh Fiscus (10) as difficult as possible during Tuesday's contest between Peetz and Creek Valley.... Full story
Aided by a hot shooting Jodi Schumacher, Peetz outlasted the Creek Valley Storm 57-53 in a non-district girls basketball game in Chappell on Tuesday night. It was somewhat of an emotional game for the Bulldogs as they were informed earlier in the day that their coach, Tera Segelke, could not attend the game due to doctors orders. "I don't want to say we won this for (Segelke) but I think there were a lot of emotions in this one," said Bulldogs Assistant Coach Trevor Brady, who will run the team...
Hannah Schievelbein of Creek Valley lunges to save a ball from going out of bounds.... Full story
After a predominantly back-and-forth contest defined the first half, the Bulldogs (4-3) blew open a close game in the second half to win 83-45 over Creek Valley (2-6) in non-district boys baskeball action Tuesday night. Despite having to play without starting freshman guard Brett Godfrey, the young Storm team put up a strong fight in their home gym throughout the first half. Godfrey had injured his ankle last Friday in the game against Haxtun. He expects to be back in practice within a few days...
