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Nancy Gipfert was sentenced to 24 months of probation, the first 90 days to be served in Cheyenne County jail, for her part in an incident which led to the permanent brain injury of an infant in her care. In November a jury of six men and six women found Gipfert guilty of negligent child abuse, a class I misdemeanor. The two-month-old victim in this case became seriously ill after his first visit to Gipfert's daycare on Sept. 13, 2011. It was later confirmed that he suffered from bleeding...
Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines meet with Tyler Shaw's physics class at Sidney High School on Thursday and offered them a challenge: tear down then rebuild a bridge. With no schematics to guide them, the class rebuilt the structure in ten minutes.... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Tuesday, Jan. 7, before the Honorable Randin R. Roland: Brian Everingim, age 34 of Colorado Springs, Colo. appeared for entry of plea on a charge of Obstructing a Peace Officer and Resisting Arrest. Both are class I misdemeanors. He pled guilty to Obstructing and Resisting Arrest was dismissed. He received a sentence of 11 days in jail. William Jackson, age 44 of Dalton, appeared for a preliminary hearing on a charge of Terroristic Threats and Use of a Deadly Weapon to commit a felony.... Full story
Myrtle Jenson, 82 of Sidney, passed away at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care, Thursday morning Jan. 9, 2014. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced when available. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Myrtle’s care and funeral arrangements.... Full story
Doyle E. Butts 1930 to 2014 Doyle E. Butts, 83 of Sidney, passed away at the Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care, Monday evening, Jan. 6, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Fri., Jan. 10th in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tom Hyde officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Doyle's name to the new Sidney Regional... Full story
Delbert E. Namuth 1943 to 2014 Delbert E. Namuth, 70 of Lodgepole, passed away at his home Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Sat., Jan. 11th in the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lodgepole with Pastor Sarah Cordray officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday from 1 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in Delbert's name to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Pleasant View Cemetery or the... Full story
Dating and relationships are hard to master at any age. What works for some people definitely doesn’t work for everyone. While some need to be around a significant other daily, others need time and space to be by themselves. Although I have a feeling that the nuances of dealing with relationships were probably always an elusive beast, I think technology has made them even more complicated. As someone who has a slew of friends, both male and female in many parts of the country I wish to share some advice based on relationship issues I’ve exp...
While researching a story on the 1951 Panhandle B Conference Champion Sidney Maroons football team, I came across a Sidney Telegraph article of that year listing all the previous champions. The first teams listed were “O.J. Weymouth’s teams in 1926 and 1927.” I have since come to discover that the Scottsbluff Bearcats were the Western Conference Champions of 1926. Not the Sidney Maroons. The 1927 team, however, was a champion of the Western Conference and shared the title with Gering. I can’t say what happened in the intervening 25 years b...
Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines meet with Tyler Shaw's physics class at Sidney High School on Thursday and offered them a challenge: tear down then rebuild a bridge. With no schematics to guide them, the class rebuilt the structure in ten minutes.... Full story
