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SIDNEY — Pairings have been announced for the upcoming girls high school basketball subdistricts. Area teams will be involved in Class D. Creek Valley and Potter-Dix will compete in the Sidney D1-2 Subdistrict, to be held at Cabela’s Athletic Facility at Sidney High School. Potter-Dix is seeded No. 2 and Creek is third. Those two will play each other in a second semifinal Tuesday evening. Sidney D1-2 pairings are as follows: Monday, Feb. 11 G1 — Garden County (4) vs. Minatare (5), 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 G2 — Winner G1 vs. Crawford (1), 6 p...
Sidney senior Tanner Wintholz (center) on Wednesday signed a national letter of intent to attend Chadron State College on a football scholarship. Tanner is flanked by mother Shannon (left) and father Steve, who were on hand for the signing at Sidney High School’s Media Center....
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker for nearly a week before dying in a shootout with the FBI received “multiple gunshot wounds” to his body, a county coroner said Thursday. Dale County Coroner Woodrow Hilboldt said he was allowed into the bunker in the southeastern Alabama community of Midland City on Wednesday evening. He pronounced 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes dead at 8:58 p.m. “He had multiple gunshot wounds,” Hilboldt told The Associated Press. The coroner declined to say how many times D...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – American proposals for direct talks with Iran are pointless while Washington is “holding a gun” to the country through sanctions, Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday, quashing a possible breakthrough in contacts with the West over the nuclear standoff. The message from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in all major decisions in Iran, was reiterated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a news conference in Cairo later in the day. Their dismissal of one-on-one dialogue raises the stakes when wider n...
LINCOLN – Members of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) supported Gov. Dave Heineman’s proposed tax reform bill in a press conference Wednesday morning. In a unanimous vote Jan. 26, the VFW voted to support LB405 that would eliminate income tax on all forms of income, including Social Security benefits, military retirement and all pensions. John Hilgert, director of the Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs, said he thinks the bill will help the future of Nebraska. “I don’t know a single soldier who...
SIDNEY – The Sidney Elks will host Way Out West Community Theatre as it presents an Evening of One Acts Feb. 8, 9 and 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Both shows are by Christopher Durang and have been a growing experience for all involved. “It has really stretched my skills as an actor. It has allowed me to try different acting techniques and get rid of my boundaries,” Erin Huddleston said. Huddleston was last seen in “Steel Magnolias” as Shelby, but is stepping outside h...
Sidney’s Legion Baseball Association was honored by the Cheyenne County Lady’s Chamber as February’s Dress Down Day recipients. This is not the first year the Association has received Dress Down Day funds in the past the board members for the Legion Baseball Association have used the monies to upgrade the home team’s concession stand and press box. This year, board representative Clay Phillips said the funds would be used for, “the overall maintenance of the baseball team, uniforms all the w...
In Europe, the financial crisis drags on. China’s economic growth has slowed from “wow” to “ho-hum.” Here at home, we’ve seen heated political debates over taxes, spending and deficit reduction. Taken together, these factors have created a “fog of uncertainty” that has left many investors in the dark about their next moves. But is this “fog” really impenetrable — or can you, as an individual investor, see through it to a place of clarity? To do so, you first need to realize that while the events mentioned above are certainly not insignificant,...
Before we know it summer will be here and students will be actively searching for internships to enhance their skills. This is a great time to remind businesses and students about Nebraska’s internship program – Intern Nebraska. I am pleased to announce the new and improved InternNE.com website is up and running. Since going live in early January, the website has seen an increase of nearly 100 registered students. The new, streamlined design and easier navigation capabilities make this a positive change for both students and business lea...
Every week, it seems, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s name inches higher on the list of potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates. As a result, unlike any public figure in recent memory, he is increasingly compelled to assure reporters and the general public that his weight does not impair his ability to lead. Christie, by any measure, is obese. This has provided endless fodder for late-night talk show hosts – David Letterman has ridiculed him for years – and politicos who hope to use his weight against him. Stereotypes masqu...
Gov. Dave Heineman recently along with members of the Governor’s Youth Advisory Council announced seven vacancies on the council with members from Districts 2 and 3 especially needed. The council is facilitated by Nebraska Children and Families Foundations. “I want to applaud the interest these young people have taken in civic issues,” Gov. Heineman said. “These students are the future leaders of our state. I want to encourage more young people to be involved in public service.” Members meet quarterly to review pending legislation, discuss issu...
Dana Reese, right, was recently honored for his outstanding service to the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp by receiving the Ivan Award from youth camp president, Gary Hawkins, left....
Soren ‘Sam’ P. Hansen 1941 to 2013 Soren “Sam” P. Hansen is now ranching in the great open sky. The Lord called him to do morning chores on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Funeral services for Sam, 71, will be Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Broadwater at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Silverthorn Cemetery. Visitation will be at Bridgeport Memorial Chapel on Thursday, from 2 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting a memorial be designated to the Broadwater Fire Departm...
Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub indicated this morning that he is amending information regarding murder charges against Larry Martinez, and will not pursue the death penalty in the case. During today’s suppression hearing requested by defense attorney Kelly Breen, Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer accepted Schaub’s motion for leave to amend information. Originally, Schaub had intent to move forward with Class I first-degree murder and Class IC use of a firearm to commit a fel...
Depositions are piling up in a pair of cases before Cheyenne County District Judge Derek Weimer, who presided over both status hearings Wednesday. The cases of Nancy Gipfert, 55, Sidney, (Class II felony charge of intentional child abuse) and Corey Lundgren, 22, Sidney (three Class IIIA felony counts of driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor – causing serious bodily injury) are moving toward trials. However, getting there is going to take more time, according to attorney Donald Miller, who is representing both defendants. G...
A Sidney man faces three drug-related felony charges following his arrest Tuesday during a police “knock and talk” incident. According to an arrest affidavit, authorities took Valente A. Acosta Simental, 51, into custody and charged him with Class III possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver/distribute, Class IV possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and Class IV possession of drug-related money. Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Nebraska State Patrol, WING Drug Task Force and Sidney City Police Depar...
Sidney native, Mark Zalesky returned to Cheyenne County in 2011 after years of serving in the U.S. military. Pastor Mark has not only made a homecoming but was also voted in by members of the First Christian Church in Sidney to be their pastor after the retirement of their previous pastor Jan. 6. “I was born and raised in Sidney and I just moved back and am the new pastor, in all sense of the word, new. I had lived in Florida for 25 years in the military and then I moved back here in June of 2...
Third in a series . . . By the late 1880s and early 1890s Sidney’s boom was over and before long Cheyenne County would become mainly agricultural, an industry that had already established itself even before the major events of the boom. After the need for protection against Native Americans along the railroad was no longer needed, the last major fight being the Battle of Wounded Knee and the rush to the Black Hills was all but over, therefore cargo coming to and from miners was no longer in grea...
