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Arthur Lynn Dunphy, known as “Lynn” to family and friends, 88 of Sidney, passed away at Sidney Regional Medical Center Extended Care, Wednesday afternoon February 5, 2014. Rosary Services will be held 10 a.m. Sat, Feb 15th in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church followed by a Memorial Mass at 10:30. Friends may stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Friday, Feb. 14th to sign Lynn’s register book and drop off condolences for the family. Cremation has been held, inurnment will be at Crown Hill Cemetery in Denver at a later date. In Lieu of flowers... Full story
Bruce F. Evertson 1949 to 2014 Bruce F. Evertson, 64, of Kimball, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Feb. 8, 2014 at the Kimball High School Auditorium. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends may stop at the funeral home on Friday from 1 until 4 p.m. to sign the register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorials have been established to Pheasants Forever or Ducks Unlimited, in care of the Bruce F. Evertson Memorial Fund,... Full story
I mentioned I was speaking at the No-till on the Plains annual winter conference. I am speaking to producers at the conference as part of a 40 Tips in 50 minutes presentation with Paul Jasa, UNL no-till cropping systems specialist and manager of the Roger’s Memorial Research farm near Lincoln, Nebraska and no-till producers Randy Rink and Keith Thompson. Our presentation will consist of short tips on no-till crop production. I thought I would share with you the 10 no-till tips I will talk about at this meeting. These tips are in no real o...
Market cattle are urged toward the scale during the 4-H weigh-in on Saturday. The animals will reach their peak during the County Fair.... Full story
As Sidney and Cheyenne County continue to grow, so do incidents of crime around the region. “We’re in an unprecedented time right now with the crimes of violence, the drug cases,” said Cheyenne County attorney Paul Schaub at a county commissioner meeting last month. In Nebraska communities with populations from 5,000-99,999 there were 11 cases of murder or manslaughter in 2011 and four in 2012, according to a report by the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. This represents a 64 percent drop in murder cases in commu...
The City of Sidney will be closed on Monday, February 17, in observance of President's Day. 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 Monday's trash on Tuesday and Tuesday's trash on Wednesday.... Full story
The following people appeared in Cheyenne County Court on Thursday, Feb. 6, before the Honorable Randin Roland: Jethro Harris, age 41 of Sidney, appeared for presentment on a charge of 2nd Degree Assault and Terroristic Threats. These are class III and class IV felonies, respectively. He asked for an attorney and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 14 at 1:30 p.m. Yamel Rivera, age 27 of Clearwater, Fla., appeared for presentment on a charge of Theft, which is a class III felony. He asked for an attorney and a preliminary hearing... Full story
Sidney High's Danz team held their class for young dancers Saturday. Kollyn Weimer, top, holds her pose. Zoey Wright and Rachel Ernst practice their routine. The kids performed during Saturday's game.... Full story
Time slowed agonizingly between the moment Scottsbluff guard Dillon Hernandez pushed off toward the rim and the first hum of the final buzzer. Paxton Ehler erased that second from his mind. "I saw him go up," the Raiders senior recalled, "then I was helping him off the floor." To Tyler Wintholz, that instant brought to mind another buzzer-beating effort. "I was thinking 'not Gering again,'" he said. On Friday night, Gering's Jose Palomo burst Sidney's hopes for a road win by sinking a last...
Sidney made it a clean sweep, with two road wins over district opponents this weekend. After knocking off Scottsbluff for the third time this season in a 54-44 win on Saturday, the Raiders now have a season mark of 13-6. The struggling Bearcats, who ended a 12-game losing streak the night before, slipped to 2-14. Sarah Mahr backed up her record setting performance at Gering the night before to score 22 points. Cody Rowley added 9, Savanna Rosenbaum 8 and Katelin Cole 7. Sidney entered the game...
For the Red Raiders this season has been several times marked by record breaking performances. Friday night's contest at Gering was another such night. Aided by a Sarah Mahr's school-record 30 points, Sidney turned aside the Gering Bulldogs 52-45 on the road in an important Class B6 matchup. Before the contest the Bulldogs were perched one spot above the Raiders on the NSAA points list in 12th. As a result of the weekend games, Sidney captured the 12th spot while Gering slipped back to 14th....
There are times in any sport when you just have to tip your hat to a great performance. After Logan Lewis converted on Paxton Ehler’s feed for a clutch bucket and a 1-point Sidney lead with about 16 seconds to go, it looked as though the Raiders were poised to steal a victory in Gering’s own building. But the Bulldogs’ Joses Palomo had other ideas. The Raiders ultimately finished on the wrong side of a 71-69 score between two of Class B’s top teams. After the Lewis score, the few seconds that remained must have seemed like an eternity to the...
The Raiders seventh dual win of the year, a 40-36 thriller over visiting Gering, might have seemed improbable at the start. Sidney conceded 12 points to the Bulldogs right off the bat, forfeiting points in the 120 and 126 weight classes, retrieving a handful only when the visitors left 285 open. And they were down in team points 12-8 early on, despite wins by Zach Borges and Michael Muggli. The turning point came when Ryan Nieto battled Gering's Quentin Timblin to a draw after three periods,...
Class C Girls 1. Norfolk Catholic 2,539 2. North Bend 2,466 3. Adams Central 2,244 4. Wayne 2,222 5. Ogallala 2,182 6. SIDNEY 2,120 7. Wisner-Pilger 2,023 8. Boone Central 1,963 Results from first Baker Round Norfolk Catholic def. Boone Central, 3-1 (150-131, 192-150, 119-154, 166-108) Ogallala def. Wayne, 3-2 (132-156, 139-129, 173-163, 138-163, 171-141) SIDNEY def. Adams Central, 3-2 (131-144, 132-135, 118-86, 142-137, 125-122) North Bend def. Wisner-Pilger, 3-0 (181-111, 159-141, 156-155) Results from second Baker Round Norfolk Catholic... Full story
Creek Valley wrestler Mason Low won three of his four matches at the Southwest Invite on Saturday to capture third place in the 195 lbs. class. Low, who picked up 16 points for the Storm, pinned three opponents to increase his season match record to 12-10. Gage Koenen, who was wrestling in a meet for just the second time this year, dropped three matches to finish fourth at 220 lbs. Low won his first match of the day by pinning Franklin’s Jon Berry in 1:58. Low then found the going tough against Dundy County-Stratton’s Trevor Jensen, who has... Full story
Storm top Leyton, make amends for MAC loss Summer Mueller scored 20 points to lead Creek Valley to a 54-38 win against rival Leyton in Dalton on Friday night. The Storm girls (10-5) earned a small measure of revenge over the Warriors, who eliminated them from the MAC Tournament last month in Sidney. The Warriors, who went on to win the MAC championship, saw its record dip to 9-8 on the season. In addition to her game-high 20 points, Mueller assisted on 8 other Storm baskets and had 7 steals. Jerry Straber also pickpocketed 7 Warriors’ p...
Warriors too strong for Creek Valley, Pine Bluffs The Warriors advanced their record to 13-4 over the weekend with a pair of wins. On Friday night in Dalton, Leyton pulled away from the Creek Valley Storm in the second half to earn a 78-41 victory. On Saturday, they crossed over into Wyoming to defeat Pine Bluffs 48-45. “We played a good first half. We were only down by 12,” said Creek Valley Head Coach Roger Behrends of the Friday game. “In the second half Leyton’s pressure got to us. I was very dissapointed in our rebounding. That has to get...
